Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

I have a different take on that. I use an investment method (Snider Method) that mostly uses individual stocks and options. I don't feel manipulated at all. In fact quite the opposite... Knowing that there is a real person on the other side of every transaction, I often marvel at how much they lose while I haven't lost (or been manipulated) on a single trade in 6 1/2 years.

I agree with you about ETF's, though. If I wasn't doing what I'm doing, I would be doing ETF's.