▁trad ers ▁were ▁uns ure ▁if ▁they ▁could ▁trust ▁quotes ▁published ▁on ▁various ▁stock s , ▁qu oting ▁his ▁trad ers ▁as ▁asking ▁" Are ▁these ▁prints ▁real , ▁or ▁are ▁they ▁not ▁real ? ". ▁ ▁Imp act ▁on ▁financial ▁mark ets ▁ ▁Un like ▁the ▁flash ▁crash ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁significant ▁losses ▁in ▁the ▁market ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁trad ing ▁halt . ▁Media ▁out lets ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁free ze ▁was ▁mit ig ated ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁timing , ▁a ▁Th urs day ▁afternoon ▁in ▁mid ▁August , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁by ▁its ▁relatively ▁short ▁time ▁period . ▁Michael ▁F arr ▁also ▁cred ited ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁free ze , ▁being ▁caused ▁by ▁an ▁error ▁between ▁ex changes , ▁as ▁assist ing ▁in ▁prevent ing ▁sell ▁off s ▁and ▁negative ▁impact s ▁on ▁other ▁mark ets ▁such ▁as ▁gold . ▁A ▁similar ▁sentiment ▁was ▁expressed ▁by ▁Christopher ▁N agy , ▁who ▁is ▁quoted ▁by ▁FO X ▁News ▁as ▁saying ▁" “ I ▁think ▁people ▁realized ▁it ’ s ▁a ▁technology ▁issue ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁major ▁news ▁event ▁or ▁something ▁that ▁would ▁create ▁pan ic ▁and ▁d ys function ." . ▁However , ▁the ▁free ze ▁raised ▁further ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁increasing ▁ris ks ▁pos ed ▁by ▁te ch ▁adv ances ▁in ▁the ▁fin ance ▁industry , ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁potential ▁di ps ▁in ▁market ▁confidence . ▁Part icular ly , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁media ▁out lets ▁considered ▁the