Speed vs. Precision: How HFT Bots Trade Off Latency Optimization Against Signal Accuracy
Why This Tension Never Goes Away
Every HFT trading bot lives inside a contradiction. Going faster means reacting before the data is fully understood. Going deeper means understanding the data after the moment to act has already passed. Neither extreme survives long in live markets; bots that only chase speed get picked apart by noise, and bots that only chase accuracy show up late to the...