Program Trading Appeal Broadens

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NEW YORK--Program trading, or the complex trading of large portfolios of securities in combination with offsetting positions in futures contracts, is not just for the big firms anymore.

Small-to-medium-sized firms are embracing program trading in large part because the technology has moved downstream, bolstered by the more affordable Linux-Intel-based software and systems needed to support program trading. The buy side also prefers the lower commissions of program trading, and the major broker

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