Monday, May 17, 2010

Fast Traders Are Scrutinized Amid Choppy Markets - NYTimes.com

Fast Traders Are Scrutinized Amid Choppy Markets - NYTimes.com: "Over the last decade, these high-tech operators have become sort of a shadow Wall Street — from New Jersey to Kansas City, from Texas to Chicago. Depending on whose estimates you believe, high-frequency traders account for 40 to 70 percent of all trading on every stock market in the country. Some of the biggest players trade more than a billion shares a day."


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