The Humans are dead -- At least to the HFT computers

For those of you who aren't knee deep in the markets, you may not know about the HFT (high frequency trading by computers) and their affects on the markets. HFT was implicated in the May 'flash crash' and with the declining volume in the stock market it appears most trading is between computers.  In that spirit I present a more humorous slant on the entire situation:



Here's the acoustic version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoi1MSGu64

And some news regading HFT systems getting fined (Zero Hedge)

Update: The Reformed broker has some new HFT toys for Christmas! :)