@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • edit-21 year agoTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down15
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2010 the stock market experienced a flash crash, caused by automatic trading. Over a trillion dollars were lost and mostly regained, all in 36 minutes. Exact causes remain disputed.en.wikipedia.org@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • edit-21 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•1 year agoThe book Flash Boys is fantastic and goes into a lot of the HFT stuff
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink20•1 year agoYeah it’s great. Was the nail in the coffin for any weird fantasies I had about day trading. Can’t compete with that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•1 year agoHonestly I think it should be required reading for anyone who is planning on investing at anything shorter than a quarterly timescale
The book Flash Boys is fantastic and goes into a lot of the HFT stuff
Yeah it’s great. Was the nail in the coffin for any weird fantasies I had about day trading. Can’t compete with that.
Honestly I think it should be required reading for anyone who is planning on investing at anything shorter than a quarterly timescale