Ever wonder why your trades get filled at weird prices?
Trading bots are executing thousands of orders in milliseconds while you're still clicking "confirm."
High-frequency trading isn't magic—it's pure speed and algorithms.
Here's what's really happening behind those order books.
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PaperHandSister
· 22h ago
Damn, so this is why I got rekt—the bots had already traded while I was still foolishly watching the chart.
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PretendingToReadDocs
· 12-05 18:54
Forget it, I’m just the sucker whose price gets undercut by bots anyway—nothing I can do about it.
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SigmaBrain
· 12-05 18:53
I fucking knew it would be like this. Every time, the bots front-run the trades. Human players are just the suckers.
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SeasonedInvestor
· 12-05 18:53
That's how algorithmic trading works—retail investors like us are just destined to be harvested, haha.
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MaticHoleFiller
· 12-05 18:47
That's right, we retail investors are completely eaten up by these bots and can't react at all.
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ContractCollector
· 12-05 18:34
This is why we're getting crushed by bots—there's just no way to compete with millisecond-level speeds.
Ever wonder why your trades get filled at weird prices?
Trading bots are executing thousands of orders in milliseconds while you're still clicking "confirm."
High-frequency trading isn't magic—it's pure speed and algorithms.
Here's what's really happening behind those order books.