NEW YORK (Reuters) - In December 2013, Hanmag Securities Corp, a small South Korean brokerage firm, lost 46 billion won ($42 million) in a day after a stock option trading algorithm went bad. It was a ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - In December 2013, Hanmag Securities Corp, a small South Korean brokerage firm, lost 46 billion won (26.77 million pounds) in a day after a stock option trading algorithm went bad.