Flash Crash

A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History

Ranked #17 in Bad Boy, Ranked #44 in Balletsee more rankings.

For fans of The Big Short, the story of a trading prodigy who amassed $70 million from his childhood bedroom-until the US government accused him of helping trigger an unprecedented market collapse

On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded less than half an hour later, experts around the globe were left perplexed. What had they just...
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