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High Frequency Traders Elbow Their Way Into the Currency Markets

  • After scandal comes reluctant embrace of high-speed firms
  • Volume from nonbanks triples in 3 years to $199 billion a day
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The Fastest Force in Currencies

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High-speed electronic market making, already widespread in stocks, is getting a grudging welcome from currency markets. They don’t have much choice.

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