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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Service Discussion (Altcoins) => Topic started by: bitcoinmarkets on November 20, 2015, 06:47:15 PM



Title: OKCoin Futures Orderbook Showing Negative Contract Values!
Post by: bitcoinmarkets on November 20, 2015, 06:47:15 PM
This is hilarious, check it out:

http://www.bitcoinfuturesguide.com/uploads/6/4/6/5/64656757/5278876_orig.png

OKCoin has been pretty glitchy recently. Last week, its LTC/CNY orderbook glitched and went down to 0.03 CNY, they later blamed it on a "hidden bug" (?) in the trading engine: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3sb0dx/regarding_okcoin_ltccny_price_error_resuming/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3sb0dx/regarding_okcoin_ltccny_price_error_resuming/) . Alright I guess, par for the course in China...

And now their BTC/USD futures orderbook is showing negative contract values. How this can even happen is unclear, but it may be an indication of backend problems, or just a websocket problem. It may just be a glitch rather than a bigger problem with their system. Either way, it's not very comforting to see your broker showing negative values in the orderbook.

hat-tip: http://www.bitcoinfuturesguide.com/bitcoin-blog/okcoin-futures-orderbook-showing-negative-contract-values (http://www.bitcoinfuturesguide.com/bitcoin-blog/okcoin-futures-orderbook-showing-negative-contract-values)