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You can absolutely host your networking gear/servers inside a co-location facility where the underlying exchange is hosted. It just requires tons of money to d
by Bluecobra 2y ago
You can absolutely host your networking gear/servers inside a co-location facility where the underlying exchange is hosted. It just requires tons of money to do so.
- gottorf 2y ago> It just requires tons of money to do so. On the order of thousands of dollars a month[0], depending on how close you want to get. [0]: https://www.cmegroup.com/globex/connectivity-options.html https://www.cmegroup.com/globex/connectivity-options.html
- djtango 2y agoRealistically that isn't that much money unless you want to be some kind of hobbyist HFT tinkerer. With no stance on whether people should be doing HFT as a hobby, presumably there is a finite amount of colocation space available and an opportunity cost/maintenance associated with onboarding people so this is what the market and regulators decided were the table stakes?
- gottorf 2y agoYes, it's really not that much money, all things considered. Even regular colocation (just for hosting) at a name-brand facility with all the redundancy that the CME facility has would run you $1-2k a month.