Social Media Data Extraction Algorithms and Stock Exchange Market Effect

The use of algorithms to find patterns in massive amounts of data, executing trading decision based upon the frequency of certain keywords across millions and millions of messages, is becoming more frequent. "The incorporation of social media in these algorithms is relatively new and is therefore particularly susceptible to hacking. '

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