If you actually were in the industry, you would know that most retail traders don't fail, because they lose a tick here or there on execution, they fail, because their strategies have no edge in the first place.

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chroma205 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> If you actually were in the industry, you would know that most retail traders don't fail, because they lose a tick here or there on execution

Where did I say “retail trader”?

Because “institutional” low-latency market makers trade 1 lot all the time.

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this_user 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The context from parent was obviously that. Instis don't trade on Alpaca.

> Because “institutional” low-latency market makers trade 1 lot all the time.

That sentence alone tells me that you're a LARPer.

	▲	chroma205 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> That sentence alone tells me that you're a LARPer cope. Equity options are sparse and have 1 order of 1 lot/qty per price. But usually empty. Too many prices and expiration dates. US treasury bond cash futures (BrokerTec) are almost always 1 lot orders. Multiple orders per level though. I could go on, but I’m busy as our team of 4’s algos are printing US$500k/hour today.