Did you see 60 Minutes last night? It would clear up a lot. Try to find the segment on-line for CBS 60 Minutes for the high-speed computer trades that the big boys pay 10's of thousands a month for, to have as close to the market floor as possible to have that nanosecond edge over the other super-speed computers. They said they do basically penny profit trades all day long (not saying penny stock, but penny trades)