Ok. That explains the Chicago/NY link. 

That’s something else!

> On Nov 28, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 
> I assume it’s a combination of front running, arbitrage, and algorithmic 
> trading.
>  
> So they exploit slight differences in prices between exchanges in NY/NJ, 
> Chicago, Seattle, Europe, Asia, etc.  Based on knowing what has happened 
> somewhere else, a few milliseconds before other people know it.  I say 
> people, but it’s probably machines doing the trading, probably specialized 
> computers built just for HFT.  Just like there are specialized computers for 
> cryptocurrency mining.
>  
>  
> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tim Hardy
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 7:18 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HFT
>  
> Its a lot more complicated than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Boys
>  
> On Nov 28, 2020, at 7:17 AM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>  
> Sure but their operations could be. 
> 
> 
> On Nov 28, 2020, at 1:30 AM, Colin Stanners <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 
> I'm assuming that the Chicago Stock Exchange is quite fixed and immovable, no?
>  
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 12:21 AM Matt Hoppes 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was talking with someone last week about all the High Frequency Trader 
> microwave links going up in our area. 
> 
> Never thought twice about it until then. 
> 
> Why are they building these microwave and fiber networks to the NYSE rather 
> than just moving their operations center closer to NY?
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