garfaagel to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agoTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down15
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareKecessalinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoHFT, trading outside market hours (or markets closing, either one), dark pools, not making limit orders public… There’s plenty wrong with the stock market, some of which (and I hate to say it) is fixed by crypto…
HFT, trading outside market hours (or markets closing, either one), dark pools, not making limit orders public… There’s plenty wrong with the stock market, some of which (and I hate to say it) is fixed by crypto…