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fasteo on June 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: High Frequency Trading Strategies

This is something that comes to my mind every time there is a press release talking about HFT and the milliseconds advantage they use to make a profit.

I would love some comments from a seasoned HFT (tech) guy.

kasey_junk on June 1, 2015 [–]

There exist in the trading space entities that look essentially like what the OP is suggesting. They are called prop trading firms, or quantitative trading firms, etc.

There are even entities that act like incubators for those entities.

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