Based on the title, I expected an article about the habits of super wealthy gamblers, and was pleasantly surprised to find out it is about actual whales. Nice.
It's funny, your comment reminds me of one of the first comments i ever made on HN that got highly upvoted.
I made the opposite mistake, read the headline, assumed it was about actual whales, didn't read the article before posting then went off on some tangent about whale watching and tourism.
Turns out it was an article about big spending gamblers in video games.
Naturally enough, I assumed this was going to be about that again until i seen your comment.
I hear you, I thought the same. Are you trading by any chance? Your handle suggests so. I see those whales as massive concentrations of wealth whose action is directly seen on the charts, e.g when they buy/sell the stock price rises/drops with them
I agree. In most industries (finance, mobile gaming, gambling) where "Whales" are common, their presence certainly leads companies competing for their attention (read: money) to very perverse incentives.
