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I bet any "software developer" at a HFT firm would be able to entertain any of your questions.
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The star at a trading company is the traders, as it should be. Nothing has changed that or probably ever will. The programmers are just one layer closer to that than the sysadmins, which tends to make it more interesting. > it costs about 15k a month That's like saying "a piece of meat costs about $25". I don't think there was one POP (of dozens) that was the same price as another. Not to mention the equipment and co…
Having bootstrapped and built a successful ultra low latency trading operation from start to finish, I can assure you that in this space the star is the technology. In other forms of HFT, such as statistical arbitrage, the traders are the stars. But my understanding is that the question specifically regarded low latency trading. To give an example, a whole cohort of traders used a simple lead-lag signal between futur…