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What kind of depreciation do you get on crypto mining hardware though? Will that setup still be profitable in x months, when better performing hardware exists?

Interesting - I have looked into the API, though TT tech support believe they can fix the issues I'm seeing. Any reason for choosing F#/WPF over C#/Winforms? And agree 100% on Xtra…

Interesting - so do you think it would be possible to have a JS/HTML5 app refresh at 60FPS?

Not really sure, as it's not my field, but the graphics requirements are not about "drawing" - more about rapidly updating multiple grids of numbers without any lag.

I work as a financial futures trader, and the main software I use for order management and viewing market data is being discontinued in favour of a new version. The old software* h…

There have always been middlemen, as, especially with less liquid instruments, there won't necessarily be equal supply and demand from "natural" buyers and sellers. As markets have…

Seems like quite a strong possibility, given his background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt#Dismissal

I don't think the actual order type was a secret, just that some HFT firms figured out a way to use it which gave them an advantage over other HFT firms. The firms who didn't under…

Like many vocal HFT critics, he was trying to play the same game, and was outcompeted.

I believe the profits have dropped a lot recently, as competition has driven down margins for everyone involved. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-06/how-the-robo...

Generally it's possible to colocate servers in the same datacentre as the exchange servers. This isn't really a competitive advantage though, as anyone who needs latency that low w…

Competition is already high, and colocating is not that expensive for anyone with the ability to compete. A lot of the loudest criticism of HFT is that it's too competitive - a lot…

Why have a limit on how close people can be to the exchange? For one thing, everyone would just colo at exactly the minimum distance, achieving nothing. For another, ability to col…

As far as I'm aware, the exact time of release of the FOMC statement can vary by a few seconds. Nanex seem to have assumed that the release comes from Washington, but I would guess…

Yes - most journalists/analysts prefer to be wrong together than wrong alone, so there is usually a lot of groupthink. The previous fed minutes suggested that most members wanted t…

Indeed - it's worth noting that on the non-farm payroll figure (which is closely watched by markets) this month, most markets jumped in the wrong direction a split second early, be…

Indeed. In fact, when economists talk about full employment, they don't even mean 100% - it's thought that at least some unemployment is needed to control inflation. http://en.wiki…

Perhaps this is partly due to the multitude of parties, which in turn is due to the nature of the electoral system? In a two party system, a lot of people feel like they are voting…

Indeed - the current proposal suggests that the persecution was only wrong because he was a war hero, and not because of the injustice of it. I'd imagine there must be some victims…

London has a big financial sector, so a lot of the big pay packets probably come from there - hedge funds, banks, HFT etc. See here: http://jobs.efinancialcareers.co.uk/Information…

To be fair, this kind of performance would probably be seen over any sample of the brokerage house clients. Even professional mutual fund managers systematically underperform the m…