Man, why in every single thread, every time a more interesting discussion evolves do some retards come along with zero knowledge, guys who most likely never made a single dime in their life trading and have to inject their crap into the discussion. What value do idiots derive from spreading their stupidity?
Don't be a racist. I am not russian, but I am an appreciator of russians. They are a remarkably high achieving people. I'd take a russian over a yank any day of the week.
Tell that to the NASDAQ/NYSE/AMEX/NMS price processor LOL !!! by law, there is a common tape for Equities you fool not saying some HTFers are not trying to "play it", but pre-trade and post-trade transparency does exist for US Equity market. In HFT terms, it's another discussion, since you are dealing with barrel scrappers, not the big players on the markets. big players don't care to pay an extra penny as long as their trades get done,
very high achieving indeed on the corruption and extortion scale. Oh and I forgot they are record alcohol consumers with most addicts in the world, even beats China with its multiple number of people. Indeed a respectful bunch...anyway, I digress. You sounded like one of those Russian software developers who thinks they know everything about financial markets because they read a 101 book...
yes tape and that is as far as it goes. Countless (well 30 something I think) trading venues... every big players by the way cares about every fraction of a penny in execution related costs, which is precisely the reason why they employ a host of top notch execution traders and bought the best execution algorithms they can get their hands on. But lets keep the thread on topic, hft and fx.
There, even you would regard russian programming to be superior. The moment you realised I am top notch, you automatically think I am russian. Despite their stature, their faults, their achievements are incomparable to anyone. They are the only people in the world who can tell the "sole" super power to get lost and their wish is respected. They also horde the greatest amount of resources in the world. Sometimes I wonder how did they get there ? I know a reasonable amount of financial markets because I spent time studying it. You can too if you put in the effort. But you find it easier to be fed the junk by the financial industry.
no you fool, they don't care to spend an extra penny for a trade as long as it is executed what they don't want are front runners, and being ripped off by HFT players only sell-side care about pennies because that's how they make money, using volume as their profit benchmark