Re: Trading Arcades have had their day Quote:
Originally Posted by maxima If you are trading Eurex all the US FCMs I know (Velocity, RCG, Dorman, Mirus, Infinity) they all have their server in the US. So the latency from Eurex to broker to London home is about 300ms which is simply stupid. |
even if you have 5ms latency don't follow your illusion that this means your order will be placed a few more milisec later , you can't react faster than 250ms and usually it takes around 300ms before you will click mouse button.
300ms of reaction but not including the moment you are getting aware of the information displayed on the screen.
Add to this time, between the fact occurrence and your awareness of it. because after that you react.
lets say its 50ms but I dont have any idea and you have 355ms from your ultra low latency 5ms connection. if you have a cursor in the right place 
if not you can add another second if its on the other screen
in my opnion, if a latency is 70ms or 200ms it doesnt make a difference to manual trading
I'm happy to hear if I am wrong |