In the forex trading space, scalping is essentially exploiting platform vulnerabilities—leveraging differences in quote sources, server speeds, and internet latency, as well as price discrepancies across different platforms. It’s about getting in and out fast, using extremely high leverage and lightning speed to capture fleeting price differences.
As you can see, when arbitrage is deterministic, you can amplify leverage. In other words, investors pay a premium for certainty.
I won't name names.
The playbook is simple: get you to use their product for free, but they embed infringing plugins inside it (you can think of similar products), and then set up a dedicated company to pursue claims.
Rumor has it they're already making tens of millions in annual revenue.
You get 999 out of 1000 right; I get all 1000 right. The exam doesn't test who's smarter—it tests who's more practiced.
It’s the feeling that something can still go up, and keep going up endlessly, that makes you buy even at the peak—willing to pay a premium.
The liar knows you’re buying the top; you don’t know it yourself. You truly believe it’ll reach the sky.
Similarly, the lie makes you believe it can fall endlessly lower, so you sell your chips at bargain prices.
And in the space of a single tide, your wealth transfers to the liar.
It's about increasing the number of times you take action when market conditions align with your strategy, and reducing the number of times you act when they don't.
The key is frequency.