Official Report on Flash Crash: Nothing to See Here

By: masaccio Wednesday October 6, 2010 8:40 am

The SEC-CFTC report on the flash crash is out. Nothing to see here, just business as usual in the securities markets. Somehow that isn’t reassuring.

Professional Traders Exited Market Before Flash Crash

By: masaccio Sunday August 15, 2010 10:30 am

The Flash Crash dumped losses onto retail traders and profits onto Wall Streeters. Big surprise.

Quote-Stuffing: The Rational Result Of The Liquidity Fetish

By: masaccio Sunday August 8, 2010 10:30 am

The market data analysis firm Nanex offers a convincing explanation of the Flash Crash of May 6, 2010. It identifies a troubling practice of computer trading that may be more serious than one crash.

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