At 930AM Wednesday, shares of Kraft Foods Group, Inc (KRFT) surged by more than 29%, hitting a high of $58.54 after opening at $45.36. Incredibly, it took just 19.93 seconds to notch this gain, a rate of return regular investors can only dream about. While market pundits draw wrong conclusions, and traders around the world scratch their heads, let us take a closer look at the data to see how things actually unfolded.

The prelude to this extraordinary event was the spinoff of Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (KRFT) from parent company Modelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ). As a result of the spinoff completed on 10/2/2012, Kraft (KFT) was split into two