‘Lose $1 Million in 2 Seconds’: Market Chaos Rocks Trading Desks

It was 1 a.m. in London when the markets jarred Michael Brown awake. He had his phone next to his bed, and it had started pinging him with alerts, just “buzzing and buzzing and buzzing”: Brent crude is over $100 a barrel; over $110; Nasdaq futures sink 2%; the Nikkei plunges 5%.