EndRun set up the system next door to the NYSE used by GS. I think EndRun has a white paper on their site describing the ultimate in insider trading systems. It has been the subject of a number of articles and a whistle blowers case. Some believe it was responsible for a 1000 point "glitch" several years ago.
Thomas Knox > From: namic...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:20:07 +1100 > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] nanoseconds in the news > > Obviously no one is thinking big enough. > A hyper-super computer on either side of the Atlantic could run a model > of each of the stock markets which could be synchronised by frequent > data transfer. > The learning power of these models would be very great, and they > could deliver a real-time > estimate of the other markets that would be hundreds of milliseconds > better that neutrinos. > The long term veracity of these computers could not be doubted, the > noise in short terms > would be continually reduced. > A system like GPS could be used to synchronise them so they could > give nanosecond response. > > > Would that not be great for huge spikes! > > cheers, > Neville Michie > > On 17/02/2012, at 9:07 AM, Peter Monta wrote: > > >> Time is money... > > > > I wonder if long-distance neutrino links might be attractive to the > > financial community. The SNRs are currently way too low, but with > > aggressive engineering, a link through the Earth would shave off many, > > many milliseconds (even at not greater than the speed of light :-) ). > > The cost would be very high though. > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ > > time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.