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Why hasn't high frequency trading firms created the world's first trillionaire yet?
If these high frequency trading firms are trading millions of trades/billions of dollars per day (All computerized). Why hasn't a high frequency mega fund firm used this super technology to gain trillions of dollars or more in trading profit? Why isn't owners of these HFT firms trillionaires yet?
High Frequency Trading Expert Advisor
I am selling a program I created that buys the ask and sells the bid in any market and works through MT4/MT5. I am only selling 10 of each. 10 for MT4 and 10 for MT5. HFT infrastructure is needed. Lowest latency brokers with liquidity, straight through orders, no market makers. The EA does not buy...
Tier 3 IB Markets Internship or HFT Trading Firm Internship??
I'm in my second year studying Maths at a Target Uni in the UK and I need advice in which one of these two internships to go for: The first internship is in the Markets Division (Cross-Asset) at a Tier 3 Investment Bank in London. The second internship is as a Trading Intern at a high-frequency...
Virtu Financial Quantitative Trader Interview Help
I made it to the second phone screen at Virtu Financial, which is going to be a 1-hour long phone interview with a Quantitative Trader, being mostly technical questions since the phone screen before it with HR was mostly behavioral (even though there were some brainteasers). Has anyone else done the...
Do you think the markets are rigged?
In the CNBC article below it speaks about reforming and implementing more regulations on the equity markets and specifically on HFT. Do you think it will actually change anything or will it just urge the firms who engage in HFT to find new ways to do it/beat the markets? Also, America is a...
Spoofing ( My first post!)
Trader Navinder Sarao was taken in by authorities yesterday after being accused of playing part in the 2010 'Flash Crash'. Based out of his West London home, he used a more sophisticated version of commercially available software which aided in his market manipulation. On the day of the Flash Crash,...
HFT Firms Place Trades with Military Towers
The topic of High Frequency Trading ( HFT ) has been getting a lot of attention lately, partly due to Michael Lewis ’ new book “Flash Boys.” For those of you not familiar with the subject, the practice of HFT simply boils down to firms trying to profit by placing trades at very fast speeds in...
Michael Lewis and His New Book on High Frequency Trading
Editor note: There's also a a good complement to this post: Do You Think The Market is Rigged For the last year Michael Lewis , the writer of the Big Short , has been writing his new book Flashboys. Flashboys discusses the topic of High frequency trading , a topic that has been a hot issue in the...
Flash Boys
What does everyone think about Michael Lewis ' new book/the press surrounding it?
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