Flash Crashes, Meltups, And Glitches
A Select Chronology Of Extreme Financial HyperPrices
Note: This chronology is intended to accompany The Rise of SkyNet: The Algorithmization Of Finance Part IV
“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck”
—Paul Virilio
Contents
Equities
May 6, 2010 - The Flash Crash
June 1, 2010 Deutsche-Nikkei
September 14, 2010 - Nucor Flash Crash
September 27, 2010 - Energy Equities Flash Crash
March 31, 2011 - FocusShares ETFs Flash Crash
April 27, 2011 - Jazz Pharma Flash Crash
May 2, 2011 - Abott Labs And Pfizer Mini Flash Meltups
May 11, 2011 - RLJ Equity Partners Flash Crash
May 13, 2011 - Enstar Flash Crash
June 16, 2011 - Washington Post Flash Crash
July 29, 2011 - Cisco Systems and Citigroup Mini Flash Crashes
August 5, 2011 - Micron Flash Crash
August 26, 2011 - Core Molding Flash Crash
September 27, 2011 - Progress Energy Flash Crash
February 27, 2012 - Thermo Fisher Flash Crash
March 23, 2012 - Apple Mini Flash Crash
March 23, 2012 - BATS Global Markets Flash Crash & IPO Failure
August 1, 2012 - Knight Capital Trading “Glitch”
October 5, 2012 - India Flash Crash
April 23, 2013 - The Twitter AP Hack Flash Crash
May 17, 2013 - Anadarko Flash Crash
May 23, 2013 - NYSE Utilities Flash Crash
April 30, 2013 - Symantec Flash Crash
August 16, 2013 China Flash Rally
October 2013 - Singapore flash crash
May 14, 2014 - Mini Flash Crashes
November 18, 2014 - Home Depot Flash Crash
August 24, 2015 - ETF Flash Crashes
May 17, 2016 - China and Hong Kong Flash Crashes
May 30, 2016 - China Flash Crash
June 9, 2017 - Tech Stock Flash Crash
July 3, 2017 - Nasdaq Flash Event
February 5, 2018 - Volmageddon (VIX Spike)
December 6, 2018 - Overnight S&P Futures Flash Crash
December 24, 2018 - Christmas Eve Flash Crash
2019 - Hong Kong Flash Crashes
May 2, 2022 Nordic Flash Crash and European Flash Crash
January 23, 2023 - NYSE “Glitch”
April 5, 2024 - MSCI World ETF Flash Crash
June 3, 2024 - NYSE “Glitch”
August 5, 2024 - Carry Trade Flash Crash
Bonds
October 15, 2014 - U.S. Treasury Flash Crash/Rally
April–May 2015 - German Bund Tantrum
May 29, 2018 - Italian sovereign bond market
February 25, 2021 - U.S. Treasury Flash Event
Foreign Exchange & Currencies
March 18, 2015 - USD Flash Crash
January 15, 2015 - Swiss Franc Shock
August 25, 2015 New Zealand Dollar Flash Crash
January 9, 2016 - Rand Flash Crash
October 7, 2016 - British Pound Sterling Flash Crash
December 30, 2016 - Euro Flash Crash
December 25, 2017 - Euro Flash Crash
January 2, 2019 - Japanese Yen Flash Crash
February 11, 2019 - Swiss Franc Mini Flash Crash
August 26, 2019 - Turkish Lira Flash Crash
March 9, 2020 - Norwegian Krone, Aussie, Kiwi Flash Crash
April 2024 - Peso Flash Crash
Commodities
March-May, 2010 - Commodities Flash Crash
March 2, 2011 - Cocoa Flash Crash
June 9, 2011 - Natural Gas Mini Flash Crash
April 15, 2013 - Gold Flash Crash
March 2014 -Iron Ore & Copper Flash Crashes
May 5, 2017 - Oil Flash Crash
June 26, 2017 - Gold Flash Crash
July 7, 2017 - Silver Flash Crash
April 20, 2020 - WTI Crude Oil Futures Crash to Negative Prices
August 9, 2021 - Gold Flash Crash
May 4, 2023 - Oil Flash Crash
Cryptocurrencies
June 19, 2011 - Mt. Gox Flash Crash
June 21, 2017 - Ethereum Flash Crash
October 10, 2017 - Bitcoin Flash Crash on Bitfinex
May 16, 2019 - Bitstamp Flash Crash
May 29, 2019 - BTC/CAD Kraken Flash Crash
February 22, 2021 - Kraken Flash Crash
May 19, 2021 - Cryptocurrency Market Flash Crash
March 18, 2024 Bitmex Bitcoin Flash Crash
July 29, 2024 - Ripple Flash Meltup
August 7, 2024 - Ripple Flash Meltup
October 4, 2024 - Ripple Stablecoin Flash Meltup
