It's said in some circles there's a little Greta Thurnberg lurking inside all of us. The Swedish teenage environmental activist’s campaigning efforts on climate change have certainly gained international recognition and column inches. But even in the bastions of capitalist enterprise things are changing and fast - including at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) - even if you might necessarily think so.
If you invest in the stock market, have a pension or life insurance and have never heard of High Frequency Trading then it is extremely likely you have lost money to this practise.
High Frequency Trading is essentially the use of computer programs known as algorithms and high speed internet connections to find out what stock trade is being made and to then buy or sell that stock before that trade can be made, taking an instant commission from the price jump. It’s like invisible Gazumping only much faster and you only get in the middle of the trade for a millisecond.
