strongvigilance

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1. 31.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   On the about page, they suggest making a pull request if you want to add to it, so I guess it's a work in progress. Repo is here: https://github.com/overthecs/overthecs.github.com
2. 32.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   I imagine "specs like this" is referring to the Core i5 rather than the display.
3. 33.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   Generally speaking, yes - the spread is the cost of buying immediately. There is no single price for a stock at any given time. There's a bid price, which is made up of unfilled buy orders, and an ask price, which is made up of unfilled sel
4. 34.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   Not really - a lot of HFT earns money from liquidity provision, where a higher tick value would increase profitability, since they're entering and exiting trades passively attempting to earn the bid/ask spread.
5. 35.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   It's a story which gets pushed pretty hard by the more old-fashioned market makers, who are now getting out-competed by HFT/automated trading. Higher minimum tick is good for them as they earn money from the bid/ask spread, which necessaril
6. 36.▲
   by strongvigilance 14y ago

   It contributes to liquidity in that it allows market makers to quote tighter prices, since they have less risk of adverse selection.