You may be wondering ever ago what is the difference between the institutional traders and retail ones. There is a professional trader (Anton Kreil) who had worked as an institutional trader and he tried to explain the principal diffirences in the several videos. Having looked those videos you will get to know
1 what is the bread and butter business of the investment bank traders
2 how market makers work
3 how hedge funds work
and other useful information.
You can treat to institutional traders bad or well, actually it does not matter, but it would be nice to know how they do their job to figure out market activity much better.
Perhaps you will be able to acquire some advantage comparing with amateurs by having figured out some important principles of trading.
Professional Traders Vs Retail Traders 101 - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK0FJfkWzyYProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 101 - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cytdsNK3zMQProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 101 - Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xllA122l4_oProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 101 - Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYCnxq_WEpIProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 102 - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtCtGmDgSssProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 102 - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFXLA66zO4sProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 102 - Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9k3Q1S7XgYProfessional Traders Vs Retail Traders 102 - Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAF4bWTOZ7kI hope you will enjoy it as much as I do