An extremely rapid decline in the price of one or more commodities or securities, typically one caused by automated trading.
high frequency trading can trigger a flash crash
Example sentencesExamples
Look at the costs imposed by the May 2010 Flash Crash.
The resulting loss of bids entering the market coupled with automated stop-loss sellers created the flash crash.
On Wall Street, traders put last week's flash crash behind them.
After the flash crash, the Securities and Exchange Commission moved quickly to apply a Band-Aid in the form of circuit breakers to limit daily price moves.
The flash crash highlights how the market can take on a life of its own.
Definition of flash crash in US English:
flash crash
noun
Stock Market informal
An extremely rapid decline in the price of one or more commodities or securities, typically one caused by automated trading.
high frequency trading can trigger a flash crash
Example sentencesExamples
The flash crash highlights how the market can take on a life of its own.
After the flash crash, the Securities and Exchange Commission moved quickly to apply a Band-Aid in the form of circuit breakers to limit daily price moves.
Look at the costs imposed by the May 2010 Flash Crash.
The resulting loss of bids entering the market coupled with automated stop-loss sellers created the flash crash.
On Wall Street, traders put last week's flash crash behind them.