Title: Weird trading pattern Post by: dooglus on July 07, 2012, 09:53:53 PM Any idea what might cause trading like this?
https://i.imgur.com/3cXmg.png Alternating buys and sells, steadily decreasing volume per trade. I don't think I've seen anything quite like that before. Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: floeti on July 07, 2012, 09:56:06 PM A last desperate try to stop the rally by DoSing mtGox?
Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: yogi on July 07, 2012, 10:09:40 PM Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: cryptoanarchist on July 07, 2012, 10:11:01 PM +1 Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: RyNinDaCleM on July 07, 2012, 10:11:33 PM Yup! Just making bar codes Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: Raize on July 08, 2012, 12:34:43 AM It's a bot designed to game other bots that trade based on number of buys/sells and/or timing of those transactions instead of assigning a weight based on volume.
Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: Seal on July 09, 2012, 02:06:13 AM Any idea what might cause trading like this? https://i.imgur.com/3cXmg.png Alternating buys and sells, steadily decreasing volume per trade. I don't think I've seen anything quite like that before. Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: vokain on July 09, 2012, 02:40:56 PM maybe just someone trying to stir the pot?
Title: Re: Weird trading pattern Post by: Seal on July 09, 2012, 11:10:00 PM I just noticed my post didnt show up properly.
I was trying to say: I think you'll find that its an automated bot using a grid trading strategy. What it essentially does is overlay a pre-set grid of buy and sell orders to shave margins from price movements. Shout me up on irc if u wanna know more about bots. |