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Re:A veteran programmer explains how the stock market became... by crdoconnor on Monday April 07, 2014 @07:13AM (#7545778)
THIS is incorrect. From the article:

>A direct feed from one exchange could be $10,000 to $60,000 a month. If the SIP is no longer real-time, it means that people who want to get real-time data have to pay, well, significantly more. It’s no exaggeration here to say you go from $1 a month to well over $100,000, with your own networking staff and a room full of computers just to get real-time pricing.

$100k a month is now something you can stump up out of your savings is it?

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Re:A veteran programmer explains how the stock market became... by yummyfajitas on Monday April 07, 2014 @08:42AM (#7546118)
You don't need to pay $100,000 month for access. My NDA forbids from revealing pricing info, but I can say I worked for an HFT fund that was just a programmer working out of his living room.
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