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Thanks for curating these articles from 2012! I was curious about microwave radio lines so I did a little digging[1]. It appears that microwave radio can doub

Thanks for curating these articles from 2012! I was curious about microwave radio lines so I did a little digging[1]. It appears that microwave radio can double the speeds of fiber. Though the towers are limited by distance (max ~60mi separation), HFT shops buy/rent microwave tower networks connecting cities. For example, one HFT firm owns a network of ~30 microwave towers connecting NJ to IL that transmit 1.6 ms faster than fiber. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-07-24/high-frequency-traders-find-microwaves-suit-their-need-for-speed http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-07-24/high-frequen...

chollida1 11y ago
> Thanks for curating these articles from 2012! My pleasure:) I find there is way to much secrecy around algorithmic trading, and I do what I can to shed some light on it for newbies like your self!
jamessb 11y ago
There is an interesting series of blog posts about microwave towers used in HFT entitled "HFT in my backyard" at http://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com http://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com Several of the individual posts were submitted to HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=HFT%20in%20my%20backyard&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=HFT%20in%20my%20backyard&sort=...
- caminante 11y ago
  Thanks!