Here is a thought: What paid for all those shiny towers in Wall Street? Transaction costs from people "...joining markets".
Have you heard the joke about the customer's yacht?
I do agree I wouldn't join an automated trading platform without a high level math degree and market understanding though.
"New construction is bad because it's all financed by fraud and theft from the proletariat!"
OK, fine. During the pandemic, I picked up and studied trading, and made more money doing that than my actual job (assistant teacher at a university).
I know the next step I'm going to take.
S&P gained 16.26% in 2020, roughly 3x average annual gains.
That said, it's absolutely your good right to disagree with our value proposition.
It is well established by research. It is has a good theoretical foundation. It is problematic for this business, true.
I am unsure about the sincerity of the authors of this software but in the general case the purpose of these systems is to bring dumb money into markets. Efficient markets are impossible to make money (risk adjusted positive returns) out of by active investing by definition.
Dumb money is not efficient and lets the smart money (people who dedicate their lives to this) make money.
Do not be the dumb money!!
If you want to make money work on your skills and get a job.