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Case Study: Understanding Flash Crashes Through Market Microstructure

A case-study driven walk through market microstructure: how order books, market makers and liquidity actually work, what happened minute by minute during the May 2010 Flash Crash and India's own fat-finger and circuit-breaker moments, and how NSE/BSE safeguards and SEBI's algo trading rules try to prevent a repeat. Built for engineers, coders and systematic traders who want the mechanics, not just the headlines.

Market MicrostructureOrder BooksFlash CrashesCircuit BreakersAlgorithmic TradingSEBI Regulation
MODULES
3
DURATION
4 Hours
TRACK
Quantitative Finance

What You'll Master

How order books, bid-ask spreads and market makers actually work
What triggered the May 2010 Flash Crash, minute by minute
How liquidity evaporation creates a feedback loop that crashes prices
India's own flash-crash moments, including the Emkay Global fat-finger trade
How NSE/BSE circuit breakers and price bands are designed to prevent runaway moves
What SEBI's algo trading rules require of systematic traders today
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Curriculum Breakdown

Chapter 1: Market Microstructure Foundations

3 Lessons
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How Markets Actually Work: Order Books, Bids, and Asks
Preview
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Market Makers, Liquidity, and Why Bid-Ask Spreads Exist
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Order Types and the Matching Engine: Market, Limit, Stop

Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Flash Crash

3 Lessons
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The May 2010 Flash Crash: What Happened, Minute by Minute
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Liquidity Evaporation and the Feedback Loop
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India's Flash Crash Moments: The Emkay Global Fat-Finger Trade and NSE Circuit Halts

Chapter 3: Circuit Breakers, Regulation, and Safeguards

3 Lessons
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How NSE/BSE Circuit Breakers and Price Bands Actually Work
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SEBI's Algo Trading Rules and Risk Controls After the Crashes
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Co-location, HFT, and the Speed Arms Race in Indian Markets