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High-Frequency Trading Explained Through Bad Pick-Up Lines on Twitter
There is an unwritten rule among weisenheimers that if you have to explain your jokes, you probably need either new jokes or a new audience. This was true yesterday with a bunch of trading nerds who had each other giggling on Twitter with a nascent meme known as #HFTPickupLines. As the hashtag suggests, these were pick-up lines that all had double-entendres involving the controversial practice of high-frequency trading. OK, maybe "meme" is too strong a word. This was more of a mini-meme, somewhere far below #sharknado yet above the tweets from your 70-year-old Aunt Becky promoting her doily store on Etsy. The ... (full story)