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Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by stockstream on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:54PM (#14436629)
Effectively allowing anonymous strangers on the internet to control my brokerage account containing $50,000.
Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by ruleabidinguser on Sunday May 28, 2017 @08:16PM (#14436708)
what are you going to do when you're broke at 9:10?
Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by stockstream on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:04PM (#14436845)
Only 1 share can be bought or sold every 5 minutes. In some fairly naive simulations this system was ran against, it would take weeks and months to fall below the 25k mark.

Voting weights can be introduced to mitigate spamming and round lengths can be adjusted to mitigate other issues.

It could turn out a complete disaster, but it will be a disaster in slow-motion.

Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by bbcbasic on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:45PM (#14436956)
The transaction fees will kill you, rather than the spamming of penny stocks.
Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by stockstream on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:57PM (#14436989)
Using the Robinhood App allows trading with zero fees. Additionally, Robinhood has a feature called RobinhoodInstant where trades are settled immediately so funds don't get stuck in pending settlement.
Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by bbcbasic on Sunday May 28, 2017 @10:28PM (#14437063)
Nice. Zero spread too?
Re:Show HN: Twitch Invests in the Stock Market by stockstream on Sunday May 28, 2017 @10:55PM (#14437138)
Unsure, though would guess probably not. They apparently have a nontraditional method of executing orders, see https://archive.fo/hf0rt