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Old 2009-12-31, 05:03   #947
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Default Somebody's prop desk f*cked up...

Lovely illustration of what happens when you enter a multi-million-share end-of-year sell order and forget to make it a "limit sell". I suspect some 20something fund trader just got a big fat "No Red Bull for you!" for this little goof-up:

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