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Dozens Of Flash-Crashes - Including AAPL - As BATS Breaks
It was just Friday when a pithy Bob Pisani noted that investor confidence in markets is up because there have been no market malfunctions recently... he spoke too soon. As Nanex's Eric Hunsader reports, an apparent malfunction at BATS-Y has caused dozens of flash crashes... including in AAPL.
#ALERT Malfunction at BATS-Y? causes dozens of flash crashes
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
BAT-Y issue confined to Nasdaq symbols A-M
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
BAT-Y - now the symbols N-Z
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
Appears as if trades from beginning of the day were blasted through
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
Were BAT-Y trades not reporting until 11:50 ?
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
Apparently, BAT-Y trades on Nasdaq weren't being transmitted until 11:50 - and then all at once since open
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
Looks like BAT-Y stopped sending trades to the SIP around 10am - came back at 11:50 and sent from 10am
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
And this happened...
Efficiant markets...
And close up via Nanex,
Chart of $AAPL trades from BAT-Y (NBBO is dark gray shading) pic.twitter.com/H7ouRicdIP
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
Chart of $AAPL quotes from BAT-Y: quotes weren't affected pic.twitter.com/lDbBo5MYbS
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
You can see the 2 separate blasts of trades from BAT-Y. Chart of trades in Nq listed stocks: pic.twitter.com/LsFtZwclvC
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 18, 2014
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Flash crash on BTC-e too: https://ounce.me/blog/btc-e-flash-crash-august-18th-2014/
How could you get downvotes for a factual statement with a referance?
Gh0atrider, is that you?
Open the bay doors Hal...
Thank god, I was not finished with accumulating cheap coins yet!
(donation to my avatar is appreciated ;-)
Good luck with that!
____________________
Deflation, bitchez!
No idea regarding the downvotes. Not Gh0atstar, he is annoying and doesn't help educate.
There's been a significant increase in trolls in the past few weeks, and it appears it's mostly the paid sockpuppet kind. I wouldn't read anything else into it.
Probably escalates as the election draws nigh.
No doubt a part of it, but there seems to be several different groups that are active. There is an influx whenever certain middle-east countries are in the news, and there are others that appear whenever bitcoin is discussed, and then there's yet others that show up whenever encryption or information security advice is made.
For whatever reason the latest batch has been especially numerous and reactive. I'm pondering if it's connected with some of the exits of long time higher-profile ZHers.
Gh0atstar phonerider!
Bitcoin is dead again, time to buy.
Why have we never got any flash clashes in gold, going up??
There is something really unhealthy going on here.
my stack just flash crashed on the floor........there....picked it up and put it back in the safe......fixed it
You really need to be more careful with the precious. At least your stack didn't fall into the bottom of a lake like mine did.
You should be careful what you do. !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-QNAwUdHUQ
Invest in a shovel, or scuba gear.
Your safe is a delaying tactic only , or as somewhere to keep your sammiches.
11:51, just noticed that.
nothing to worry about, just keep buying and all will be ok!
They heard you, buying continues
This shows the market is still a human process- skynet isn't all powerful yet.
Which means a palm may still be greased and a fat finger induced to take a coffee break at an inopportune time.
Yeah... Real market pricing for a few seconds... Can't really have that he?
.... must really be running out of distractions..... all this geopolitical crisis has been for naught if they can't keep the bots in check
Don't worry, the crashes only happened in symbols A-M and N-Z.
Yeah, I noticed that as well. At first I was worried, but once I saw it was only happening in a limited range of symbols I relaxed. Seems things are well under control.
Still waiting for symbol USD...
Someone on here awhile ago gamed a scenario where the market was closed in a few nano seconds for a day due to a blistering unload that triggered the circuit beakers. Same thing on day two. Basically a full unload with no buyer and no human seller. Anyone remember who said it or can reference a link. It was some ZHer on a thread like this one.
Maybe they should try to go public again.
Is that why the S&P is up 17?
Yeah, no shit. "The whole thing is a computer game now."
Wow, a whole dollar, some flash crash you got there.
Anyone know what happened to CrashisOptimistic?
No posts since last week of July and now profile is access denied?
I'm positive he'd posted since then. Very odd.
When one really thinks real hard ( I Know it's hard ) the 2008 so called Financial crisis was just a distraction so TPTB could implement the take over of the markets. All while you were looking the other way. The fakery reveals itself more and more everyday.
Government as well as the Bankers alike are nothing more than Magicians with the slight of hand movements.
But they are getting sloppy.
TSLA also affected...
"This market crash was brought to you by the symbols A-Z."
And the word "shit".
Those charts could all be 1 min. silver... HAHAHA
Is it a flash... is it a crash... no it is "super seller !"
Faster than a bullit, stronger than a train and jumps over buildings (or jumps of one).
Taking anything Bob Pis-On-Me says as "informed commentary" is evidence in belief of Santa.
Is everybody convinced now that financial markets are suspended?
At this point there is no difference between bond, stock trading network and Sony PlayStation network
They are both video games
Someone go pull the plug on that building and their DR site in Jersey.
Hey remember the BATS flash-crash...of BATS?
Ha ha ha ha ha HAHA HAAAAA!!!!
Good times.
AAPL was a good trade this past year, especially with the split and dividend. Just got out at $99.07, Up 30% in 10 mos. I'll buy that for a dollar!
I thought the markets were broken when the flash crashes didn't happen. No?
One day the flash crash will turn into the "last crash"
I'm seeing a movie here.
"The *Flash Crash* - that became the *Last Crash*. Starring Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen, and Charlie Sheen"
All will be dead by the time this happens... Well, maybe not Charlie.
ll US Indexes at HOD, nothing to see here
last person out, pls switch off the lights!!
The most outstanding accomplishment of IT has been the tremendous advances it has contributed to organized crime. The TV just fucked with your head. The computer spies on you & steals your money, even the money you haven't made yet.
"What crimes do you want to do today?"
"Science is mankind's brother"
AAPL's Revenues don't validate it's current Px, right? Do the Crash levels reflect a amore reasonable P/E Ratio? After a few Model Line Lifecycles, "getting the new iGizmo" will start to get old.
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-12-09/
You play with the bull, you get the horns.....
fat-fingery speaking