Programmatic trading means the trading logic is written as code so it runs the same way every time without a person interpreting it. It overlaps heavily with algorithmic and systematic trading, with the emphasis here on the rules being expressed in a program. Writing logic as code makes it precise and testable, and also makes any mistake in the logic exactly repeatable.
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