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Re:A web-reading bot made millions on the options market by def_illiterate on Sunday April 26, 2015 @02:31AM (#9440766)
I imagine there would be pretty good money in licensing an API. That's probably where the real money is--let the idiots make the trades, and you sell them the software.
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Re:A web-reading bot made millions on the options market by x0054 on Sunday April 26, 2015 @03:25AM (#9440872)
Yep, it's like the someone else said in one of the other comments, don't dig for gold, sell buckets and the shovels to those who do. :)
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Re:A web-reading bot made millions on the options market by noir_lord on Sunday April 26, 2015 @09:01AM (#9441603)
Always heard that as "In a gold rush, be the one selling pickaxes"
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