In fact, there is not anything worse than the Unites States super regulated Stock market. . They've flash crashes every single day. . With the GAPS. . and HALTED TRADING. .
For example the FXCM stock. .
That fell from $27 to $1. .was HALTED. . Is not that basically exactly what happened to the currency market. . Anybody who owned that stock. . Got screwed by the regulators who stopped trading. . And allow it to open in a far lower price. Pretty much also wiping out any accounts that might had been around margin, even if the Margin from the USA is 4:1 shirts.