Meanwhile, Beneath The Surface Market Liquidity Is Worse Than During Flash Crash

(Before It's News)

Curious why few if any traders can actually execute any trades, whether buys or sells? The reason is that despite the relative calmness of the index prints, what is going on beneath the surface is an unprecedented wave of constant halt and unhalts, making it virtually impossible for any matching enginge to, well, match buyers and sellers.

Here is a sample:

And just to add to the pain, there is absolutely no liquidity.

eMini Liquidity since 2009 – today is the black line $ES_F pic.twitter.com/2vsXJWxdNI

— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) August 24, 2015

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