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>Knight lost half a billion dollars in 30 seconds and not a single trade was reversed. If anything similar happened to any major hedge fund or market maker, not
by NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
>Knight lost half a billion dollars in 30 seconds and not a single trade was reversed. If anything similar happened to any major hedge fund or market maker, nothing would get reversed.
I am pretty sure that NYSE canceled trades in six names after Knight; and the LULD pause rules that were introduced after the 2010 flash crash (unfortunately too late to save Knight) also create opportunities for human intervention.