While we somewhat ironically tweeted of the possibility that AAPL breaking back below the mythical $500 level was indeed responsible for the NASDAQ breaking...
Time for BATS to declare self help against AAPL
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 22, 2013 [4]
Ok, who sold AAPL and broke the NASDAQ?
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 22, 2013 [5]
Well a glance at the following charts from Nanex [6]shows that may well have been the case as the chaos in the market during that time was extreme to say the least...
AAPL trading in the run-up to the NASDAQ breaking... (via Nanex [6])
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