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		arbuge on Nov 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I made $500k with machine learning and high fr... I am curious as to exactly why the profitability decreased steadily and rather rapidly all the way to ~zero. The article doesn't seem to expound on that unless I missed something. Is this a result of bots on the other side adapting in some way to what you were doing? I would have thought you would be too small a player for them to notice.

baq on Nov 6, 2012 | [–]

another comment explained: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EVIX+Interactive#symbol...;

jspaulding on Nov 6, 2012 | [–]

I don't think anyone was adapting to what I was doing in particular but rather simply adapting to the opportunities in the market.

arbuge on Nov 6, 2012 | [–]

Thanks. Makes sense... I guess those opportunities tend to get ironed out rather fast then.

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