My point is that regulating this kind of trading can also damage socially useful trading activity and that's why it's unlikely to happen. There's a lot of rabbl

My point is that regulating this kind of trading can also damage socially useful trading activity and that's why it's unlikely to happen. There's a lot of rabble rousing about HFT in these discussions on HN (in a similar thread someone went as far as to say arbitrage was not socially useful), I thought it was worth pointing out its more complicated than "HFT IS A BIG SCAM" I'll admit its funny to see the libertarian bastion of HN get so worked up about HFT. Free markets are all fun and games when it's Uber or AirBnB, but HFT harming retail investors seems to really hit a nerve