They likely host with the exchange in this case - and if you can not trust those employees, you know.... ;) Better not trade. Also systems like...
Practically I would avoid classical colocation - there is no need for you to own the equipment which incurs physical issues (pay for replacing...
Depends on your machine. Lets get the firs thing straight - he has access. Point. Turn off computer for mainteannce (need to work on power...
As some explanation garachen missed to give - there is a provider that built a microwave link from chicago to new york for market data. That is...
OK, lets go back - in this case, the advantage may be speed or not (I know people happily trading strats on 30ms latency....) but a lot is...
Thank heaven Poland has a better infrastructure than the US and we dont ahve 1.5 week outages. Oh man. I consider investing into a generator...
I can add to that. I Know a guy - who recently closed for reasons unrelated - who oprated a colocation facility in new York. NOT in the exchange...
Does not work. This works possibly if you are local - as I said. I.e. live in chicago or the area. I had: * Hours - rarely - with REALLY...
Be aware that you are talking about a serious undertaking here and a lot if staged against you. I am in a similar situation, except I am a little...
Well, he may have - but he is talking out of his mental framework here, as sad as it is. Yes, he may have experience in HFT - but he is seemingly...
Not necessarily. Generally nothing you can test with most data feeds requires exchange level colocation - if you want to test this you really need...
Reality check: I Do not care. My strats work with 10ms latency, 20ms latency. What you mean is direct excahgne colocation for HFT - have fun....
There may be, but I colocate, for trading, in chicago and not at the exchange. So, in your eyes I am not colocating? Ever tried logic? Basic...
Talk about events. Power just went down. 5 or 7 minutes. Nothing spectacular. All my servers in the basement were up (400 minutes reserve power by...
Start with my original arguments. If you are not in chicago, not on a commercial redundant uplink with a big battery and a diesel generator and...
User your brain. Go to google, type "Server Colocation". Be surprised.
Bullshit. Generally hosted means you dont control the computer. Classical colocation means you own or rent a specific computer and put it into...
No. "Close to the exchange" is relative. I have below 10ms latency - in fact, I have low single digit. See, chicago is big. There are some...
In my aparticular case I am renting computers from a data center in chicago. I get initially a web based / java applet based remote control...
Can you not run a little brain effort yourself? Let's get into some facts: * Colocation is in a data center. That means: * Depending...
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