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Execution

Status DraftPurpose Trade a desired quantity

Execution begins with a target position change and converts it into orders over time and venues while balancing urgency, price risk, explicit costs, impact, and fill uncertainty.

There is no universally best algorithm: the objective, constraints, information set, and benchmark determine what “better” means.