Excellent analysis! Dark pool trading alone is why good companies get crushed and cabal companies go sky high. Stock market is 100% a casino and if you do not do your own research on every trade, you will get your ass kicked up and down. This is by design. People think they can get rich overnight, but that is a lie. It is a slow, crushing, and exhausting grind to build your wealth. If you do not have the time to actually understand all of the moving parts you are better off not investing. Yet people still believe they know better and lose it all. Marketing alone for all the trade platforms is massive to allure new investors so they can take your money.