I love where you're coming from, i never saw bidding bots as futures contracts before but that's exactly what they are.

I didn't realise it but i myself have been shorting STEEM against the steem dollar by participating in the bid-bot anarchy - mind, it has been paying off superbly as of recent.

I hope bid-bots do get more regulation though because shit could go south when steem/steemD stop pumping or a regulatory body finds out.