Financial Markets: Why You Can't Beat The Big Boys In Short Term Trading
BioComp System's Dakota Swarm Intelligence In Action I don't usually post articles on financial markets in this blog, since I have a special purpose Blog for it at http://www.technifundamentals.com/ . But the great number of advertisements in the local papers claiming to be able to make you rich quick in Forex, Stocks, Futures, Options and other derivatives prompted this post. Small investors may not know it. But for short-term trading, the odds are against them when competing with the Big Boys in the market. For the individual house-wife, retiree and wannabe traders who think that using technical analysis charting is sufficient, they will find it interesting to have a glimpse of machine-controlled high frequency trading supported by tools far beyond their understanding and financial means. I have been fortunate enough to have a glimpse of such tools although these tools are incompatible with my risk profile, my character and mental make-up. This post shows the reader three e...