High Frequency Trading Explained

High Frequency Trading has been in the news for several years, but recently media attention has escalated. High Frequency Trading firms are now the market participant everyone loves to hate. High Frequency Trading, which has become synonymous with high speed trading but not necessarily the same thing, has been the center of a heated debate that has divided market participant groups. The argument is whether these millisecond order transaction platforms are good or bad for the financial markets. People either believe the HFTs should be banned, or they believe they should be part of the market but regulated.