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byggraham412 ( 1492023 ) writes:
They're big on blaming high frequency traders when the market drops in 3 minutes on bogus news.
They're not so big on crediting high frequency traders when the market recovers in 3 minutes when the news is recognized to be bogus.
I guess it was the army of Wilford Brimleys in bow ties and green eyeshades that did that.
byRoTNCoRE ( 744518 ) writes:
If the money didn't change hands after all was said and done, fine, but there is a winner and a loser on each trade. Given how much the market affects pensions, municipal finances and the economy on the whole, just because the total value recovered, doesn't mean those caught selling on the way down weren't devastated.
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byggraham412 ( 1492023 ) writes:
Selling on the way down? More like people taking handsome profits in a bull market.
Let's analyze those "winners" and "losers". Someone who is long the Dow in the midst of a bull market and who would sell on bad news is also unloading the risk that we may be pretty much at the top. On the other hand someone who would buy the Dow in the midst of a bull market is acquiring the risk that they are buying at the top. So who is the winner and who is the loser here?
byRoTNCoRE ( 744518 ) writes:
If it's an algorithm making the trade on false news, you can't convince me that this is a rational market. You use the word "someone" falsely. These trades aren't mostly individual investors weighing their appetite for risk, it's banks and funds, using the capital aggregated from depositors, who are handed the losses or gains, having very little control over the entire process. And, 2008 proved the losses of these reckless institutions will be passed on to the taxpayer (the real loser). Until that gets fixe
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