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To: Revel

In what way is trading theft?

7 posted on 04/14/2012 10:38:34 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA

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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

HFT is indeed theft, here are some links from zerohedge.com that give the basics of the practice and why it is a crime against business, the stock market, and the individual:

http://www.google.com/search?q=hft+site%3Azerohedge.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

8 posted on 04/14/2012 10:45:04 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)

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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

How convenient that you left out the High Frequency part.

The part where they jump in front of everyone Else's trades before they are placed and steal a part of those other peoples trades right off the top. Yes- that is Theft!

10 posted on 04/14/2012 10:50:03 PM PDT by Revel

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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

In what way is trading theft?

It's no more theft than 3 card Monte. HFT is just a faster con.

30 posted on 04/16/2012 5:36:21 AM PDT by Stentor ("All cults of personality start out as high drama and end up as low comedy.")

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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

In what way is trading theft?

It's no more theft than 3 card Monte. HFT is just a faster con.

31 posted on 04/16/2012 5:36:31 AM PDT by Stentor ("All cults of personality start out as high drama and end up as low comedy.")

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