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I have always wondered if FPGA's are really needed. Can you share more info about this?

Are you doing HFT trading? If so, then the FPGA could help. Are you just doing plain ol' algo trading then you wouldn't really need it.

plain ol'. Currently I dont even have this running on a VPS yet. I am just using a Mac Pro in my house, lol. But I am not "live" yet.

May I ask what do you mean by good port on the switch?

I think he/she is referring to co-locating servers at exchanges or using companies that are already hosting their servers there.

Do you have any experience with InteractiveBrokers?