minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldtoExplain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5: Why is high frequency trading allowed?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·19 days agoTrades once per hour? But that would be fair for everyone, can’t have that. People pay thousands or millions to get stock prices 30 seconds faster, because there are fortunes to be made with 30 seconds of advantage. linkfedilink
Trades once per hour? But that would be fair for everyone, can’t have that. People pay thousands or millions to get stock prices 30 seconds faster, because there are fortunes to be made with 30 seconds of advantage.