Anyone get a piece of that buy program? It was just like what happened last year when that BSC trader added a few zero's to his program. I think they realized the mistake once the orders got to around "F" on the list because I only saw the action in stocks that start with A-E.
Quite impressive spike-ups! As I only trade the minis, and absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happened at 14:40, I wasn't even aware of that kind of movement.
10-02-02: "As a result of a clerical error at approximately 3:40 p.m. today, Bear Stearns entered orders to sell $4 billion worth of S&P securities. The orders should have been entered as $4 million. All but $622 million of the orders were cancelled prior to execution. The firm has advised the NYSE that the risk from the executed orders has been substantially hedged."
How are you supposed to get a 'piece' of something like that? More likely it will get a piece of you. Also, volume was not all that intense on those names, so what to make of it?