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Flash crash of 2010 was extensively investigated and no evidence that algorithmic trading was at fault was found. After that, we had some of the lowest turubul
by vasilipupkin 8y ago
Flash crash of 2010 was extensively investigated and no evidence that algorithmic trading was at fault was found. After that, we had some of the lowest turubulence years on record, while algorithmic trading was going on, so your theory is not supported by evidence.
- xapata 8y agoThere have been others. Plus there's some enjoyable literature if you're curious. Mark Buchanan has a nice blog and some links. The gist of it is that in the low latency space the ratio of players to possible strategies is too high.
- vasilipupkin 8y agoif yoi try to tie low latency or algorithmic strategies to volatility, you need to be able to explain multiple years of really low volatility despite all those strategies going on.
- xapata 8y agoLow volatility according to what measure? I don't keep up with the literature anymore, since around 2010/2011, but it'd surprise me if we entered some new regime. Googling for "flash crash" turns up many more examples than just the one you mentioned from 2010.