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well if you needed further proof that the hft / algo model has burst and that the firms they set up ( rsj, getco and the rest ) are finished - here is the the latest confirmation with liffe's volume figures. the costs at the hft firms must be huge now with hundreds of overpaid programmers...

i also notice how the bund is taking longer each to day to get the same volume. at 1pm to 2pm it was kind of 1/2 million. now it takes nearly 330 to get the same volume.

let me translate - quite simply total disaster

finally - only took them 5 years and every local to be wiped out for them to realise hft cheats the system and front runs. what a joke organisation. the only reason this investigation is taking place now is because the volumes have fallen off a cliff and the reason is hft creates no new...

hft does not create any volume or liquidity. it sucks it out of the system and kills it. exchange volume was a bubble that has burst. all they are left with is lots of working prices from algos and hfts that are an illusion of genuine business. the volume will keep falling...

first stop promoting the us fixed income market as if its free money for everyone. secondly take that pathetic advert about your company every time you post have you ever heard of negative advertising. every time we see that shit we think you are a cock

a little bit of everything. fx and sports moved away from fixed income or rigged income as its known

like most arcades their presentations are a waste of time. the model worked back in 2000 for about 2 years. now it does not work. whats does work is taking 5k from someone to tell them how to make money trading. its a snake oil sale. keep them hooked and get them to put another 5k...

yep standard industry rip off. desk fee churning commission - tiny limits. as soon as you put 5k up they want another 5k within 2 weeks. impossible to make any forward progress. their turnover rate of new traders is massive as they cant find any profitable traders. the training is...

please dont say schneider trading

yes i agree with my colleagues zerohedge is not worth reading. however cnbc are very good and the ft is even better. they have managed to get the story out of greece wrong for the last 6 months. nothing like good investigative journalism. everything the ft print turns out to be...

adapt or die - hahahahahaha. yes ill just go and spend $10 billion to get a co located server and out cheat and out front run every other hft firm. meanwhile in the real world hft firms are causing world wide volume collapse. didnt see that one coming did they. i wonder how the...

ive found recently that even when ran mentions any news very little of it makes any money anymore. gone are the days when the market actually moves in the right direction anymore. most of time as you soon as you position yourself the correct way the algos force you out. even if you...

we could all go down to the marriot in west london and have a quiet chat with the hft mob at their wanky seminar this month. anyone up for it??

:D LOL - this could be bigger than greece defaulting

the evidence is citi cross/ match is actively calling high volume retail business - ( my friends sales / prop desk at a respected european bank ) to shift their fixed income business from eurex, liffe and cme to their dark pool. fact. lots of similar desk are getting the same sales...

ok so if this in play and i believe it well and truly is. what are the final endgame scenarios from this? exchanges are effectively massively over valued.

yep for real. citi match and citi cross are taking volume from eurex and out of fixed income in general. they have been recently asking around for people to join them. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecbfe5f6-a7e2-11e0-a312-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lsa1CiJh

sell stop on friday in the bund for 20k took the bund thru 138.60 to 138.20. 10 years ago that took 1to 15 ticks max. great step forward not.

therein lies the debate - you mention ' market efficiency '. i think the market is less efficient. you try to buy and sell 10000 lots in bond futures and it takes 2 to 3 times more to fill the order. how is that efficient. its only efficient in hft reading the order and exploiting...