Comment by hughes

This reminds me of a similar error from 2005[1] where a trader mistook the "price" and "quantity" fields of the trading software. Instead of selling 1 share for 610,000 yen, 610,000 shares were sold for 1 yen.

The mistake cost around $225 million.

[1] http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/12/09/typing-error-causes-...