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Update: *CBOE: VIX 8.56 PRINT SEEN AS `BLIP'; TRUE LOW SEEN AS 9.64/9.65... Is a 'blip' worse, or better, than a 'glitch'? *  *  * At first we assumed it was a fat finger... The flash crash to 8.56 lows occurred at 13:00:14ET... There was a massive spike in VXX volume at the same time...

Yet another UK trader is being punished by overzealous regulators for an accomplishment that should instead have earned him accolades: Outsmarting the machines. In a case that echoes some of the circumstances surrounding the scapegoating of former UK-based trader Nav Sarao, former Bank of America

Well that escalated really quickly... GE is now down over 15% from its pre-open highs and down over 8% on the day (the biggest drop in over 8 years)... Crashing below its Aug 2015 flash crash lows to its lowest since June 2012...   And here's what the analysts said... on Friday...

After the shenanigans in US mega-tech stocks over the last two days and the seemingly well orchestrated melt-up to pre-J-Hole levels in the dollar, why should anyone be surprised that 'someone' decided to try to sell $1.1 billion notional into the Asian open...   Sending Spot Gold back below