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High frequency trading is basically capitalizing on inefficiencies in the market. Ideally, those inefficiencies would be addressed directly, and the benefit of
by CuriouslyC 9y ago
High frequency trading is basically capitalizing on inefficiencies in the market. Ideally, those inefficiencies would be addressed directly, and the benefit of a lower friction marketplace would be distributed among all participants. Then all the energy going into HFT could be redirected to something more productive.
- dsacco 9y agoYes, and this is happening. The low hanging fruit in HFT is effectively gone, and you can no longer compete on just speed. The industry has been shrinking since the early 2010s.