Hacker CinemaFlash Boys
Flash Boys
Film
About a group of Wall Street guys who grew frustrated by a loophole that gave traders the opportunity to game the stock market. They banded together to reform the financial markets by creating an exchange that rendered impotent the act of high-frequency trading, a growing form of trading that gave insiders an advantage.
2 neutralfrom 2 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
2 comments on Hacker News
That’s a good point, but a movie doesn’t have to be a blockbuster to be good or even successful. Plenty of movies have tackled similar niche areas. It’s not like Flash Boys would need a massive budget and probably couldn’t even successfully use big name actors.
There have been repeated attempts to get a movie out of it so I assume there must be some good reason for the repeated failure.
I believe in Flash Boys the issue is not HFT itself but that the way the market provides access favors certain parties. I could be wrong though, I've only seen the (somewhat related)documentary on the subject some time ago.