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The latencies from AWS servers to the exchanges probably would make HFT applications unfeasible.
by zitterbewegung 10y ago
The latencies from AWS servers to the exchanges probably would make HFT applications unfeasible.
- spullara 10y agoNot when you use Amazon's new regions, us-fin-1, that is within the exchange's datacenter. /s?
- grandalf 10y agoThat would actually be tremendously disruptive! Superb idea.
- brilliantcode 10y agofor a moment I got super excited and thought us-fin-1 was real then saw that trailing slash indicating sarcasm. maybe we'll see High Frequency Trading For The Masses sort of situation in the future that wipes out profits for existing guys although it seems unlikely seeing how arbitrage opportunities are all automated by large capital holders.
- theocean154 10y agoYeah you need to be in the colo. Also these aren't on the network card, the cpu introduces too much latency