Why does the option guy feel the need to write about algorithmic trading you might ask? Because I think my ilk is kind of responsible, some say in a big way, for the Frankenstein monster that seems to run markets to a large degree nowadays. I will explain later in the article where option traders get their ‘fair share’ of blame for what I (grey hair and all) see as an abomination of the normal flow of markets, if there ever was one.