Re:This Is What One Half Second of High Speed Trading Looks ...
by nailer on Thursday May 09, 2013 @10:30AM
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> Never heard anyone arguing HFT is terrible because the trading floor died either.
It seemed fairly clear to me that the parent wasn't saying that at all. What he was pointing out was that discussion of, and concern about, faster access to information, decision making and execution causing volatility in the market isn't new. That's not a straw man at all.
It seemed fairly clear to me that the parent wasn't saying that at all. What he was pointing out was that discussion of, and concern about, faster access to information, decision making and execution causing volatility in the market isn't new. That's not a straw man at all.