High-Frequency Trading secret: Code with C++

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C++ is commonly used in high-frequency trading (HFT) for several reasons:

• Speed: C++ is a high-performance language that can be compiled to machine code, which makes it very fast. In HFT, speed is critical because traders need to make decisions and execute trades in fractions of a second. C++ provides the performance needed to process large amounts of data quickly.