> The better the computers hooked directly into the exchange get you mean.

I need you to understand that HFT makes decisions based on human-defined parameters. It's not AI-driven. What's the difference between a human saying "these are my parameters, now CPU, go trade based off those" versus "these are my parameters, now underling, go trade based off those"

the only difference is speed, plus i suppose those underlings might suck at following their boss's directives compared to a computer