- OK, who was pressing sell with that FAT FINGER this afternoon lol $$
- There were no erroneous trades on shares of Procter & Gamble or in any other shares a
- Today's close will be a landmark on charts well after it scrolls off the left side. $
- Today's action a qualifying event for resetting start date on charts http://ow.ly/1HV
- http://chart.ly/6e9yab $$TICK - There were abut 29 TICK spikes below -1,000 today wit
- who places trades with the word "billion" or "million".. dont you use #'s? $$
- Geez RT @sentimentrader: Today's range was 7 times the avg true range of the past 3 m
- even the monthly index charts are taking a beating with this hideous May candle formi
- @upsidetrader $EXC shot to zero too methinks.
- BTW, funky is a technical term :) $$
- What happened today? Fears about Greece & something really funky with the trading sys
- @reformedbroker The net result was B M...lol. $$
- $AAPL nibbled a few more long after hours (small lot)
- Watching @howardlindzon and friends discuss the day's market plunge live on www.stock
- @derekhernquist: @howardlindzon @aiki14 Greetings guys. $$
- @ClairWyant okay, now what? $GBPUSD
- RT @howardlindzon: ok - live now on stocktwits tv. $$
- @SnoopyJC Along with the wrist and a few toes lol. $$
- So $EURGBP just ran up to hit my stop and fall right back down again -54 pips. It's t
- Nasdaq says it will cancel trades between 14:40 ET and 15:00 ET that were greater/les
- TTN: Nasdaq reportedly to bust all trades 60% away from market price as of 14:40ET Di
- Nasdaq to cancel selected trades, per Bberg. $$
- What is still unanswered is why traders are suddenly worried about Greece now? Versus
- @jimcollins What's your take on $SQNM?
- Stopped $RYN 46.43 +1.7%
- @javier_durovic Interesting, because $VIX is lagging indicator (1 reason I sometimes
- Stopped out remaining $BIDU 637.51 +3% and 642 +2.2% respectively (2 positions)
- whoever bot those 54k $MBI 7 puts... must be a psychic
- RT @michaelhewson: Swings to Conservatives from Labour in Sunderland boosting the pou
- @JackDamn i don't get though, they said trades 60% off 2:40 market, but $PG wasn't th
- Out $WFMI Cov $Call position - bought the $Call for 0.50, sold the common for 37.09
- @mattrixDOTinfo just take my inadvertant $PG sale over and it's yours, lmao (OK serio
- Out $FXP at first and second target today 46.19 +10.3%, 50.37 +20.3%
- P&G Trades Won't Stand: NYSE CEO http://bit.ly/bV25ut Some trades in Procter & Gamble
- Oh where shall I begin - how about with my winners, since they are few!! $$
- @aiki14 @howardlindzon @upsidetrader @reformedbroker Good show! $$
- @ericjackson Tomorrow at 0830 I will be in full voice! Stocktwits TV $$
- http://chart.ly/m54vww $ES_F
- @raulmarcusbruno Agree on the QE especially, if they want to have a euro currency the
- RT @janewells: CNBC: NASDAQ is busting trades made today. Any trade 60% away from mar
- http://chart.ly/g8mmnz $UUP - Red or Black?
- @ericjackson He did nothing but exacerbate the downside in the crash, and he has done
- NYSE, Nasdaq, BATS, Direct Edge and Archipelago are on a cc w the SEC to determine th
- http://chart.ly/xexa3w $SPX - RED or BLACK?
- The $GENZ mtg, boring, not much new. Sorry. But the Tweets-embedded-in-story widget w
- but how do u discard the emotional damage it carved! RT @gtotoy RT @stevenplace Basic
- @aiki14 FAN that is lol. $$
- u can always buy Greek 2 yrpaper at 15% or $AAPl at 240
- @aiki14 Its better than a running fam (just kidding). $$
- Asia gonna bet great to watch. If they close asia on US fears and greece.. US futures
- Nasdaq says it will cancel trades between 14:40 and 15:00 that were greater/less th
- @HCPG did he have bids in before? More curious than anything else, happened to have $
- Stop $EK 5.44 -9.2% for reg-T #3 and a 90 day freeze on using unsettled funds in my 4
- Stop $GME Jan 22.5 $Call 3.4 -30.6%; $ASIA Oct 25 $Call 3 -50%
- Stop $SEIC 21.13 -6.9%; $SJT 22.32 -8.6%; $HIG 26.5 -9.2%; $IVAN 2.64 -17.8%
- RT @agwarner: @JackDamn if 60% is the number, it sounds way too high, $PG "only" 33%
- Stop $AAPL 246 -7.6%; $DRN 49.86 -6.4%; $DST 39.78 -7.3%; $FDS 71.83 -4.7%; $GR 69.77
- @JackDamn if 60% is the number, it sounds way too high, $PG "only" 33% off and they'r
- Stop $IAT 19.01 -16%; $XLI 30.99 -5.9%; $IJH 79.5 -1.3%; $XES 30.31 -8.9%
- Stop $NRF 4.05 -12%; $ASIA 24.25 -14.7%; $CL 81.71 -3.8%; $HSP 52.34 -5%; $GSG 29.93
- @ClairWyant @traderstewie Thanks guys. So what do you think, $VIX charts meaningful o
- Stopped $XRT 38.84 +3.4%; $ITA 55.95 +2.8% (+div)
- Trying to figure out how to explain to my wife why I didn't by $ACN when it was tradi
- RT @ReformedBroker THERE HAD TO BE A SECOND TRADER...ON THE GRASSY KNOLL, PERHAPS? h
- Seeing a lot of similarities between today and October 27, 1997. Check out the chart
- Back to study and trade prep....take care all. Have a wonderful evening. $$
- The DOW is now down 1% on the YEAR. Buy and holders not as proud as once was. Time
- These charts are just nuts, look at $KRE - got'em both ways
- @ReformedBroker His name was Raul lol $$
- A great daytrading period coming up, but probably much more. $$
- THERE HAD TO BE A SECOND TRADER...ON THE GRASSY KNOLL, PERHAPS? http://bit.ly/cvkXcm
- .@szaman Thinking that today's low cud provide important support and today's close sh
- I guess chartists need to ignore the long tails on today candles. Any thoughts ? $$
- bote barry ritholz ken fisher jack ablin $$
- Funny - I'm showing a $100,000 print on $AAPL at 15:29 ET
- China Housing & Land Development $CHLN http://bit.ly/ch79zL Xian-based developer. nev
- http://chart.ly/cy9twr $SPY - Similarities between now and October 1997? Market kill
- $XHB 17.5 Jan and lots of $CASH!! (well, about 7% less than yesterday!)
- Roubini: "We're back, Mortimer!" $$
- Survivor $Call: $HNZ 43 Sep; $SVM 5 Dec; $SLV 16 Jan; $BEAV 25 Oct; $BPL 60 Nov; $INT
- $AAPL breaks 240 in AM
- if u bought mexico's bolsaindex on 4/26 ud have lost 9.7% on the index & lost another
- I spoke with Elizabeth Trotta at @smartmoney about target-date funds (prior to the 2:
- Survivors: $ABR $HEP $NFLX $TGB $GGN $HEP $ACDSF $DPS $SVM $APPY $JMBA
- RT @ReformedBroker: THERE HAD TO BE A SECOND TRADER...ON THE GRASSY KNOLL, PERHAPS?
- 'OK Guys you have to give the black boxes their money back - they were broken' #buste
- http://bit.ly/d2YdgR Denninger's excellent analysis of today's crash $PG $INDU $DJI $
- If today was Oct 27, 1997 (which halted early) and Oct 28, 1997 in one - then we get
- Would love to hear some bottom buying story,if anyone caught it. $$
- All of a sudden 10 point moves in the $ES seem minor
- .@stocktwits Does anybody have a direct link to howard's wrap up program today? Than
- http://chart.ly/smxn22 $SPY - Will you laugh if we say 105 the new floor?
- Nasdaq will cancel Trades http://bit.ly/deKssf $$
- CNBC running an obesity special about the fat finger epidemic facing America today $$
- Incidentally, trader with the fat finger was insanely popular in summer camp for some
- i see a 15 point range for $AAPL tomorrow, go play golf
- I'm a fat-finger doubter. Unstable systems can do what happened today, & more. Not e
- Days like today make me feel better that I manage risk for clients $$
- The possibility exists that tomorrow could be the best trading day of our lives. Pre
- @specialsin agreed, sub biz=recurring revs which makes a great long term story and le
- RT @YoYo_Trader: I uploaded a 11 min recording of squawk from $CME $ES_F pit during t
- contd "The market has been waiting for something like this to happen since the bottom
- contd "Today's mentality would lead to charging the NYSE with fraud. " $$
- Don Worden: "forget all this nonsense about the glitches in computers and software be
- Losing Trust In The Stock Market http://bit.ly/duhBMx (@chartsandcoffee) The "fat fin
- What are the chances we see $SPY 99 in a few weeks and then $SPY 150 by year end? Ye
- @HCPG yeah, that 60% guideline is silly, handful of tiny stocks maybe, plus already s
- RT @Fullcarry FED and ECB need to be very concerned about TED spreads exploding. It i
- Busting trade 60% from print. Not many STKS fit that category ; But will have busts
- RT @PragCapitalist Uh oh, remember the TED Spread? He's back: http://bit.ly/9sZpyk $$
- By the way, does the world still need oil? $USO
- I wonder how many people were short volatility today and got wiped out completely due
- @Fullcarry Thanks, if you want to see something unreal, check out the $usdjpy chart..
- @CumbucoTrader a major yen move (biggest winner) but decent buying comes in at $USDJ
- The guilty party: http://twitpic.com/1lmk6w Obviously this guy should not have been k
- http://chart.ly/tkwk2z $T2108 - Indicator that tracks % of stocks above 40 day ma's i
- @johnsontrading $IPXL- Is that for real?
- How do you like your "protective stops" now, dumbasses? $$
- Wow just listen to pit audio from SP today! $$
- My interview earlier w/ Maria Bartiromo after the NY Close http://bit.ly/duLdu0 #UKel
- http://chart.ly/e2an4d $TLT - daily - WOW - what else is there to say?
- RT @danprimack: I too have mistakenly typed "billion" instead of "million." But worst
- Nikkei futures fall -4% in Singapore. $$
- Curious.. When was the last time u made a key fat-finger error? Not a brain-fart. Min
- @HCPG Take a look at $IPXL which apparently just misses that mark. Scary.
- My Mrkt gameplan tomorrow is likely to do the opposite of the opening (sell rally/buy
- it's clear 1094 on the S&P is the quant sell trigger/line in the sand. so what happen
- No doubt, volatility just did a step-function. Should provide some great daytrade op
- Please be conscious of the fact that the data on our charts may change over the next
- @stevenplace your not shy Steven, I like that. That downright cherubic photo of you b
- The only edge I see, until tomorrow's range arrives, is that today's close will likel
- RT @howardlindzon: People with fat fingers need no longer apply to $gs or my hedge fu
- Overheard at NYSE....I have been fingered, but never fat fingered! $$
- wow just noticed hedgie favorite $ESRX dropped over 20% from 99 to 76 in the few minu
- People with fat fingers need no longer apply to $gs or my hedge fund.
- @JDMarkman I'm starting to understand the value of "end of day" only stops!! $$
- If we don't like today's occurrence, the limits need to be changed. $$
- 3 names from my watch list held up well. $DEAR.$FBN,$PPO.
- Any market without limits, with or w/o HFT, could do what happened today & more. Real
- @optionbob Kudos to that....gotta give ya some props for calling that sell-off. :)
- @johnsontrading Funny, Stockchart.com, $IPXL chart not showing it.
- whatever happens tomorrow one thing is SURE..will be whipsaw ALL day...relax your tec
- @ppearlman I was looking for a cure of having too many positions, but this isn't exac
- $$ and 240 is an interesting time - after circuit breakers off and right after "last
- Here's the 5-Min chart from 11/20/2008 when $ES_F dropped 70+ handles http://bit.ly/a
- It's probably safe to reset your stops under day low if you have any survivors!! $$
- $$ TODAY - the choices are hedge fund margin call liquidation... or something more ne
- @WoollyLlama Yes, lots of stops and more alerts than I've ever gotten in one day! $$
- Too bad stupid @fidelity won't let me trade options at all in my 401k! $$
- You want to see some incredible tails. Look at $FAS, $UPRO $AAPL to name a few.
- I am resetting my alerts on these remaining positions $$
- I'm starting to assess what I have left, and I see many of them plunged thru their st
- I don't put hard stops on $Call options due to the gap between bid and ask - I take t
- I'm happy I had many positions in 0.7 delta longer-term $Call options Ref: this Mike
- If the Nas cancels some trades that alone does not imply fat fingers or program error
- RT @dschorrnyc: Simon offers $20 per $GGP share best and final. Boom!!!
- u can say that again. @oktobernv RT @Benzinga: how many shows is roubini going to hit
- Tonight's Tape Talk with special guest @ZorTrades http://bit.ly/awyjYo $$
- RT @TKutrada: @johnwelshphd you don't think the HTFs and algos cleaned up today? <--N
- $PG FDA disaaproved new toilet paper and PG plummets http://fsc.bz/4Ai #WORDEN
- RT @JeffreyLin: RT @eminiplayer: The lesson of the day is: DO NOT CATCH A FALLING KNI
- Bloomberg.com: TED Spread -- http://bit.ly/aDZZPT << this is a handy chart for credi
- $ACN cool http://fsc.bz/4Ah #WORDEN
- The bright side? The algo computer traders are completely blown up. Most won't be t
- Guess we're lucky his other 9 fat fingers didn't hit the bid. Dow 800 woulda been fi
- The lesson of the day is: DO NOT CATCH A FALLING KNIFE! $ES_F $$
- RT @SPMorningTrade: but today (1) 5min bar dropped 60pts /// Yea, def. not the same s
- $$ Nikkei down 4%
- can't wait to see tomorrows headlines ' DOW PLUNGES 100 POINTS' ... #lol $$
- Fat fingers = bullshit. Program errors = bullshit. Unstable systems can do this and
- so anyone here get $AAPL sub 235?
- Loving all the Nuriel Roubini's of the world coming out tday saying 'I TOLD YOU' #clu
- $$ SECTORS http://bit.ly/aV1fOF
- Though even if it takes two months - tday's lows likely to be tested at some point $$
- It was chaotic; you didn't miss anything. The charts make it look easy in hindsight $
- http://chart.ly/n3k5df $HNT - $HNT - Can you find whats wrong with this picture?
- If you weren't in front of the screens during the afternoon craziness, don't look at
- http://chart.ly/7rsmm4 $CVGI - what happened to $CVGI today? No 30% drop and pop. I g
- I plan on having Shrek as my spokesperson for fatfingertrades.com $$
- I just bought the domain rights to fatfingertrades.com. I'll be tweeting over there,
- haven't been watching "all" stream, but seems most traders I follow weren't hurt toda
- @snoopyjc $AEZS $PPO are a couple that also look normal despite todays debacle.
- Thanks @javier_durovic, @ClairWyant, @agwarner for yr thoughts on $VIX.
- @SnoopyJC yeah, i had just tweeted $CVGI too. very few that came out unscathed like t
- @downtowntrader Did you see you could have bought $ACN for $0.01 at 14:45 today?
- RT @millerdon: 9:47PM ET My video perspective on today's trade & the bumps that will
- @downtowntrader $DPS also, though it did have a big pop, but not a big drop Re: no dr
- @downtowntrader I'm showing a $100,000 print on $AAPL at 15:29 ET Re: $HHH
- Based on this http://bit.ly/aI7oDB I am short $GBPUSD on orders triggered on correcti
- Can't decide if I was feeling the force or just lucky when I decided to sell all my p
- @downtowntrader Looks like most stocks today Re: $HNT
- RT @AndySwan: Guess we're lucky his other 9 fat fingers didn't hit the bid. Dow 800
- So I had this alert set on Apr 30th to buy $Put on $SPY based on the Mike Turner Cycl
- Did your charting platform perform flawlessly during today's crazy move? No freezes o
- http://chart.ly/w6mpxr $HHH - did anyone else see this today? Happened after the madn
- Bespoke Investment Group - Think BIG - Where Things Stand http://stk.ly/9CsZKe $SPX
- MY NAME IS TED, REMEMBER ME? | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM http://stk.ly/biTuZ7 $$
- My take $GBPUSD today. With NFP, #ukelection, and UK PPI, Friday will be esp interest
- U.S. stock plunge raises alarm on algo trading | Reuters http://stk.ly/dwtrWb $$
- Nasdaq to Cancel U.S. Trades Moving More Than 60% Before Plunge - Bloomberg.com http
- There Had to be a Second Trader?On the Grassy Knoll, Perhaps? - The Reformed Broker
- Honestly, if I would have beem trading today, I probably woulda lost my ass $$
- @daytrend How? The trades occur off market, how do you stop in real time when they ha
- Investor R/T users, did your charts freeze at all during the afternoon drop? What dat
- @Ben270 Ben, did u see $spg just offered $20?
- The markets need limits that enforced in REALTIME, not by cancellation of valid trade
- @BernieCornfeld $SKF needs to reverse split that bad boy
- @aiki14 @downtowntrader $VIX moves over 100% in less than 20 days is something that i
- RT @dakapbj: RT @Reuters_Biz: Nasdaq names stocks with canceled trades http://link.re
- @ZMoose12 How about the guy who shorted $IPXL at 0.18c. lol
- Nikkei down 3.6% $$
- @daytrend No doubt, and the legislature is and have been so far behind the curve, the
- http://chart.ly/rddsgp $SPY - We also could not maintain above resistanceof the downt
- This (new) market is all about supply and demand, and not about "historical" charts.
- http://chart.ly/gf6ze7 $SPY - For anyone excited about the 'bounce' happening, note t
- $SPG Simon Property Group Proposes to Acquire $GGP General Growth for $6.5 Billion or
- @ClairWyant I do, it gives me a metric to assess risk, as a general rule the higher t
- If the mkt were left w/o news, I would expect the next 2 day to be sideways to down,
- Someone explain how 3 extra 0's is a fat finger? & wats this about inputng a 'b' for
- @AndySwan It's like going to the cash machine and accidently taking out $200,000 it d
- @AndySwan Absolutely, in fact I can't believe it occured on market, it's hard to beli
- @aiki14 the same could be said for a MARKET, no? $$
- @kmdric It means for my holiday in Belgium I am getting the upgrade on my car rental
- 7 Facts Nobody Wants to Hear About the Market Plunge http://bit.ly/cyWv0K $$
- Nikkei: off almost 4%. Looks like the S**t Sandwich Deli is back open 24 hrs/day. Lik
- Why don't they just bust all trades that ever go off on a downtick? There, just solv
- RT @HCPG: Busted trade list http://bit.ly/drr7zX $$
- http://chart.ly/a4r4tq $SPY - Great call we saw 115 al' righty today! WOW
- 8 Theories For Why The Stock Market Plunged Almost 1000 Points In A Matter Of Minutes
- Said that it was industry wide, not just them? Wow. I bet daytraders will be spittin
- Just got an email from MB trading saying all trades from 2:40 to 3:00 outside of 60%
- MacKenzie's excellent An Engine, Not a Camera may need a new appendix after today. ht
- Busted trade list http://bit.ly/drr7zX $$
- You can watch my @stocktwitstv show from today's "pullback" here http://bit.ly/9csoTC
- Great post RT @stevenplace: 7 Facts Nobody Wants to Hear About the Market Plunge htt
- If $EURJPY was a tell this afternoon, look at it now, its trading at 117 from 115 an
- @stevenplace If HFT's saved things wouldn't you expect to see a more even volume pict
- @FinanceTrends in hindsight, $VIX shot up before market did much, so was leader this
- 100% agree with you on HFT. RT @stevenplace: 7 Facts Nobody Wants to Hear About the M
- Link to Simon $20 offer or $GGP http://bit.ly/cvk59s
- @CoolcatReport The big damage will be to the guys who got margin calls/or were sold o
- A.I.G. Is Said to Replace Goldman as Top Adviser http://nyti.ms/aXdELS $$ $gs
- @CoolcatReport Yeah but there's couple stitches bloody, and there's swimming into a s
- @CoolcatReport No and No, the mess is gonna have many tentacles, and not opening woul
- ok, everyone enjoy roubini all over the airwaves tomorrow..... $$
- Fox Business News Anchor David Asman Reflects On Today's Market Free Fall - http://is
- putting bids on $AAPL 59% down if bad jobs # so it won't get busted if filled
- Good one Krull Stock market crash 2010 http://youtu.be/TmTcFIJTqMI $$
- [greader] Points to remember. http://bit.ly/c8s7bM $$
- How NYSE humans saved $PG http://bit.ly/bQmKSZ