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Sunday, July 26, 2009

High Frequency Trading


Its all the rage - high frequency trading. If you are on the inside of some large investment firm like Goldman Sachs, you can make millions. If you are not, well then tough luck sucker.

Read this article.

NY Times: Stock Traders Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds
Powerful computers, some housed right next to the machines that drive marketplaces like the New York Stock Exchange, enable high-frequency traders to transmit millions of orders at lightning speed and, their detractors contend, reap billions at everyone else’s expense.

These systems are so fast they can outsmart or outrun other investors, humans and computers alike.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

The whole system is rigged from top to bottom, it's really nothing more then a hi tech casino. Your almost better off taking your $$ to the local "real" casino and putting it on the red or black.

Jim Sande said...

The thought has occurred.