On Mar 23, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jer...@mompl.net> wrote:
> valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >>> The massive drop in latency is expected to supercharge algorithmic stock >>> market trading, where a difference of a few milliseconds can gain (or lose) >>> millions of dollars. >> But it should be illegal to run a stock market that volatile. This can't >> end well. > > The average consumer gets a 15 minute artificial delay in trading, why not > implement for all trades... The average consumer shouldn't be day trading with shit market data thats delayed or worse with level 1 depth of the markets they're just asking to be taken by the heavy quant firms. HIgh frequency trading does provide a service to the financial markets as a whole despite what the media and government politicians will have you think. Transaction cost has plummeted over the years and do has the barrister to enter the markets. > -- > Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8 > Date: Friday, March 23, 2012 14:35:31 UTC > Location: Tonga > Latitude: -16.2478; Longitude: -174.0706 > Depth: 119.50 km >
