Quote from Clubber Lang:
Stopped reading right after this nonsense-
"Profits from high-speed trading in American stocks are on track to be, at most, $1.25 billion this year, down 35 percent from last year and 74 percent lower than the peak of about $4.9 billion in 2009, according to estimates from the brokerage firm Rosenblatt Securities. "
Those numbers aren't even in the ballpark.
Only 1.25 billion profit. LMAO.
Quote from CT10Gov:
You know better because......?
Quote from Clubber Lang:
Because my old firm cleared for an HFT firm and they averaged 1-3 million profit PER DAY (and not a single down day-- ZERO).
I acknowledge that HFT profits are down from their peak (because they've put so many people, firms, and smaller HFT shops out of business already), but the numbers in the article are a pittance compared to what the real profits are and were.
Quote from marketsurfer:
They hide the real profits for fear of getting shut down and raising public scrutiny, ire ? Therefore they are tax cheats and financial rogues, is that what you are saying? surf
Quote from Clubber Lang:
Because my old firm cleared for an HFT firm and they averaged 1-3 million profit PER DAY (and not a single down day-- ZERO).
I acknowledge that HFT profits are down from their peak (because they've put so many people, firms, and smaller HFT shops out of business already), but the numbers in the article are a pittance compared to what the real profits are and were.