They're also building Chicago - Tokyo, Chicago - Frankfurt, etc. via atmospheric bouncing.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2020 9:18:56 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HFT Ok. That explains the Chicago/NY link. That’s something else! On Nov 28, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: <blockquote> 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 <blockquote> On Nov 28, 2020, at 7:17 AM, Matt Hoppes < [email protected] > wrote: Sure but their operations could be. <blockquote> On Nov 28, 2020, at 1:30 AM, Colin Stanners < [email protected] > wrote: </blockquote> <blockquote> 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: <blockquote> 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? -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com </blockquote> -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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