Cheap and efficient trading is what stock traders wanted and that's what they got. Traded volumes recorded unprecedented increases, with the average daily number of trades exceeding the maximum limit” (1.). This speaks to the idea that with the advances made in technology today, Wall Street will not be able to keep up. The “nerds” of society will be able to run the stock market and make more money in seconds than anyone could ever imagine. The speed at which trading is carried out is faster than the blink of an eye. Front runners place trades before most traders even realize the market is open. It's all done in a split second and is also worth millions of dollars. Traders have always expected to be able to trade large volumes in an instant. This is what they have now with services like HFT and EFT. The stock market is a place where people can make millions, if they have the money to begin with