I will tell you this.. The weight that these self traders generate makes it virtually impossible to compete unless you actually trade against yourself. For example:
adm has a weight of 455,445,235,982,016
and I spent 5 hours trading yesterday and my weight is currently 84,193,654,372
At that rate, it will take me 5409 more trading sessions to ever get to the top of the list that the self traders are at. I want to trade and provide real market making services (that will add to overall liquidity) because of the reward program but it is currently being gamed in such a way that I can't compete unless I start just self trading.
Yes I noticed your bot yesterday, it's smart. My bot had to feed it many times, sometimes it prevented my bot from self-trading. Good profit even without the reward, right? If you can put in more token, I'm sure you can play a more important role.