Something happened to Apple’s (AAPL) share price Thursday afternoon that has investors still scratching their heads.
The stock, which had been sailing along near its all-time high of $360 a share, started to drop at about 1 p.m. Then, at 1:39, it collapsed, falling from $355 to $349 in the space of four minutes.
In all, $10 billion got shaved off Apple’s market capitalization before the stock began to recover.
Except for the surprisingly short iPhone lines at Verizon stores Thursday, there didn’t seem to be any news behind the sell off.
“The selling is not normal just for negative news,” wrote Bullish Cross’ Andy Zaky in an e-mail. “There was a huge spike where dollars were being skipped in the selling. I saw Apple tick from $351.70 to $349.00 within seconds. There’s something else. The selling was not normal. That’s for sure. It wasn’t orderly. Take a look for yourself.”
The chart (click on image to enlarge) bears a strikingly resemblance to the flash crash of May 6, 2010. But that event shook the entire market. This one belonged to Apple.
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Mechilas Keovodo but when I slick on the image it does not enlarge
I follow aapl daily and am not as concerned by the big move in price. It has been rising steadily over the past 6 months and was do to pull back. If enough people had trailing stop orders the stock price would drop at that pace.
This is caused by hedge fund predators, manipulating the market with short selling.–Think Soros!
A quirk in the law allows unlimited short selling in the afternoon. That’s why these things happen only in the afternoon.