If you learn about Quants or machine trading you'll understand that it's an algorithm and although very complex it can be gamed. Soros has the amount of money to test the quants, measure responses and find errors in the way these algos act. Think of it like finding a 'zero day exploit'. A hacker sits out there, testing defenses until figuring out something that nobody knew about the way some program acts. Soros is doing the same thing with money and trading. He throws money at the trades, testing responses until he finds one that is a bit weak. Then Soros drives a 10 million dollar trade through the gap and doubles his money in a single day.

Google "Renaissance Technologies" "Medallion fund" or just look up articles on Quants (Machine learning guys building trading programs) . If you like fiction and superheroes the idea is covered pretty well about halfway into the first novel of the web serial Fall of Doc Future.

Just stay invested in the index, they say! But what if I don't want to invest in the biggest chemical, pharma, and military companies in the world?

One idea is to force slower trading increments, so that the bots have less of an advantage.

Soros can only do so much with his resources. Its the shadow bankers behind the fed that can actually cause collapses, but theyll never let things fall all the way, because they profit from the ups and downs.

Reality is, soros is very rich, but hes playing with house money and house rules.

Worth keeping an eye on though, soros is a scumbag.

Aye. Please do expand on these bots you so speak of, and please do tell how one acquires one of these bots for ones self.