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Economics

How High-Frequency Trading Affects Price Discovery

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High-frequency traders can execute a trade in under 100 microseconds — faster than the blink of an eye, which takes about 100,000 microseconds.

Why this is interesting

You've probably heard that computers trade stocks in milliseconds. But did you know that their lightning-fast trades can actually change the price you see on your screen?