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Re:Show HN: Trigger – IFTTT for the stock market by spinlock on Thursday June 16, 2016 @08:35PM (#11919984)
I was thinking the same thing. Traders already play games with amature's stop-loss orders, etc... This just looks like a tool that unsavy investors will get themselves taken to the cleaners by professional traders.
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Re:Show HN: Trigger – IFTTT for the stock market by tedmiston on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:17PM (#11923536)
> Traders already play games with amature's stop-loss orders, etc...

Can you elaborate?

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Re:Show HN: Trigger – IFTTT for the stock market by spinlock on Monday June 20, 2016 @06:33PM (#11942135)
There are many people who trade the market based on charts. Because the charts are well known, traders know what the sell signal is for a specific security. So, they will sell that security below the trigger so that all the suckers ... um ... people using IFTTT for the stock market will automatically sell the security. This will tank the stock presenting the pro trade with a buying opportunity.
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