Time and time again this discussion is hampered by the term "high frequency trading" which is much too general. An instance of a HFT algorithm behaving poorly s

Time and time again this discussion is hampered by the term "high frequency trading" which is much too general. An instance of a HFT algorithm behaving poorly should not condemn the practice as a whole. Saying "HFT is bad, just look at electronic front-running" is like saying "Sorting algorithms are slow, just look at bubble sort".