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title: Superhuman Speed in Futures Trading Requires Stricter Regulation
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4580566/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4580566
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4580566
featured: 2023-09-28
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Superhuman Speed in Futures Trading Requires Stricter Regulation

A study suggests that high-frequency traders' use of low-latency trading algorithms for arbitrage opportunities increases execution costs for other market participants, proposing batch auctions as a solution.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4580566
- Identifier: SSRN 4580566
- Released: 2023-09-22
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 17 (2023-09-28): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-09-28/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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