LAST WEDNESDAY “an unknown buyer … purchased around 16,000 E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts at 1:21 p.m.” ET
A week later, the WSJ summarizes … that "$1.8 billion futures trade that fueled buying in the U.S. stock market on [last] Wednesday was the biggest transaction of its kind all year… and comparable in size to the “fat finger” trade said to have set off the May 2010 “flash crash.” [except this was the opposite of a “flash crash” becausec it was buy longs not sell].
“Wednesday’s order sparked a frenzy of superfast trading as other market participants piled in and a total of $3.4 billion worth of E-minis changed hands within
two seconds, including the original transaction.”
ES folks should read this:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-1 ... mini-trade
The real bullsite is this: “"it is unclear who stood behind the trade.” The CME knows exactly the source of the order(s) but as usual, won’t/can’t disclose it.
“most likely … an algorithm”