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Re:Which one of these will be the biggest “unicorn” failure ... by lake_vincent on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:03PM (#33600138)
Back office systems are exactly where Citadel, the market maker, could put a tiny little window to peep at data they shouldn't, so they can frontrun every trade retail investors make!!

The secret ingredient is crime ;)

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Re:Which one of these will be the biggest “unicorn” failure ... by mywittyname on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:58PM (#33600926)
Sounds like they found a way to make the plot of Office Space work in real life.
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Re:Which one of these will be the biggest “unicorn” failure ... by sqeaky on Monday November 14, 2022 @04:32PM (#33601461)
Making that scheme work wouldn't be the hard part. The hard part is staying out of prison.

I am not convinced this is true, but I see that the possibility is there, and it wouldn't even be the largest stock market scam that came to light.

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Re:Which one of these will be the biggest “unicorn” failure ... by AtlasBarfed on Monday November 14, 2022 @04:17PM (#33601238)
Doesn't every single large broker frontrun this way? That's what I was told by former wall street programmers.
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