I don't know, I usually do pretty well as a retail trader. I do it on the side and stick to areas I know well, like tech. I usually make 10-15% of my total year

I don't know, I usually do pretty well as a retail trader. I do it on the side and stick to areas I know well, like tech. I usually make 10-15% of my total yearly income trading medium term. But that being said, stuff like this stacks the deck in the favor of big players. My personal frustration is activist investors/large short sellers who make a large short and then come up with a erroneous article to drop the stock and reap the benefits(Andrew Left - "Citron research") comes to mind.