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My GOD,

Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:46 pm
Posted by John Merlyn
Member since Oct 2009
2203 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:46 pm
they must be liquidating the hell out of some leveraged positions.
Posted by dutchdanish
Reno
Member since Aug 2008
2769 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:47 pm to
fricking panic has set in! Dollar surging. Hope noone is long...look out below...
This post was edited on 5/6/10 at 1:48 pm
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
131348 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:49 pm to
CNBC is behind by 5 or 6 minutes from real time sticker. Big delay.
Posted by Dr Rosenrosen
Member since May 2006
3772 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:50 pm to
Dow down 700!
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16428 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:51 pm to
it clipped -1000 earlier
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
64584 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:52 pm to
Freaking swings from hell.....WOW!!!
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
131348 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:52 pm to
It was down a little over 1,000. Now it's down 480.

And...CRAP!!!...I didn't buy!
This post was edited on 5/6/10 at 1:54 pm
Posted by kfizzle85
Member since Dec 2005
22022 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:52 pm to


Has to be a short-term bounce coming, there's no catalyst for that steep of a down turn that quickly. Or something is about to happen?

ETA: Didn't get the post up in time.
This post was edited on 5/6/10 at 1:54 pm
Posted by kfizzle85
Member since Dec 2005
22022 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:53 pm to
Hah holy frick. Sept 08 redux.
Posted by dutchdanish
Reno
Member since Aug 2008
2769 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 1:58 pm to
Something weird is going on. The DOW was reported to be at 9,990 then literally 1 second later was at 10,333. Computers broke and someone just got rich.
Posted by kfizzle85
Member since Dec 2005
22022 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:00 pm to
Yeha my initial reaction was some high frequency algo went berserk.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
10476 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:01 pm to
GS and other frickers up to no good again
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
64584 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:01 pm to
It went from down 400 to like down a 1000 in a couple minutes. Its now back to 450. Anyone ever seen this? Crazy times!!
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
10476 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:02 pm to
This program trading shite has to be restricted, this shite is unmanageable and destroys faith in the system.
Posted by kfizzle85
Member since Dec 2005
22022 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:03 pm to
Marketwatch is blaming it on "technical levels being breached." Kind of funny IMO.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
10476 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:04 pm to
quote:

It went from down 400 to like down a 1000 in a couple minutes. Its now back to 450. Anyone ever seen this? Crazy times!!


Yes, and if you are trying to buy or sell you will likely be eating a shite sandwich.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
131348 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:05 pm to
P & G dropped $17/share within a minute, then recovered within 3 or 4 minutes. Something broke down. That alone was = more than 120 points on the Dow Jones.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
10476 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

Marketwatch is blaming it on "technical levels being breached." Kind of funny IMO.


It's not funny at all if people were making trades or had stop losses on positions, this shite is ridiculous. I am not doing anything, but it is manipulative as hell.
Posted by John Merlyn
Member since Oct 2009
2203 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:08 pm to
clearly some people just abused other invesetors, but you can't really get rid of stop losses.
Posted by mikeytig
NE of Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2007
7542 posts
Posted on 5/6/10 at 2:10 pm to
what happened to the automatic shut-off switch?
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