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> The fact that a single person could absolutely tank the entire company with a single trade shows how reckless they all were.

Sadly, this sort of thing happens in traditional trading firms as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_futures_drunk-trading_inci... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group#2012_stoc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Leeson#Barings_Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_trader https://www.foxnews.com/story/typing-error-causes-225m-loss-...



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