"It's not high frequency trading (HFT) that concerns us. It's high frequency quoting, and it should concern everyone. Quote spam has exploded with no signs of stopping, while trade frequency has stalled and is actually lower than it was years ago."
see also:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-gongloff/high-frequency-trading-gif_b_1751855.html
'via Blog this'
Watch 09-2008 when the bot-trade party really took off. The machines know. Creepy. And they are not backing off until they have ruined everybody, as it seems. Perhaps they gained consciencesness at 09-2008? A simple turing test would be to steel money from the machine, if it finds out, it has gained consciencesness.
