On Aug 21, 2:30 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > Wasn’t HFT an exacerbating factor in just about every major stockmarket > downturn since, oh, 1987?
IMO, it was a mitigating factor. HFT firms provide liquidity and help price discovery. Investor sentiment is what drives rallys and crashes. Raymond -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list