Automated Risk Circuit Breakers & Kill Switches in Algorithmic Trading [2026]
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1. Lessons from Algorithmic Disasters
Why Software Bugs Cost Hundreds of Millions
Software bugs in web development produce error screens; software bugs in algorithmic trading produce instant capital insolvency. The Risk Engine must run as an independent layer with hard-coded circuit breakers that cannot be overridden by strategy logic.
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