http://www.ridingthedax.com/2008/01/14/when-a-computer-goes-nuts/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.ridingthedax.com/2008/01/14/when-a-computer-goes-nuts/#comment-43 bad print in s&p??? - T2W Trading Forums Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:03:16 +0000 http://www.ridingthedax.com/2008/01/14/when-a-computer-goes-nuts/#comment-43 [...] Originally Posted by fcmisc Does anyone know what caused the big spike in the s&p mini futures contract just after 7am this morning? It shows up both on my price ladder and Reuters chart, though I wasn't in the office at the time, and therefore don't know if it was real or not. Seemingly an computer having a "problem" Take a look here as the Tickchart shows it best When a computer goes NUTS | Riding the DAX [...] […] Originally Posted by fcmisc Does anyone know what caused the big spike in the s&p mini futures contract just after 7am this morning? It shows up both on my price ladder and Reuters chart, though I wasn’t in the office at the time, and therefore don’t know if it was real or not. Seemingly an computer having a "problem" Take a look here as the Tickchart shows it best When a computer goes NUTS | Riding the DAX […]

]]> http://www.ridingthedax.com/2008/01/14/when-a-computer-goes-nuts/#comment-41 Trading the SPX - Page 156 - T2W Trading Forums Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:43:52 +0000 http://www.ridingthedax.com/2008/01/14/when-a-computer-goes-nuts/#comment-41 [...] Originally Posted by firewalker99 Doesn't look like it's on my platform alone. There's a 100-point spike on the DOW too, and according to this, somebody pulled the wrong trigger "Someone, an unfortunate soul, just made an error and sold 60,000 e-mini contracts and plunged the market for a minute or so. Now we are back up to where we were." (from Trader Tom: : Dow, FTSE, Dax and NASDAQ) There's a thread on ET as we speak, apparently the exchanges will bust those trades... I like the TICK chart I don't have it on my platform, but here it is When a computer goes NUTS | Riding the DAX [...] […] Originally Posted by firewalker99 Doesn’t look like it’s on my platform alone. There’s a 100-point spike on the DOW too, and according to this, somebody pulled the wrong trigger "Someone, an unfortunate soul, just made an error and sold 60,000 e-mini contracts and plunged the market for a minute or so. Now we are back up to where we were." (from Trader Tom: : Dow, FTSE, Dax and NASDAQ) There’s a thread on ET as we speak, apparently the exchanges will bust those trades… I like the TICK chart I don’t have it on my platform, but here it is When a computer goes NUTS | Riding the DAX […]

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