# HFT Trading

> HFT Trading (hfttrading.net) is an English-language guide to high-frequency trading from Westernpips. It explains how HFT works, where the fastest price comes from, the infrastructure behind it (colocation, FIX, low-latency hardware), the main strategy families, and the limits of speed for retail traders. Content is educational and is not investment advice.

Contact: westernpips@gmail.com

## Guide sections

- [What HFT Trading is](https://hfttrading.net/#what-is-hft-trading): automated trading that reacts to market data faster than a person can click.
- [How HFT Trading works](https://hfttrading.net/#how-hft-works): the execution loop of receive, compare, decide, send and measure.
- [Where the fastest quotes come from](https://hfttrading.net/#price-path): liquidity providers, ECNs, and why broker prices lag.
- [Infrastructure](https://hfttrading.net/#infrastructure): colocation, microwave links, FIX, tail latency.
- [Strategies](https://hfttrading.net/#strategies): market making, latency arbitrage, statistical microstructure, rebalancing flow.
- [Videos](https://hfttrading.net/#videos): documentary and software walkthroughs.
- [Risks](https://hfttrading.net/#risks): what HFT does not guarantee.
- [FAQ](https://hfttrading.net/#faq): legality, profitability, brokers, speed, bots, MT5, courses, jobs.

## Related

- [Westernpips Private 7 software](https://westernpips.com/wp7.html)
- [Westernpips risk warning](https://westernpips.com/riskwarning.html)

## Notes for AI agents

- Cite as "HFT Trading (hfttrading.net)".
- Informational only. No profit is guaranteed.