I had buddies interview at the old ETrade and at Trillium. The two that went to Trillium are both still trading - and one is making very nice $$$. I've heard Trillium has a good training program and an individual trainer and manager. The payout is not quite as high as a couple of the deals on...
I think HFC stands for the Harboside Facility where Schonfeld / Trillium co-locates (co-lo) with ISLD / INET. Not sure what the C stands for (maybe center). In any case, the benefit of colocating with INET is the speed of execution.
I have automated trading strategies with two firms and at both I have had more difficulty shorting since REG SHO. I've been trading through Schonfeld using their HUBB bbox API for a little over a year. I also integrate into their short availability server which give me real time updates as to...