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Exchanges allow everyone to send orders half way between the bid/ask. In a 1 penny spread stock, that is 3 decimal places. If you cannot send those type of orders I'd talk to whoever you trade through or whoever develops the platform. The trades going off at even smaller increments are...

I'm not really sure why you are being so combative. The Volcker rule was supposed to stop ibanks from short term trading. However, like everything else in life, it is being fought. I do seem to recall prop trading in these banks being shut down a long time ago. However, I'm not entirely...

I don't imagine anyone will tell you much. Those with strategies that work, tend to keep quiet. There is a fear, sometimes rational, sometimes not, that if you share too much, someone will figure out what you are doing and remove an edge. Even in some firms (not all of course), groups working...

Not sure if you are being serious or not. However, you do not need to have "market maker" status. Anyone can sub-penny to the affect of sending mid point orders. Early look at order flow? Sounds like you are mistaking internalizers for firms that run HFT strategies.

What does it use for market data and execution?

Being the fastest to a trade is only one subset of HFT. There are strategies out there that I'd personally categorize as HFT that do not require you to be first. My own definition of HFT is simply trading at a speed and volume that cannot done manually by humans and usually involves...

These guys grasp at straws. Calling assumptions facts. Like a bunch of kids staring at clouds and seeing bunny rabbits and reindeer.

Interesting if true (I'm actually surprised to hear this). How about the traders in this sort of arrangement? What licensing are required for them?

FIXED!! Strangest thing. Just by chance, I decided to unplug all the wired ethernet connections into the router. Then ran TOS with only the one connection to my desktop. No go . Then, when I plugged all the ethernet cables back in, it worked. Have no idea what happened. Bad mojo...

Thanks for the suggestions. Here are some things that I've done, that I failed to mention. (None of these made a difference) 1) Installed new router firmware. 2) Reset back to the default settings. 3) Turned off all hardware and software firewalls 4) I've taken my laptop to...

I have an account with TDAmeritrade for my IRA stuff. Something weird happened over the weekend, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what is going on. Hopefully one of you guys have some suggestions. PROBLEM: While starting TOS software, it hangs as it checks for a new version of...

Ooops.. Didn't bother looking at the date. :(

Don't corporate memberships require holding two seats? Or is that only if you lease?

What do you mean by "shares you can access are tiny"? Do you mean you can see the liquidity, but cannot access it? I've heard a couple of people say this, but never give an example. I'm genuinely interested. Can you give a stock symbol as an example and what sort of share size you are...

I think one of the problems with those that participate in HFT do not speak up enough about it. You can count the number of people that publicly defend the practice in the media on one hand. I think many firms are so scared of speaking up because they don't want the general public to know...

These guys are complete morons. I've heard several interviews with them and they are completely clueless on what HFT really is and who it does or doesn't affect. They have an agenda. Just like everything else in life, follow the money to see what it is. They are having a harder and harder...

Are you sure of that? Is this your speculation or the speculation of places like zeroHedge? Is there an actual account of this? As far as I'm aware. The only time someone sees orders before they are matched is when you are trading through a firm that internalizes (i.e. IB and just about...

To all of those having these problems. May I ask how you route your orders? And who do you trade through?

I understand what you are saying. And agree. However, just for the record. The experiences I briefly spoke of wasn't really a situation where I was contacting them for support. I was simply trying to help with a feature that clearly wasn't working, even though there were multiple claims that...

There seems to be a bit of smugness from those in charge of the project. I've seen and experienced quite a bit of rudeness from the same people as well. Haven't had a message deleted, but I've basically been told to shut up. However, I have never run an open source project, so perhaps it...