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Quantitative Finance · Glossary

What is Latency tier?

Definition 19.1 The Desk and the Firm · Chapter 19 — Technology Strategy

A latency tier is a level of trading infrastructure defined by the latency it achieves and the fixed cost it carries: for example, shared connections and software trading; colocated servers with direct low-latency connections; or colocated hardware trading with dedicated wireless routes between venues.

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