By now it is clear to everyone that the market is rigged, manipulated and broken. But this rigged, manipulated and broken? Honestly, we don't know, hence our question: is this now "normal" or are these just the death throes of a "market" busted beyond all repair?

AMZN stock trades in a 50c range for 4 hours after today's HFT hearing (following which nothing as usual will happen) ends, as if to make a statement..

FLAT (a Treasury Flattener ETF) offer went from $58 to $4000 in 5 seconds…

And then there's this…

Major Flash Crashes in $AOL $NBR $NDAQ $CNQ $LO – all at 15:49:41 #HFT

— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) May 13, 2014

As Nanex shows in great detail…

15:49:41 Flash Crash Event

On May 13, 2014 at 15:49:41, a dozen or more large cap stocks suddenly jumped or dropped in price. A few charts below.

All 4 of the following completely independent stocks had a flash crash at exactly the same moment…

1. AOL.