Archive for August 25th, 2015

High frequency traders crow: “Best day since the 2010 Flash Crash” … say what?

August 25, 2015

Yesterday was a historically spectacular day on Wall Street … DJIA down 1,000 on the open, rebound by about 750 points, back down by 750.

Unprecedented volatility.

DJIA 08-24-15

Geez, was the world’s economic structure changing that much hour-to-hour?

Was new economic  information flowing in at warp speed?

Nope.

Sure, there was a deepening understanding that the market is over-valued and that China’s economy is in trouble.

That explains a big correction, but what about the hour to hour volatility?

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