9 a.m. London Time gold flash crashed as 15,000 ($1.8 billion) contracts were dumped in under one minute on the U.S. Comex market.
Over 5,000 ($9.7 million) silver contracts were dumped as well.
$USDJPY promptly jumped over 111.50 last 111.70. Gold was last down over $18.00 in the FX market.
Fat finger or manipulation?