Instead of a minimum trade size they could introduce a fee per trade payable to asic or the government like a gst on trades....
So each time there is a single trade, lets say they have to pay asic or gov $3....this would soon stop those single stupid trades, and our fees would also go up a little per trade but would level the playing field IMO
Or they could scale the fee....if you are a mum and dad invester trading less than 24 times a year you dont pay a fee...example below
24 or less trades per year = $0 25 up to 100 trades per year = $1 per trade 100 or more trades per year = $3 per trade
who in their right mind would buy or sell 5 or 10 or 30 shares when it costs $3 each time....it would slow the bots down a little
whether it would work or not who knows???
cheers
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