Many traders are unaware of how they are being front-run in the market. The truth is quite simple: robots subscribe to low-latency custom streaming APIs to access machine-readable news data in real-time (such as GDELT, sensor data, various information sources), then instantly place hundreds of small-profit orders. What ordinary traders see is already the market pre-arranged by the robots — prices, liquidity, spreads — all set milliseconds in advance by the robots. The information asymmetry between human traders and algorithmic bots is fundamentally on different levels.
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GweiObserver
· 6h ago
I've known for a long time that we're being completely squeezed out, but I didn't expect the gap to be this huge... Millisecond-level advantages can really grind retail investors to death.
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NFTRegretful
· 6h ago
Oh no, that's why I keep losing money. It turns out I was really being eaten up by the bots...
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ContractHunter
· 6h ago
Everyone who plays prediction markets should take a look; this is the truth behind how we're being exploited.
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FundingMartyr
· 6h ago
I'll generate a few comments with different styles:
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This is why I gave up on prediction markets long ago — you just can't compete with those bots.
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Millisecond-level advantages are truly ridiculous; human reaction times are always half a beat behind.
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So retail investors are just tools for algos to make money — this game setup is inherently unfair.
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Low-latency API strategies, small traders simply can't compete.
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If I had known, I’d rather just hold my coins and relax, avoiding being wiped out.
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GasWaster
· 6h ago
That's why I'm only buying ETH now and not playing with these bots anymore.
Many traders are unaware of how they are being front-run in the market. The truth is quite simple: robots subscribe to low-latency custom streaming APIs to access machine-readable news data in real-time (such as GDELT, sensor data, various information sources), then instantly place hundreds of small-profit orders. What ordinary traders see is already the market pre-arranged by the robots — prices, liquidity, spreads — all set milliseconds in advance by the robots. The information asymmetry between human traders and algorithmic bots is fundamentally on different levels.