Fragile Markets? US Equity Futures Flash-Smash… For No Good Reason

First VIX dumped-n-pumped this morning, then Russell 2000 (ETF and Futures) flash-crash at lunch time, and now, amid heavy volume, someone decided it was the perfect time to panic-buy S&P, Dow, and Nasdaq futures…

 

Some contest to Russell 2000’s earlier flash crash…

 

Th hunt for a narrative to explain this utter farce has started… Did Bitcoin algos just get switched on to trade S&P minis? Bitcoin just topped $2500!

via http://ift.tt/2rBhdpu Tyler Durden

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