May 6 Flash Crash

'Flash Crash' Fallout Continues: More SEC Changes Coming

Additional changes to prevent another "flash crash" are on the way, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday. Among other things, the commission may tinker with the circuit breakers it set up to automatically halt trading if a stock falls 10% in five minutes.

Flash Crash Panel to Discuss Reforms with SEC, CFTC

The May 6 "flash crash" is still somewhat of an enigma, but an advisory panel meeting on Friday to review a report into it could at least help regulators establish some new market rules to prevent similar crashes from occurring in the future, Reuters reports.