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Comment Cheap Electricity (Score 1) 49

The price of electricity will go to near zero precisely because photovoltaics are intermittent. Late-afternoon electricity demand will spur the installation of way too much PV for mid-day sun, so the price will go to zero as everyone is forced to curtail production. It already happens when the wind blows hard. PV is cheaper than batteries during daytime.

Comment Re:wrong way (Score 1) 203

Have you ever heard the notion of single price or price discovery? All this speed helps you, the retail investor, get the best price, frequently with bid-ask spreads as small as a penny. This automation has served you well, eliminating floors of people "helping" you with that trade, clearly visible in fee rates. Go complain about getting too good of a deal if anything.

Comment Re:wrong way (Score 2) 203

Front running is already illegal and strictly enforced in the United States. Brokers need to do manning which means giving fills to client orders whenever they match, even if the broker's order that executed was entered into the market before the client order was received. It might be 100 millisecond delayed to enjoy the benefit of hindsight, but clients get the best deal or the broker get fined and/or shut down.

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