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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by thatguy987 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:08PM (#26828151)
That's not what insider trading is. Insider trading is specifically using non-public information about a company to make investment decisions.

Technical analysis generally uses only publicly available information; it's finding patterns in those publicly available data that can help you make investment decisions.

I'm not saying it's socially useful; just that it is distinct from insider trading.

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Re:Unusual Stock Trading by Whales in US Congress by RhodoGSA on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:01AM (#26829684)
well... Kinda. Proprietary data feeds that you have to pay big money for is totally a thing. I wouldn't call that public information.

Additionally, with hft data speeds matter and exchanges only allow co-location of servers to 'premier firms'.

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