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Stock Market Manipulation By Millisecond Trading

Posted by kdawson on from the other-people's-money dept.

cfa22 writes "Nice piece in the NY Times today on ultra-fast trading on the NYSE and other markets. The 'algos' that make autonomous trading decisions have to be fast, but I wonder: Is network speed ever a bottleneck? Can anyone with inside experience with millisecond trading provide some details for the curious among us regarding hardware architectures and networking used for such trading systems?" According to the article, high-frequency traders generated about $21 billion in profits last year.

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  1. Mod me down mother fuckers!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Niggers

  2. Doubtful by mr.nicholas · · Score: -1, Troll

    I seriously doubt anyone who is knowledgeable of the specifics can say anything of value.

    I know that I am, and that I will not.

  3. Re:With every winner, there is a loser. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are so uninformed, it's scary. Go crawl back into your bomb shelter / fascist green eco home.