Comment It's Easy (Score 5, Funny) 483
I just ask my manager how long he's already told the client it's going to take.
They provides liquidity in the markets. Every time you want to buy or sell a share, the faster you can find a counter-party, the better your chance is to get your order filled.
Oh, so they enable day trading.
Imagine having Kate from "Jon and Kate Plus 8" as your boss.
I now have a deeper understanding of why, every once in a while, you hear about some guy that just iced everyone in his office including himself with a automatic weapon.
For large values of one, one equals two, for small values of two.