Spoofing the Limit Order Book: A Strategic Agent-Based Analysis

X Wang, C Hoang, Y Vorobeychik, and MP Wellman Games 2021 12(2) 46, May 2021. Abstract We present an agent-based model of manipulating prices in financial markets through spoofing: submitting spurious orders to mislead traders who learn from…
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My interview with Bill Powers on AI Decision Makers

https://youtu.be/SnTf-iWUTpk Recorded June 2018, as part of a series on Machine Behavior, in conjunction with publication of a position paper in Nature on the topic.

Machine Behaviour

I Rahwan, M Cebrian, N Obradovich, J Bongard, 18 others, and MP Wellman Nature, 568:477–486, 2019. Abstract Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic and political interactions. Understanding…
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Algocracy Podcast

Uday Rajan and I appeared on the Algocracy and Transhumanism Project Podcast, hosted by John Danaher, to talk about our recent article on the ethics of automated trading.

Spoofing the limit order book: An agent-based model

X Wang and MP Wellman 16th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pages 651–659, May 2017. Abstract We present an agent-based model of manipulating prices in financial markets through spoofing: submitting…

Ethical issues for autonomous trading agents

MP Wellman and U Rajan Minds and Machines, 27:609-624, 2017. Abstract The rapid advancement of algorithmic trading has demonstrated the success of AI automation, as well as gaps in our understanding of the implications of this technology…