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Re:Banning Some HFT Strategies Helped This Market Grow: Chart by wdewind on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:34AM (#11246305)
TLDR: Compounding effects that add up over time, and extremely dubious use of the words "tremendous cost (to society)."
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Re:Banning Some HFT Strategies Helped This Market Grow: Chart by lberger on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @01:13PM (#11247179)
HFT is a tax on the markets (and by extension society).
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Re:Banning Some HFT Strategies Helped This Market Grow: Chart by wdewind on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @02:05PM (#11247640)
I mean...that's kind of a hugely controversial point to just say as a fact. It also completely ignores the fact that HFTs employ a lot of different strategies, some of which are uncontroversially beneficial to the market (market making).
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