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

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

  1. kotika

    kotika

    Things are different now. Your brokerage is supposed to detect and reject such orders. For a fact, IB does.
    But few years back, I entered a buy order in pre-market and instead of 14.66 entered 17.66 - NASDAQ did NOT agree to bust it - because they said it was within 10% of previous close. I havent tried but I think this order would be rejected now.
     
    #11     May 8, 2020
  2. GotherL

    GotherL

    I just made a post that kinda relates to that. It has happened before in the japanese stock market. The employee responsible got fired and the company lost a ton of money. (Don't recall how much.)

    https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/aggressive-order-type-error.345242/

    In the past, a handful of lucky traders have gotten extremely rich overnight by fat finger errors.
     
    Last edited: May 25, 2020
    #12     May 25, 2020
  3. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    I believe there are no protections in the pre and post market.
     
    #13     May 25, 2020
  4. sprstpd

    sprstpd

    There are protections but it is based on how far off the price was and there are time deadlines for a bust request. Each exchange has different rules.
     
    #14     May 25, 2020