International markets traders banter

[Trembling Hand]

I was worried it was you...

"20,000 and 80,000 contracts were filled due to this system glitch"

Thankfully my recent "glitches" are not 80,000 contracts! LOL what a f up.

 

[skc]

"20,000 and 80,000 contracts were filled due to this system glitch"

Thankfully my recent "glitches" are not 80,000 contracts! LOL what a f up.

It's all good if he can put up the KRW 2 trillion margin needed. That's only less than A$2B.

Peanuts really...

 

[Trembling Hand]

Peanuts really...

Yep I'm sure his "algorithmic logic bug" can sort out 2Bill from somewhere....

 

[boofis]

Did the market at least bounce after finding that much size at one level?

 

[Trembling Hand]

Did the market at least bounce after finding that much size at one level?

For less than 2 min........

Traders are pretty good now at playing bot fat fingers..... in spite of the media hysteria.

 

[boofis]

Ouch. I guess that's the end of his trading.
It seems that ordinary people just want something to blame for their losses and the media is choosing Bots lately.
MHI: Short 238 covered 194.
I hate my mental shift after making a few good trades I start to worry about losing it and then trade poorly and do lose some of it; Must change this.

 

[CanOz]

Surprised there is no talk of a gap fill..!?

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Maybe Tuesday night?

This is looking like a distinct possibility...1451 atm.

Maybe not tonight, but the other markets look intent on filling the gap.

CanOz

 

[cynic]

It's all good if he can put up the KRW 2 trillion margin needed. That's only less than A$2B.

Peanuts really...

Quite right!

As we always say, what's a couple of billion bucks between bots?

 

[Trembling Hand]

Surprised there is no talk of a gap fill..!?

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Maybe Tuesday night?

This is looking like a distinct possibility...1451 atm.

Maybe not tonight, but the other markets look intent on filling the gap.

CanOz

Well after I turned on my sell bot Tuesday as promised and we only dropped a bit clearly it will need a couple of trill $ more to really do its job.

hey I tried.....

 

[CanOz]

Well after I turned on my sell bot Tuesday as promised and we only dropped a bit clearly it will need a couple of trill $ more to really do its job.

hey I tried.....

The DAX filled it, all but a tick or two anyway...

 

[Trembling Hand]

H
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LOL

 

[boofis]

H
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LOL

How's that for some new highs lol.

 

[CanOz]

H
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LOL

FFFF a-r-k

 

[boofis]

Were there any announcements or was it purely trader driven lol?
Where's them darth faders at?

 

[Trembling Hand]

Were there any announcements or was it purely trader driven lol?

China new exports up 14%...

 

[boofis]

China new exports up 14%...

That'll do it, guess I gotta find me a more asia region specific news source lol, glad I wasn't trying to get short before that

 

[Trembling Hand]

big divergence/spread between cash and futs on the HSI.

 

[kid hustlr]

big divergence/spread between cash and futs on the HSI.

How does this happen? I figured there was enough people out there keeping an eye on things like this that arbitrage is near impossible?

 

[CanOz]

How does this happen? I figured there was enough people out there keeping an eye on things like this that arbitrage is near impossible?

Not enough bots???

 

[Trembling Hand]

How does this happen? I figured there was enough people out there keeping an eye on things like this that arbitrage is near impossible?

Nah in a market that moves like this where futs stops are going off like nutz they will get way out of wack in a thin market like HSI.