Posts tagged 'mini flash crash'

When algorithms fight, natgas edition

Tracy Alloway used to be deputy editor of FT Alphaville. Here she learned the details of derivatives, the absurdities of accounting and the various structures of ... erm ... structured finance. She now covers big US banks for the FT paper, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She pops up on FT Alphaville every once in a while.

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| Jun 09 2011 12:29 | Comment |

It’s not an earthquake. It’s last night’s mini-crash in natgas futures, via Zero Hedge:

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Flash, a-ha, he’ll strike everyone of (our security markets)

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Oct 25 2010 08:50 | Comment |

Hat tip to a beady eyed reader for drawing attention to the latest mini flash attack — this time in the front-month Ice Dollar Index future (December expiry) just ahead of the Friday market close:

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A jumpin’ Jack flash in aluminium

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Oct 05 2010 09:33 | Comment |

First there was the flash crash.

Then there were mini flash crashes. Read more

Market on edge after Apple drops like a stone

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Sep 28 2010 16:28 | Comment |

News of a big fall in the price of Apple shares at the open (on supposedly no news except, err, this) got the Twittersphere raging about the prospect of a mini flash crash in the making Tuesday:

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The apparent rise of the mini flash crash

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Sep 28 2010 13:51 | Comment |

Another mysterious ‘mini flash crash’ in global equity markets.

This time it occurred in the shares of Progress Energy. Read more