Think you had a bad day?

[Carguy!]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1917093,00.html

It is amazing to me that they don't have safeguards to stop this sort of thing!

 

[sjones]

I think its safe to say that trader no longer has a job.

 

[Autophile]

I think this context is wide open for terrorists to come in and wreak havoc on the world's markets... all in about 5 minutes, apparently.

 

[NsXMas]

My bad, oops...

Hence the reason for the other thread - work horror stories.



Anyone wanna lend me a few billion yen?



Just kidding - I don't trade securities, just yet...

 

[rickysals]

i have no idea what that all meant.

but sounds like it wasn't good when you're talking billions of anything

 

[NsXMas]

i have no idea what that all meant.

but sounds like it wasn't good when you're talking billions of anything

Imagine trying to sell your NSX for $30,000. Then you make a mistake and offer to sell 30,000 NSXs for $1 each.

Ooopssss.... :biggrin:

 

[rickysals]

Imagine trying to sell your NSX for $30,000. Then you make a mistake and offer to sell 30,000 NSXs for $1 each.

Ooopssss.... :biggrin:

OOH.

umm, yea... bad

 

[gheba_nsx]

Terrible!

Strange that they cannot reverse the operation ... and who was offering 1 yen for the share on the market (if it was sold at that price... somebody was offering or it would have sold at market value)