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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by jellicle on Friday August 02, 2019 @09:54AM (#20592899)
Nope, it's pure loss to everyone else. Every dollar that an HFT makes by front-running your trade is a dollar you don't make as an investor. The money isn't coming out of nowhere.
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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by merpnderp on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:01AM (#20592958)
HFT's are purely parasitic unless you're another HFT benefitting from the faster trades. But what's a solution that doesn't add so much friction the house of cards falls down?
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