I would not target stocks - that requires too much capital. Rather target currencies. A retail investor can leverage currency transactions 100 to 1 -- and such

I would not target stocks - that requires too much capital. Rather target currencies. A retail investor can leverage currency transactions 100 to 1 -- and such speculators are numerous. Also, Forex runs 24x7. What if the US Federal Reserve had tweeted out a link to fake economic data suggesting an enormous fall in the USD was around the corner? Algorithmic trading could shift the USD by $0.01, which when multiplied 100x could have a pretty large impact on your USD/EUR play.