flash crash survival 2025-09-18T05:05:02Z

Rain lashed against my apartment windows as the Nikkei plunged 7% overnight. I fumbled with shaking hands, trying to place a stop-loss through my broker's prehistoric app - the spinning wheel of death mocking my panic. When it finally processed, the damage was done: I'd lost three months' savings in the lag between tap and execution. That night, I deleted every trading app in a rage, my phone clattering against the wall as thunder echoed my frustration.