It’s common for a programmer to want to write an algorithm that tries to beat the market. For better or worse, that’s what motivated me to want to learn how to code.
The wisdom of driving people away from trading does make sense however
The wisdom of driving people away from trading does make sense however
Selling shovels, so to speak.
I'm not exactly sure why the general sentiment here on HN discourages index funds. It's pretty jarring coming from /r/personalfinance and Bogleheads.
However, for those people who feel the obsessive need to game the system, and make money faster, I would suggest not trading, but rather developing tools and gathering data to sell to Wall Street.
Think it's the combination of money, a bit of math and some cool algos that make it so fun
Is it? I'm pretty sure that I don't personally know a single programmer who has done this.