Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

It seems like people don't learn from the past.

I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.

The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.