r/wallstreetbets • u/TonyBerdata27 • Feb 04 '25

Gain Made $18k in less than 1 minute by accidentally sniping mispriced ask

I put in a large market order this morning, and somehow bought 1.9k shares at 75 cents each while the stock was actually trading for ~10$

I cropped out the ticker because it has <300M MC, but had to share this because this is so unbelievably regarded that I think I might have bought off one of you guys.

TLDR: I stole someone's shares for 90% discount because they probably mis-entered their limit order.

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u/Ok-Holiday-4392 Feb 04 '25

I used to do this in RuneScape. I’d put in an order for dragon scimitars at like 100gp. Sometimes it would take a couple weeks to fill sometimes I’d get a fill every day. Never thought to try it irl.

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u/SidewaysAcceleration Feb 04 '25

The confusing part is how someone with 200gp didn't take it before you? All they have to do is put in 100x purchase of the same item at less greedy price and they would get all of these