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		harryh on Oct 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The high-frequency trading arms race: frequent bat... I thought HFTers only got involved in between two parties when they knew they could make a profit. You thought wrong. While there are a variety of things that HFT firms do, most of it is market making. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_maker

HWR_14 on Oct 20, 2021 [–]

Those market makers are known, formal and regulated. HFTs are none of those.

Well, I guess semi-regulated.

harryh on Oct 20, 2021 | [–]

The big HFT firms are, in fact, well known.

https://medium.com/automation-generation/15-well-known-high-...

They're also regulated in various ways.

kasey_junk on Oct 20, 2021 | | [–]

In fact all of the nyse designated market makers are HFT firms.

https://www.nyse.com/markets/nyse/membership

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