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Nanex ~ 30-Apr-2013 ~ Symantec Takes The Crown

At 10:11:27, the stock of Symantec Corporation (Symbol: SYMC, Market Cap: $17 Billion) dropped 10% in just over 1 second on 500,000 shares. Trades executed on 13 exchanges and an unknown number of dark pools.  The drop tripped a circuit breaker, prompting a 5 minute halt. After the halt, the price immediately recovered most of the drop.

1. SYMC - Trades color coded by reporting exchange.


2. SYMC - Bids and Asks color coded by reporting exchange.


3. SYMC - Trades color coded by reporting exchange.  Showing 5 seconds of time.
7 quotes for every trade during the drop. Note how late Dark Pool trades are reported (green squares).


4. SYMC - Bids and Asks color coded by reporting exchange.   Showing 5 seconds of time.


5. SYMC - Nanex Tick Chart.


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