"At NYSE and NASDAQ there's a whole testing regime to make sure the cables plugged into each trading server are the same length. If yours is four inches shorter, the time it takes electricity to move is actually meaningful" Austin Federa on the insane lengths trading firms go to for a fraction of a

"At NYSE and NASDAQ there's a whole testing regime to make sure the cables plugged into each trading server are the same length. If yours is four inches shorter, the time it takes electricity to move is actually meaningful" Austin Federa on the insane lengths trading firms go to for a fraction of a

RT @scottmelker: "At NYSE and NASDAQ there's a whole testing regime to make sure the cables plugged into each trading server are the same l…