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supernova87a on Oct 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Timekeeping in Financial Exchanges

There is human-relevant information being traded and relevant on a microsecond timescale?

harryh on Oct 11, 2020 [–]

Sure.

Something important happens. Whoever reacts the fastest has an edge. I don't really know whether we're measuring "reacts the fastest" in terms of microseconds yet these days, but fastest is fastest no matter how much you win by.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGZa-yf8vMU

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