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Economy => Trading Discussion => Topic started by: tarui on November 07, 2013, 10:21:37 AM



Title: bitstamp facing some sort of algo strike?
Post by: tarui on November 07, 2013, 10:21:37 AM
not sure what to call it

algo trades, or algo strikes

its where the prices rapidly crash/spike a few dollars and from the main page, a quick succession of trades, usually below 0.10btc, gets filled.

prices then recover back before it happens again.

it is not due to 1 guy selling a large order and bitstamp fills it at any price it can right?


Title: Re: bitstamp facing some sort of algo strike?
Post by: dddbtc on November 09, 2013, 06:43:04 PM
People frequently spam small transactions in order to manipulate the "last price" and/or candle direction to get people to make dumb trades for their own profit.