recognition of relative strength is what i suggested the algo's would trade off. what you talking about?
in terms of the long term play than probably yes, but they are not always correct in reading tea leaves.
how many times have you seen the market make a major move few mins before an economic #? i've seen it 1000's of times, way beyond pure chance. the #'s are leaked all we retail have are our charts, and our indicators, and the sense to know info is flowing bw insiders, that's slippage to us retail. and we accept that going in :|