• chaogomu
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    3 days ago

    Fun fact, the floor of the NY Stock Exchange is almost 100% TV set these days, with no actual traders in sight. That and a bunch of very important computers. But I think those are actually in a secure bunker in the basement.

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      3 days ago

      100% an event space, but the trading engines are all most likely in a data centre in some other state.

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        3 days ago

        Actually, all the big trading firms have their computers as close to the stock exchange building as physically possible. Ping times matter in high frequency trading.

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          You’re half right but none of the exchanges keep their trading engines in their headquarters or where the people who run the exchange work.