• Flying_Dutch_Rudder
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    7 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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      7 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.