At 2:42 p.m. on May 6, 2010, something unbelievable happened. Nearly $1 trillion vanished from the stock market in just 5 minutes. No bombs. No hackers. Just… code. What really happened that day? A Sudden Freefall A trader’s hand urgently reaching for the “CIRCUIT EMERGENCY” button — symbolizing the moment of panic. On what seemed like a normal trading day, the Dow Jones suddenly plunged 998.5 points. This massive drop wiped out close to $1 trillion in market value—only to recover within minutes. This wasn’t a glitch. It was a systemic chain reaction . The Algorithm That Didn’t Wait A wall clock showing 2:42 p.m. , overlaid with crashing red stock charts — the exact moment the crash began. The root cause? A Kansas-based mutual fund placed a massive sell order: 75,000 E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts . The algorithm was simple: Sell as quickly as possible , no matter the price, no matter the volume. High-Frequency Trading (HFT) bots noticed. They didn’t p...
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