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I don't think the furious tail down at the end was a fat finger. It was clearly liquidation. I know several people who had positions automatically liquidated near the bottom. Some earlier than others, but it must have happened to quite a few today. Add in put sellers as well that have...

Why is everyone saying fat finger? The credit market and forex market were down SIGNIFICANTLY when the Dow was not even down 100 points. When the losses and volatility carried over to the equities market, the futures took hold and took the market down fast. Add the stop losses and panic...

At the time I posted this, the Dow was only down 75 points. Hope this helped somebody. I hedged a bit (not enough) with this info.

A contributor on RM is saying that the credit market is in freefall today and trading like the dow is down 500. Spreads must be widening quite a bit. This may weigh heavily on the market the whole day, yet there is no mention. Does anyone here follow the credit market and have insight?

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A correction from now, after being up 31 days in the last 2 months.

If you know the answer, keep it to yourself. In the past 2 months (42 trading days), the market has been up 31 days. Since 1928, this has happened only 11 times. What was the median number of days it took until a 5% correction? (we use median instead of average to minimize the effect of...

Not only is it likely that the Goldman case was politically motivated, but the timing of it was likely to divert attention from the report that was released that same day showing the SEC's ineptitude yet again...

How so, could you explain? While you were up the previous week, you took on CREE as 150% of your portfolio.

The VIX is back to pre-crisis levels, as are many stocks. INTC is back to making money like never before. Even many of the financials that survived are almost back to pre-crash levels. Biggest credit bubble in history pops, and the biggest secret was to just hold on for 2 years and you...

James, What are the most likely events you see that could alter your market view?

The biggest factor will be if the lawsuit occurs before or after these asset protection options. Courts and good lawyers can vanquish any type of asset protection if it is clear that you are attempting to hide assets after the fact. For an overview, go to Amazon and spend $100 on...

Cramer can't contain himself today. "You Can Buy It All After BBY's Quarter ...the consumer is spending like crazy and that the tech rally from it may be unstoppable...This time it is all systems go."

Junk bonds are selling at the fastest since Nov 2007. Yikes...

Pull up Nasdaq 1999. That is parabolic. No matter how steep you drew that uptrend into 1999, the last year took off completely beyond any uptrend line. Different time and time frame, but same idea. In fact, pull up a chart of our bounce off the March 2009 bottom. We are actually...

I've been settled since last March. And there is always something to wait for. Wasn't it just quadruple witching just last Friday to wait for. I'm ready to go all in x4 and party like it's 1999. ...j/k...

Alot of anecdotal stories of traders sitting on their hands, shorting and having to cover time after time, and the retail mass still not in the market during this relentless climb higher. So what are the chances that this market goes parabolic? Like a momentum stock within a huge...

Thanks. This option doesn't seem to be available for my area yet.

Where can I find the Comcast Internet Usage Meter? I just looked into my account under Account & Bill and don't see the option.

All clear now. I had the same problem this morning and figured it was the exchange as all other futures were working. I'm trying to get over this missed trade. I had planned since yesterday to go heavy short the TF during the popped expiration open. Instead, I had to settle for the NQ...