You obviously have no idea about how HFT works. 100ms later than your peers and you're out of business. It's a real time auction, if you react too late, the pr

You obviously have no idea about how HFT works. 100ms later than your peers and you're out of business. It's a real time auction, if you react too late, the price would most likely have moved against you. If you were trying to buy, the prices would have climbed up higher than your models projected to be profitable, if you were trying to sell, the prices would have dropped.