Firm accidently sold 16 billion instead of million in SPX futures, may have triggered DJIA sell off. (@JesseRodriguez)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I can imagine that guy’s conversation with his boss now: “Oops, I accidentally typed ‘b’
Essì, un algoritmo: che mica arriva spontaneamente a fare il disastro, vero?
HOLYFUCKINGSHIT! SOME PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY SOLD LARGER AMOUNT OF NONEXISTENT STUFF THAN THEY THOUGHT!
Apparently things like this are referred to as “fat finger mistakes”. I guess the assumption is that someone hit the B...
Dear fiance, I hope this doesn’t mean that your day was completely and totally crazy. I hope that you don’t get stuck...
Wonder if ti was a “mistake” afterall. A little planning and you could make a holy fucking fortune by doing that.
Someone’s “no way this can fail” HFT trading algorithm went nuts today.
(jesssica:scenes-from-my-hood:soupsoup) someone is for sure losing their job over this shit.
And this is why your day was kind of hectic if you work in finance, like me. (scenes-from-my-hood:soupsoup)
Firm rumored to be Citigroup. Again, how do we allow one person this much responsibility over a market?
(@JesseRodriguez)
“I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place or something…”
I take it all back, Greece.