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Blink, and you've missed it

18 June 2007 Be the first to comment

Paul Penrose

Head of Research

Finextra

Mind-boggling stat of the day.

10 Milliseconds: trade execution times on the London Stock Exchange's new TradElect platform.

100-150 milliseconds: the amount of time taken to blink the human eye.

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