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		whimsicalism on July 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Intern’s Guide to Trading > HFT is pretty much as far from making markets "efficient" prediction mechanisms as you can ? HFT facilitates liquidity, liquidity facilitates efficiency.

H8crilA on July 7, 2021 [–]

Yes of course, but i meant as far as you can [while still being a market participant].

Nobody really cares (except for traders) if the US 10 year note is at 1.54% or 1.52%, but rather if it's at 1.5%, or 2.0%, or 3.0%. Or even 10%.

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