1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auMario Aguilarhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/marioaguilar-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BSFwmHWzAJ"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2013/09/high-speed-traders-beat-laws-of-physics-to-steal-5-milliseconds-from-fed/">High-Speed Traders Beat Laws Of Physics, Steal 5 Milliseconds From US Federal Reserve</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2013/09/high-speed-traders-beat-laws-of-physics-to-steal-5-milliseconds-from-fed/embed/#?secret=BSFwmHWzAJ" width="600" height="338" title="“High-Speed Traders Beat Laws Of Physics, Steal 5 Milliseconds From US Federal Reserve” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="BSFwmHWzAJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/26/18mebqwrre9qujpg.jpg?quality=751600900A week ago, the US Federal Reserve announced that it would be buying fewer bonds, a move that sent the bond market into a frenzied orgy of bond loading and unloading. So what, right? The markets quiver whenever the Fed does anything. Well, weirdly, it appears the information got out five milliseconds early. Which wouldn’t […]