If someone accidentally sell stocks for wrong price, is possible reverse the trade ?

Discussion in 'Order Execution' started by faxike9226, Jan 25, 2020.

  1. What happens if someone sell 1 million Google Stocks for 1 cent ?
     
  2. Robert Morse

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  3. traider

    traider

    Yes if you are the big boys like goldman or hft
     
  4. schizo

    schizo

    Knight Capital lost $440 million due to a computer glitch. SEC flatly turned them down when they asked for help.
     
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  5. sprstpd

    sprstpd

    I'm pretty sure none of their trades were far enough away from the current market that they would be deemed bustable.
     
  6. zdreg

    zdreg

    The brokerage firm would never accepts the order from YOU.
     
  7. schizo

    schizo

    Seriously, if you were to send in a GOOG "limit" order for 1 cent, I'm pretty sure it would get executed as a "market" order. Whenever the buy order is placed above the ask or sell order below the bid, unless they are "stop" resting orders, they would get executed at the current bid or offer, respectively.
     
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  8. zdreg

    zdreg

    Everybody can relax. It is early in the year but I am going end right now my contest for the most idiotic reply on ET.:D:D
     
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  10. This 1 centers used to happen a lot
     
    #10     Jan 26, 2020