Markets are stretching their hours.
Ahead of the SEC’s September roundtable, understand what longer sessions mean for strategy assumptions and broker execution.
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Behind the algorithm.The questions that matter.
The costs, controls and operating details that shape automated trading. Ten in-depth perspectives, grounded in primary sources and connected to the SquaredQ workflow.
SquaredQ / Form & function
In focus · September 2026
A changing market.
A clearer conversation.
Read the original sources. Understand the practical implications. Explore the relevant product controls.
Trust needs supporting evidence.
An August SEC alert makes the distinction between a convincing claim and a verifiable relationship especially relevant.
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Start with your question.
Before you trust the returns.
A practical guide for investors tired of signal groups and perfect-looking charts: check the broker, understand grid and martingale risk, and know what a verified track record does-and does not-prove.
Read the storyTrust should come with an explanation.
An August SEC alert puts verification back in focus. What to check before connecting an account, and how SquaredQ makes the operating model easier to understand.
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The chart is not your account.
Backtests, model portfolios and brokerage returns answer different questions. Here is how to investigate the gap without guessing what went wrong.
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Connected. Configured. Actually trading?
A connected broker is one step in an automated workflow. Learn how permissions, sessions, allocations and activation determine what happens next.
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A stop button should explain what it stops.
Stopping automation, cancelling billing and selling holdings are different decisions. A practical guide to the scope and limits of SquaredQ’s controls.
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You can copy a trade. You cannot copy its timestamp.
Public filings reveal information after the underlying decision. Understand the delay, what a backtest should model, and how rule-based strategies differ.
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An algorithm needs more than a story.
What investors need beyond an AI label: an economic thesis, research assumptions, product versions and a clear explanation of where discretion sits.
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More strategies. The same exposure?
Why adding portfolios can multiply the same underlying bet, how to calculate a simple overlap, and what to review before combining SquaredQ products.
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Longer market hours. More questions for your algorithm.
Ahead of the SEC’s 17 September roundtable, extended trading raises practical questions about liquidity, operating windows, broker support and customer controls.
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Automation still needs an owner.
Who checks the connection, investigates a rejected order and confirms a stop? Define operational responsibilities before handing routine trading to software.
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