HFU HF Underground
General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on July 08, 2020, 1251 UTC
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Having constructed shortwave radio towers in Chicago, Frankfurt and London, Raft have established ultra-low latency connections between various exchanges, which are leased to algorithmic trading firms who seek a speed advantage.
In talking with Haim, we discuss why some firms are prepared to pay big bucks in order to be a few milliseconds quicker than other market participants. Haim also draws comparisons of the various technologies used to transmit data (shortwave, microwave and fibre optic cable), plus going beyond the connections; how firms further optimize for speed, and what’s next in the race to zero.
https://chatwithtraders.com/ep-197-haim-ben-ami/