You cannot possibly get info faster and analyse them more then the hedge funds. It better be some crazy bespoke stuff you are doing to get ahead for maybe a couple seconds before the gap gets filled.

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KellyCriterion 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

there are tons of other trading activities than HFT, in which you can easily deploy agents as it is not everywhere about milliseconds and exchange-CoLo

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satvikpendem 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

HFT != Algorithmic trading

	▲	HolyLampshade an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And to extend this, low frequency does not mean slow speed. HFT mostly covers how often you are trading. Some low frequency strategies require near instantaneous (sub microsecond) execution capability in order to beat people trading on the same signal.