Trading style automated analysis and reverse engineering

A method of automated analysis and reverse engineering of trading styles, the method comprising using the following devices to perform the method's steps:

• a data acquisition system having an input communicating with at least one securities exchange and other market news sources for receiving securities buy/sell data and market news data;
• an order and execution import module having an input communicating with a model trader's trading interface for the purpose of gathering the model trader's order and execution trading data;
• a clock for generating clock times;
• a processing logic having inputs for respectively communicating with said data acquisition
• systems, said order and execution module, and with said dock for assigning respective clock times to data from said data acquisition system and said order and execution import module;
• a decision logic in communication with said processing logic, said decision logic having a repository for storing a set of buy/sell rules for buying and selling securities in response to said buy and sell data, said market news data, and said model trader order and execution data with said clock times;
• a knowledge database having inputs for receiving data from said order and execution import module, said data acquisition system, and said decision logic;
• said decision logic including a repository for storing a plurality of buy/sell rules for buying and selling securities in response to said buy and sell data, said market news data, and said model trader order and execution data with said clock times;
• said decision logic having a plurality of agents, each assigned a respective buy/sell rule for generating buy/sell orders for securities in conformance with model trader behavior;
• said agents having outputs communicating with said securities exchange or a trade simulation module for executing said buy/sell orders, the method comprising the steps of:
• (a) issuing to all agents a tentative sell short buy long order for a given security;
• (b) soliciting from all agents a tentative sell short decision of a given security;
• (c) affirming with the decision logic the sell short decision if a majority of the agents have indicated an affirmative sell short decision;
• and
• (d) executing with an executing logic the affirmed sell short order including:
• (i) monitoring for a given length of time the security bought on the sell short order;
• (ii) issuing an order to release the security if said agents vote that the model trader would do so;
• and
• (iii) monitoring for another given length of time with the decision logic the rates of success and failure of each agent and feeding back to each agent a cumulative merit quotient increment according to the cumulative rate of success and/or failure for the respective agent.

A method of automated analysis and reverse engineering of trading styles, the method comprising using the following devices to perform the method's steps:

• a data acquisition system having an input communicating with at least one
• securities exchange and other market news sources for receiving securities buy/sell data and market news data;
• an order and execution import module having an input communicating with a model trader's trading interface for the purpose of gathering the model trader's order and execution trading data;
• a clock for generating clock times;
• a processing logic having inputs for respectively communicating with said data acquisition systems, said order and execution module, and with said clock for assigning respective clock times to data from said data acquisition system and said order and execution import module;
• a knowledge database having inputs for receiving data from said order and execution import module, said data acquisition system, and said decision logic;
• said decision logic including a repository for storing a plurality of buy/sell rules for buying and selling securities in response to said buy and sell data, said market news data, and said model trader order and execution data with said clock times;
• said decision logic having a plurality of agents, each assigned a respective buy/sell rule for generating buy/sell orders for securities in conformance with model trader behavior;
• said agents having outputs communicating with said securities exchange or a trade simulation module for executing said buy/sell orders,
• the method comprising the steps of:
• (a) issuing to all agents a tentative buy long/sell short order for a given security;
• (b) soliciting from all agents a tentative sell short decision of a given security;
• (c) affirming with the decision logic the sell short decision if a majority of the agents have indicated an affirmative sell short decision;
• (d) executing with an executing logic the affirmed sell short order;
• and
• implementing artificial intelligence based on a feedback system wherein, after executed transactions, the agents are given added or reduced voting power in accordance
• with the respective success or failure of said transactions based on recommendations of the respective agents.