Recent content by youngstownsteel

thank you for the replies. i dont think colocating would do a lot, as we are already placing our orders ahead of time using a what if logic while the current bar is open. and of course, there may only be a few ticking on the bid or offer as well.

i am a trader at a small algo shop. i am not a programmer, but supply the trading logic to the programmers. most of the code is written in c++ and traded directly via apis. most of what we do is with equities. most of the trading is very scalp-type trading. a few months ago i started using...