Quote Originally Posted by Malsua View Post
That we have a market where someone can front run you and it's legal should tell you exactly the state of it.

Joe Sucker places a buy order for a stock. Goldman sacks, the vampire squid sees this buy order, then front runs to the stock, buys it at the current price, drives up the price and then sells to the original buyer at a high price and pockets the difference.
Why is this legal... those of you who understand such systems? Were the rules devised by those in positions of power, who knew from the start that they could build in a system of profit only accessible by the few who do the controlling? Any way you cut it, it's thievery and they will answer for it as judgment unfolds.