A lot of novice traders suffer from delusions of grandeur, thinking they can be a 'locau participant' and 'scalp' the market trading huge volume for 1 or 2 ticks (tricks) and earn the fortune beyond their wildest dreams.

The reality is that nowadays with Local Liberalisation, the competition is keener for that single tick. The old days where scalping was viable is nearing the 'sunset industry' stage....