I believe you are presuming that all those super intelligent people are hacking on high frequency trading algos because of the big $$$ being made for it. I thi

I believe you are presuming that all those super intelligent people are hacking on high frequency trading algos because of the big $$$ being made for it. I think hacking on those things would be great fun. Others might as well. I do like the idea of putting some kind of brake (or field-leveling force?) on the actual act of high speed trading - without any real economic insight of my own, it seem flaky/shady.