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The year the Flash Boys came into the firing line

The book that got everyone talking in 2014 has triggered a sea change in the way the industry works

Flash Boys author Michael Lewis (right)
Flash Boys author Michael Lewis (right) Photo: Getty Images

Ask any trading practitioner when the defining moment of 2014 was and almost all will say “31 March”: in other words, the day Michael Lewis published his new book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt.

The former Salomon Brothers bond trader and author of Liar's Poker, The Big Short and Moneyball, had turned his attention to the world of high-frequency trading, and boy was it a page-turner.

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