Walking around with the same strategy and constraints as everyone else won't work.
Lots of the money in the market is being traded by people who are managing over a billion dollars. They have to find investments that can absorb hundreds of millions of dollars. Your example of people collecting bottles is a perfect analogy of how anyone not moving millions of dollars can find good investments.
Also, it assumes that information is basically the same as 'news'. It's unlikely you will happen to be set up to respond to news as fast as whoever is fastest. However, to use information requires knowledge and comprehension, which is not considered at all. Most money on the market is being moved around by robots using fairly basic statistical models.
Lots of the money in the market is being traded by people who are managing over a billion dollars. They have to find investments that can absorb hundreds of millions of dollars. Your example of people collecting bottles is a perfect analogy of how anyone not moving millions of dollars can find good investments.
Also, it assumes that information is basically the same as 'news'. It's unlikely you will happen to be set up to respond to news as fast as whoever is fastest. However, to use information requires knowledge and comprehension, which is not considered at all. Most money on the market is being moved around by robots using fairly basic statistical models.