This "flash crash" prompted the authorities to cancel a bunch of trades made at unusual prices. Between 60% and 70% of those trades were in ETFs, far above their actual weighting in the market.

这个“闪电暴跌”促使当局取消了一些涉及非正常价格的交易，其中60 - 70%在ETFs中，远远高于它们在市场中的实际份额。

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When investors became concerned that Bear Stearns wouldn't be able to settle its trades with clients, that confidence evaporated in a flash.

如果投资者开始担心贝尔斯登不能维系这一协议时，信任就会在一瞬间蒸发。

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In the aftermath of the "Flash Crash, " the Nasdaq canceled trades on a number of stocks that saw particularly abnormal activity, including Boston Beer Company, the First Trust ISE Revere Natural Gas exchange-traded fund and the Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund.

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In situations like the flash crash, market makers seem to be the key to finding the other side of trades.

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The very low volume indicated it was also due to the activities of other short-term traders, including program-trading firms and flash-traders, in there every day doing their job of making short-term trades for quick profits.

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