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Chicago PMI News Release uncovers big delays in OPRA

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Chicago's PMI News Release uncovers significant delays in OPRA 06/30/2011 Back to Table Of Contents Approximately 1/2 second before the 9:42 release of the Chicago PMI report, the option market exploded setting new records in quote rates, saturation, and delays. We have not yet determined why the equity market did [...]

The RETF Algo

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The RETF Algo - Table of Contents Back to Main Research Page On May 2, 2011 we began noticing a strange algo phenomena that would begin immediately after the official market close. It started with one issue, affecting only the ask price. It soon progressed into more stocks and soon [...]

Equity Quote Saturation

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Equity Quote Saturation Back to Table Of Contents CQS transmits on 12 multicast lines, which distributes the symbols for faster processing. The current capacity is 75,000 quotes/second for each multicast line, and 750,000 quotes/second for all 12 in total. The total line is plotted in black and was divided by [...]

Consolidated Data Delays Violate Reg NMS

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CQS Delays Back to Table Of Contents We have been monitoring CQS traffic on a 1-ms interval for the past few months. There is overwhelming evidence that significant saturation is frequently occurring (hundreds of times each trading day). We have never found more than about 750-800 quotes with the same [...]

Micro Flash Crashes 2006-2011

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Flash Crash Analysis Continuing Developments Flash Equity Failures in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Publication Date: November 29, 2010 Updated: February 4, 2011 Back to Table Of Contents We have analyzed all listed equities for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 for potential "mini crashes" in individual stocks. [...]

Waddell & Reed Data Proves SEC Conclusion Dead Wrong

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May 6'th 2010 Flash Crash Analysis Final Conclusion Publication Date: October 14, 2010 Back to Table Of Contents Our analysis of the Waddell & Reed e-Mini trades led us to an unexpected break-through. By process of elimination, and with the SEC report for context, we finally have a crystal clear understanding what [...]

Key Items Missing From SEC’s Final Flash Crash Report

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May 6'th 2010 Flash Crash Analysis Continuing Developments SEC Report Response An inspection of several key items included or omitted from the SEC's Final Flash Crash Report. Publication Date: 10/13/2010 Back to Table Of Contents I. Waddell & Reed Sell Algorithm The SEC report identified a Sell Algorithm selling 75,000 [...]

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