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D2000-2

D2000-2 or Reuters Dealing 2000-2 was a software system designed by Reuters for foreign exchange trading that was used between 1992 and 1999. This automated electronic trading system allowed a dealer to enter buy and/or sell prices directly into the system, thereby avoiding the need for a human broker. The system recorded the touch price which is the highest bid and lowest ask price.

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D2000-2 or Reuters Dealing 2000-2 was a software system designed by Reuters for foreign exchange trading that was used between 1992 and 1999. This automated electronic trading system allowed a dealer to enter buy and/or sell prices directly into the system, thereby avoiding the need for a human broker. The system recorded the touch price which is the highest bid and lowest ask price.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1987 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1987". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377893368

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.