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Are we against HFT?

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July, 2009

In recent weeks we have had numerous conversations with academia, media, mutual fund traders, hedge fund traders, high frequency proponents, as well as other brokerage firms. Sometimes little fights and arguments take away the importance of our biggest points and objections. This is probably true in life in general, incidentally, but for the sake of the industry we love, we would like to wake up today and repeat a few important points.

1) We have a history of being technology able. We have a history of being nimble. And we have a history of having our goals completely aligned with those

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3 Responses to “Are we against HFT?”

  1. thstart
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
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    Your paper intrigued me and I started looking for information from the sources: Comments on SEC Rulings and Proposals, Congress Testimonies. It is very time consuming but worth the efforts.

    Here is what I found recently:

    New “Flash” and BOLT functionality – Nasdaq, BATS Preferential Member Treatment by Holding Orders for 3 seconds
    Of BOLTs and Flashes

    http://blog.tradersheadstart.com/2009/07/new-flash-and-
    bolt-functionality-nasdaq.html

    Also we are publishing some original research directly from European sources in original languages.


  2. thstart
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
    avatar

    Your paper intrigued me and I started looking for information from the sources: Comments on SEC Rulings and Proposals, Congress Testimonies. It is very time consuming but worth the efforts.

    Here is what I found recently:

    New “Flash” and BOLT functionality – Nasdaq, BATS Preferential Member Treatment by Holding Orders for 3 seconds
    Of BOLTs and Flashes

    http://blog.tradersheadstart.com/2009/07/new-flash-and-bolt-functionality-nasdaq.html

    Also we are publishing some original research directly from European sources in original languages.


  3. Penny Stock Picks
    August 4th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
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    Penny Stock Picks…

    Great job with the info. How did you find it? Please let me know….


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