Nanex ~ 16-Aug-2012 ~ DLTR Drops 18% in Seconds

On 16-Aug-2012, about 2 seconds after market open, Dollar Tree Store (DLTR) dropped from $47 to $38.40. The event lasted less 1.5 seconds.

Chart 1. DLTR 1 second interval showing trades color coded by exchange.

Chart 2. DLTR 1 second interval showing best bids and offers color coded by exchange.

Chart 3. DLTR 2 millisecond second interval showing trades color coded by exchange.

Chart 4. DLTR Tick Chart.

Chart 5. DLTR 1 minute interval bar chart. This is primarily for the SEC (they think charts with higher time resolution only show noise).

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