Flash Crash: The True Story of a Trading Genius, Global Manhunt & History's Most Baffling Market Collapse – Perfect for Finance Enthusiasts & Stock Market Investors

Author: Vaughan, Liam

London, Greater London

Published on 4 February 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 272 pages
129 x 197 x 22 | 196g

’Not just a readable, pacey account of an extraordinary individual and his quixotic quest … but also a troubling exposé of the fragility of our entire financial system … I loved it’

Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland

For fans of Bad Blood and The Big Short, the story of how one reclusive trading prodigy manipulated Wall Street and amassed millions from his childhood bedroom – then short-circuited the global market.

A real-life financial thriller, Flash Crash gives panoramic insight into our economic landscape – its weaknesses, its crooks and its exploitable loopholes – and uncovers the remarkable, behind-the-scenes narrative of a mystifying market crash, a globe-spanning investigation into international fraud, and the man – Navinder Singh Sarao – at the centre of it all.

Depending on whom you ask, Sarao was a scourge, a symbol of a financial system run horribly amok, or a folk hero: an outsider who took on the tyranny of Wall Street and the high-frequency traders.