mukiwa,
Your expertise is interesting (and valued) but as others have pointed out and I already knew, HFTraders
use certain tech / connection speeds.... FOR CERTAIN STRATEGIES. It's really all about the "strategy".
It is not my intention to jump in and out of buy and sell positions at the speed of light a bazzillion
times a millisecond, profiting fractions or cents each time...I am merely pursuing execution speed to
become a natural extension of my actual thought process. I see the chart, the level, calculate the news (if any)
liquidity, Level 2 flow and hit the button. Like a Martial art "strike"....HFTraders are doing something different
usually front running. I actually USE them...HFT algos sense buying activity from a large
entity...and join in after "sniffing it out". My experience, while looking at a streaming chart
(already knowing the free trading float of a particular ticker) can "tell" what 1 candle sticks
STRENGTH reveals....and I know that the HFT algos are "sniffing that as well" and buying will kick in....It's
like sitting on you surf board and waiting for the "right wave" to come along. The
HFT "make that wave" for me so, I'm not competing WITH them....I'm USING them 
