oh yeah, HFT do have benefits....for themselves, cant see much benefit for shareholders, here's BCI as a small example. Have a Captain Cook at BCI "trades" so far today.Did someone mention liguidity ? Easy to manipulate when there's no buyers around ? You betcha
10:49:57 AM 2.600 7 18.200 10:49:57 AM 2.600 50 130.000 10:47:35 AM 2.600 3 7.800 10:47:35 AM 2.600 16 41.600 10:47:35 AM 2.600 96 249.600 10:47:35 AM 2.600 27 70.200 10:47:35 AM 2.600 22 57.200 10:47:35 AM 2.600 200 520.000
9:59:47 AM 2.690 1 $2.690 ************** opening trade
15 buyers for 46,485 units 37 sellers for 297,827 units