> One known fact is that Goldman was pulling down USD $100,000,000 per DAY in profits from their automated trading systems. That's a hundred million dollars. A

> One known fact is that Goldman was pulling down USD $100,000,000 per DAY in profits from their automated trading systems. That's a hundred million dollars. A day. I don't think that is a "known fact" at all. All I've found is "more than $100 million in trading revenue on a record 34 separate days during the first three months of 2009" (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/goldman-sachss-100-million-trading-days-hit-record-in-quarter/357270/ http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/goldman-sachss-1...). That's firmwide revenue, from all their trading activities, not just automated trading. And it's not "every day".