I deployed "toxic" high-frequency bots to intentionally get banned by my broker. They just paid me my profits instead.
Let’s be brutally honest about the state of the retail trading industry in 2026. The vast majority of retail brokerage firms operate on a B-book model. This means they do not actually route your trades to the interbank market; they internalize them. They act as the casino, and you are the gambler. Because they take the opposite side of your trades, your loss is their direct revenue. Because of this inherent conflict of interest, these brokers absolutely despise profitable traders. If you use a slow, losing strategy, they will treat you like a VIP. But the moment you deploy high-frequency algorithms, news-straddling bots, or latency arbitrage strategies, their risk management algorithms flag you. You will suddenly experience massive slippage, mysterious server disconnections, or you will simply receive an email stating that your profits have been canceled due to "Abusive Trading Practices." Over the last few months, I have been hunting for a true A-book liquidity provider—a br...