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Article 8 Controlled deployment of algorithms

(Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU)

Before deployment of a trading algorithm, an investment firm shall set predefined limits on:

(a) the number of financial instruments being traded;

(b) the price, value and numbers of orders;

(c) the strategy positions; and

(d) the number of trading venues to which orders are sent.