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Re:A Gazillion-Dollar Standoff over Two High-Frequency Tradi... by scotty79 on Sunday March 10, 2019 @08:10PM (#19355652)
> How does a flash crash hurt the average investor?

Maybe it can trigger "stop loss" orders?

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Re:A Gazillion-Dollar Standoff over Two High-Frequency Tradi... by QuackingJimbo on Sunday March 10, 2019 @09:12PM (#19355917)
Maybe I'm biased, but I say that anyone who uses stops has voluntarily left the "average investor" realm and entered the "amateur day trader" arena
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Re:A Gazillion-Dollar Standoff over Two High-Frequency Tradi... by growse on Sunday March 10, 2019 @08:23PM (#19355717)
> > How does a flash crash hurt the average investor?

> Maybe it can trigger "stop loss" orders?

The average investor is a person who has a pension invested across a range of funds held with large fund management companies. Anyone mis-using stoplosses is not an 'average' investor.

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Re:A Gazillion-Dollar Standoff over Two High-Frequency Tradi... by kasey_junk on Sunday March 10, 2019 @08:35PM (#19355771)
Running stops was a common pit trader game.
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