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In a 'dark pool,' why is latency arbitrage less of a concern than on a 'lit' exchange?

  1. Dark pools are legally exempt from all high-frequency trading activity, so latency-sensitive strategies simply cannot register or route orders there.
  2. Dark pools do not display quotes, making it harder for an arbitrageur to identify a 'stale' target in real-time.
  3. Dark pools are used only for trading bonds and similar instruments, and those markets have essentially no latency arbitrage.
  4. Dark pools only allow trades that take more than one full second to execute, which eliminates any speed advantage.

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