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To: carranza2 who wrote (405462)5/22/2010 1:45:54 PM
From: Real Man2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436259
 
It was the HFT, presumably. It is really a set of programs aimed to
screw you and take out all low offers and high bids. Started
probing an "empty bid" market, with no bounds to that probing.
Since they dominate the volume, the market just ran out of
legitimate bids.

HFT is really a computerized practice of front running, thus
fat profits for Goldman and not a single day of losses. This
activity should be banned.