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Re: rpietila Wall Observer - the Quality TA Thread ;)
by
bitdig
on 18/08/2014, 19:01:31 UTC
it is not flash crash
It is exchange manipulation to trigger stop loss on MT4 trading platform with leverage. it is not first time happens, allows exchange to take 85% of the deposits instead of 0.5% of commission....
watch this, it in russian, but watch it from 2:40, "Hunt on stop loss", this is the backoffice of the MT4 platform, allowing to manipulate and trigger stop loss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0JInOpEVfw&app=desktop

Flash crash on BTC-E where someone sold BTC as low as 328 USD !

Edit : some people sold as low as 308 USD on BTC-E while the price is 465 on stamp. What a strange exchange.