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by yummyfajitas 4238 days ago
The goal is to be faster than the other guy - HFT is a race, thanks to the subpenny rule. So if network latency is 2ms, you still care about making your trades happen in 2,050us vs 2,100us.

Tl;dr even if trades happen in ms, you still care about us.