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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by zarathustreal on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:30AM (#39440447)
If you’re buying stocks based on public information alone, in this age of web scraping and algorithmic trading, you’re already always at a disadvantage.
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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by bluGill on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:39AM (#39440505)
That is all public information. I'm not convinced it is valuable information, but it is pudlic and you should cunsider how pou use it
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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by Jenk on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:35AM (#39440478)
Web scraping and "algorithmic trading" both depend upon publically available information
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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by prepend on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:33AM (#39440465)
The idea is to minimize disadvantages, not eliminate.
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Re:An Executive Bought a Rival's Stock. The SEC Says That's ... by bigbillheck on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @07:36AM (#39440487)
I'd be OK with banning automatic trading.
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