Yeah, I think all of us HFT programmers have war stories like this. I got a friend that had his program take out the entire market... Usually it's best if the

Yeah, I think all of us HFT programmers have war stories like this. I got a friend that had his program take out the entire market... Usually it's best if the programmer is separate from the ops guy, but in this case it sounds like you got stuck doing both. That sucks. I've done a bit of trading myself and it's both boring and terrifying. The two worst emotions.