VIX 'Mini' Flash-Crash, Small Caps Collapse, Retail Traders Marooned On App Outages Tyler Durden Mon, 08/24/2020 - 09:44 After all major indices rose almost tick for tick overnight following the COVID treatment headlines, the cash market open has seen a very aggressive flush in Small Caps (into the red) and bid for Nasdaq as the growth/value rotation accelerates hard... This follows some malarkey in VIX this morning that saw a mini-flash-crash around 0800ET... Additionally retail investors are marooned... Robinhood is having problems since 9:41 AM EDT - DownDetector TD Ameritrade is having problems since 9:33 AM EDT - DownDetector How much longer can this farce continue?