Just curious.. a move like that on the /ES would mean 110 points, this would imply 5500$. How many traders got killed and got wiped out. Any ideas
LOL you are joking right ? Sell off lasted literally 10 minutes and there was plenty of time for stop orders at least if you are a day trader looking at charts besides if you don't have stop orders ready you are toast anyway at some point
Our exchange just told us that some MM(didn't say how many) blew up today. As in, RIP. Will not be trading anymore because they are well below their net capital requirement. We thank God we're not one of them, but our hearts go out to them. Bad time to be short vega.
Yes, that's true. But sometimes even good traders can get hit by bad luck. A lot of these small options guys are long vega, get screwed (so many didn't make any money at all over the past year), they short vega to make money and then...this happens. Trading is not easy for the pros. I shudder to think what happens to the armatures.
No one. Everyone I know made a huge life changing killing. They murdered the margin clerk. Now how funny is that.