OKCoin Launches New Algorithmic Tools for Bitcoin Trading

OKCoin Launches New Algorithmic Tools for Bitcoin Trading

Not terribly long following last week's announcement that Chinese bitcoin exchange OKCoin would be offering peer-to-peer lending services and marginal trading comes yet another announcement. The Beijing company on Monday announced that they have added algorithmic trading tools on their popular trading platform - making them the self-proclaimed first bitcoin exchange to offer these sorts of institutional trading tools to investors using their service. The exchange has started rolling out the following strategies to users of their platform: Trigger orders: Allows the investor to make....


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