About 60% of orders into the country’s main exchange are coming from co-located servers shows that high-frequency trading has come onshore in a big way. High-frequency traders tend to stick to liquid stocks and liquid derivatives contracts. Hence, they haven’t yet contributed meaningfully in enhancing liquidity of the other stocks and illiquid derivatives contracts such as stock options while greatly increasing the volatility of the most liquid names.
Combined with the dismantling of SEBI’s existing team, the market is at risk of being swarmed by the bots.
via The changing landscape of India’s equity markets – livemint.com.
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