DAX plunged +200 ticks

[makloda]

I think ASusilovic just entered SELL 7952 DAX DEC @ LIMIT 1, that explains everything

 

[ASusilovic]

25th October 2007. FDAX plunge 7953.50 - 7860. 93.50 points, 1 MIN. Time stamp : 07:23 p.m. CET

 

[cannuckboy]

hearing someone fat fingered 4000 lot.

 

[RedDuke]

Quote from cannuckboy:

hearing someone fat fingered 4000 lot.

Wow, that must have hurt.

 

[cannuckboy]

tough shit, serves them right for trying to bully the market.

 

[RedDuke]

Most of the platform these days have a save guard of max volume allowed. So even if you try to send an order with 100 contracts, but max is set to 10, it will be rejected. In today’s world, fat finger is not excusable.