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    1. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 8 Feb 2021

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      Software bug which caused one of our strategies to see its AUM reduced to 0 so it immediately started trading out of all positions. Eventually caught by a turnover limit in the risk layer.https://twitter.com/ellegist/status/1358141733230567424 …

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      tell me about the worst professional mistake you have made/seen a colleague in your industry make
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    2. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 8 Feb 2021

      Oh how about trading credit default swaps in the wrong direction because two systems used different conventions for what long and short mean?

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    3. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 8 Feb 2021

      This one is not me, but a rounding error which caused a strategy to adjusted its futures hedge up/down by 1 contract every second, again caught by a turnover limit in the risk layer.

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    4. ValueHao‏ @ValueHao 8 Feb 2021
      Replying to @macrocephalopod

      lmao that one I can for sure see how it happens. Tough break.

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    5. macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 8 Feb 2021
      Replying to @ValueHao

      I would strongly encourage everyone to build tight turnover and leverage limits into their strategies, at multiple independent levels 😅

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    6. ValueHao‏ @ValueHao 8 Feb 2021
      Replying to @macrocephalopod

      Yep, also I'm guessing this is based off Black-Scholes so probably something to account for it dictating fractions in the hedging.

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      macrocephalopod‏ @macrocephalopod 8 Feb 2021
      Replying to @ValueHao

      As far as I remember it was even ditzier, smth like a function that should have rounded toward zero actually rounded away from zero? Net exposure is 0.7 so sell 1 contract to bring your net to -0.3, but then system thinks you need to buy 1, which brings you back to 0.7 etc...

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        2. ValueHao‏ @ValueHao 8 Feb 2021
          Replying to @macrocephalopod

          that's a really fun error! So I'm guessing that it was coded such that it was meant to reduce to zero (but nothing to prevent going below zero) but also had a mechanism telling it to resolve a 'negative' hedge by buying a contract.

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        3. ValueHao‏ @ValueHao 8 Feb 2021
          Replying to @ValueHao @macrocephalopod

          obviously sub-optimal but really wouldn't the big risk just be losing fractional trading expenses over and over again (or if it's lightly traded accidentally painting the tape)? Worse errors to have if so

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