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The Three HFT Horsemen

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July, 2009

The three HFT horsemen are C, BAC and CIT.  These three stocks traded 860 million shares today which is 10% of all US Equity volume.  Think about that – 3 stocks in a universe of over 5000 U.S. stocks represented 10% of the volume.  How could this be?  Look at the intraday chart of all three of these stocks and you will see a something in common: an early morning move followed by a flatline with a very tight range (around .05).  Meanwhile, while these stocks were flatlining the market was heading higher.  The S&P 500 gained around 10 points

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2 Responses to “The Three HFT Horsemen”

  1. 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….


  2. HenryS
    August 6th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
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    So in round numberes –

    On the .005 /share – that is 4.3 Million $$

    and on the .01/share that is 8.6 Million $$

    But let us say that on the buy/sell they broke even – so they did not really make anything since they had a total wash out of their trades – so profit on the Trades – a big fat zero —

    But on their Trading Volume – they still made 4.3 Million $$$ – -

    How is that fair to anyone other than the Exchance that then gets to seel the trading history to others and since this is 10% more volume . . .


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