Ultrafast Trading Costs Stock Investors Nearly $5 Billion a Year, Study Says

Wanna hear some names???

 

Right. But we all do see them, so I guess you can skew the definition of “fake” and turn it into “real” bids and offers.

 

Anecdotal but have you seen the recent spreads in volatile stocks? I followed the market in 2003-2005 when HFT was still a thing to ignore and I don't recall the spreads being different.

 

my executions have consistently shown price improvements.