HFT Breaks Speed-of-Light Barrier

[bomberone1 10]

I report this very interesting article

 

http://www.nanex.net/Research/fantaseconds/fantaseconds.html

 

and read this

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/cern-light-speed_n_977014.html

[Tams 20]

I report this very interesting article

 

Nanex - HFT Breaks Speed-of-Light Barrier, Sets Trading Speed World Record

 

and read this

 

CERN: Light Speed May Have Been Exceeded By Subatomic Particle

 

what do you find interesting about it?

[bomberone1 10]

Howww?? Tams don't you understand??? Incredile!!!

[MightyMouse 12]

Howww?? Tams don't you understand??? Incredile!!!

 

I suspect it is not true.

 

They recorded a particle traveling faster than the speed of light. There isn't a computer that can execute a full trade faster than the speed of light; however it makes for good fantasy.

[TheNegotiator 13]

I don't think they are the same things at all. The HFT technology probably just completely messed the exchange up or even they had two accounts they crossed in house with then the quoting account was behind a little. No idea why it happened really, but I'm pretty sure the delorian of hft hasn't just been invented either!!

 

What is interesting though is that the exchanges have had orders executed without first distributing quote data. That just can't be good.