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Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms

From: Joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:16:26 +0100

On 3/23/12 14:47 , Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:53:45 +0100, Eugen Leitl said:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/122989-1-5-billion-the-cost-of-cutting-london-toyko-latency-by-60ms


Lower latency is good...

The massive drop in latency is expected to supercharge algorithmic stock
market trading, where a difference of a few milliseconds can gain (or lose)
millions of dollars.


But it should be illegal to run a stock market that volatile.  This can't end well.


Notwithstanding how bad an idea high speed trading from the vantage
point of those who don't participate in it, 60ms would place you at a
competitive disadvantage to traders that are collocated at or near the
exchange, such that if you're engaged in an arbitrage activity between
two markets someone can frontrun your front-running.

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Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms, (continued)
- - - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Marshall Eubanks (Mar 24)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Barry Shein (Mar 23)
  - RE: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Bonser (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joel jaeggli (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joly MacFie (Mar 24)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Nick Hilliard (Mar 24)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Tei (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joe Loiacono (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 26)
- Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joel jaeggli (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Nick Hilliard (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms ポール・ロラン (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Christopher Morrow (Mar 23)
    - RE: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Bonser (Mar 23)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Jeroen van Aart (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Robert Bonomi (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joel jaeggli (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Rodrick Brown (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Rodrick Brown (Mar 26)

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