hfttrader

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by hfttrader 13y ago
Not everyone has a phone, or a phone supporting NFC. (Microsoft employs >100,000 people) Badges are a low cost solution which don't require charging and can be easily issued or replaced. Additionally, badges display pictures, so peo
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by hfttrader 13y ago
Traders are not necessarily smarter than the average software engineer. (There are many very smart people in both fields) However, they are fairly irreplaceable. This is because to be good at finance you need to be both smart and experience
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by hfttrader 13y ago
But why does transferring large amounts of dollars take days? There is nothing physical preventing banks from supporting fast transfers. They can do fast transfers with BTC or USD. Transfers are slow because there is little need to transfer
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by hfttrader 13y ago
Why are the other people creating value, while HFT traders do not? Both types of players extract value from the market, while improving market efficiency. HFT definitely has high entry costs (10's of millions of dollars), and firms tha
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by hfttrader 13y ago
This article is talking about internally transparent salaries. The salaries aren't disclosed to outside parties, so the policy doesn't help poachers.
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by hfttrader 13y ago
Generally, HFT firms end up decreasing volatility. They price stock more accurately, which makes them money and decreases volatility. If they were increasing volatility, they would make infinite money, since the source of their profit is th
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by hfttrader 13y ago
That isn't really an example of market manipulation. Market manipulation is an intentional manipulation of the market. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_manipulation ) The Knight Capital incident was an example