2010 Flash Crash —Intraday Charts?
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I remember that day vividly, was trading YM (Dow Futures), and had recently initiated a SWING long.
At the time I didn't use stops, particularly on swings and futures. After I placed the order my son had a pediatrician appointment and shortly left to the Doc's office.
After 2-3 hours I came back home and eventually went to my office to check my trades. I could not believe my eyes, I had no idea what had happened, best of all, I was up 40 bucks or 7-8 ticks.
Fast forward 7 years to a much more experienced trader and the irony is I would have gotten stopped.
At the time I didn't use stops, particularly on swings and futures. After I placed the order my son had a pediatrician appointment and shortly left to the Doc's office.
After 2-3 hours I came back home and eventually went to my office to check my trades. I could not believe my eyes, I had no idea what had happened, best of all, I was up 40 bucks or 7-8 ticks.
Fast forward 7 years to a much more experienced trader and the irony is I would have gotten stopped.
I remember that day also - in detail. I had been short on the Indexes for a few days. I had a flight to catch and was just making sure my stops were set - my profit window went insane as my ride appeared - shooting up about $80K in a wink - tried to exit with no luck. At days end I got out with the profits I had going into the day. Like many I halted trading for about 6 months after that to figure out some counter measures going forward.
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Yeah that pit squawk vid is great.
You can't look this up yourself?
Google image '2010 flash crash chart'If I could, I wouldn't be asking!
Come on people, just asking for two charts!