
Humans are no longer the ones setting the breakneck pace on Wall Street.
The New York Stock Exchange is now processing 1.2 trillion order messages per day, a staggering threefold jump from just four years ago, according to New York Stock Exchange president Lynn Martin. The surge, she said, is being driven by AI-fueled trading, algorithmic strategies, and hyper-speed market participants that have transformed the structure of U.S. markets.