Comment Re:Still unfair (Score 1) 791
Since we are speaking microseconds here, is not the main advantage being the closest or even within the final exchange computer?
The competition is obviously biased in favor, not of the best programmers, but of those privileged enough to be located nearest to the apex of the whole system.
Yep, the serious HFT groups run their boxes as close as possible to the exchange... Either they rent space on the floor (Or in the same building), or they're right next-door.