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US Treasuries are down to 3.45%. Damn thats a low return. Not much of a 'flight to safety' option. Money will come back into the equities as soon as the mortage scare is over.

This is getting more tragic my the minute. Anybody suppose we close green today?

simple when the 10 ma on the daily VIX chart turns down.

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I would think - that big a gap down would trigger even more sell orders somewhere. At least during the first 30 minutes or so.

This video should be required viewing for all new traders. Or anyone who trades without stops for that matter.

Bernanke will blow it. He's too concerned with inflation right now to worry about a little thing like fed funds rate. by being timid and scared, Mr. Barnanke is causing more trouble right now that anything else. He should focus of fixing one thing at a time.

the dangers of over trading with a rising VIX That guy had no business trading 10 ER2 contracts in these conditions...

good call. trading.:eek: lol...IWM is now in the crapper, challenging the lows of the day. Nothing in TA works every time, but over the course of many years I've found this particular pattern to be worthy.

there she goes... I've found hammers to be reliable. We'll see if this holds til close.

not really a classic hammer as it turns out.. the body is the wrong color and the head is not high enough. But I still think it probably signals the low for the day..

The Hammer is comprised of one candle. It is easily identified by the presence of a small body with a shadow at least two times greater than the body. Found at the bottom of a downtrend, this shows evidence that the bulls started to step in. The color of the small body is not important but a...

usually a pretty reliable turnaround signal if this holds till the top of the hour...

OK, lets review.... tue Retail Sales dives, thats BAD PPI jump up, thats BAD add on to this... wed INTL warns and CPI jumps. That's BAD too, right? NO!!!! That's GOOD. It's all become so BAD that it's now all GOOD!! Now the economy stinks so bad that we need help from...

the VIX has basically invalidated yesterdays drop in stock prices by trading down on the day. 10 ma is now heading down. VIX volatility is rather low considering other markets gotta be the lure of rate cuts or other stimulus on the horizon.

the advance decline numbers suggest a close near the low of the day according to market profile. NYSE down volume is now 91%, it hardy ever gets that bad

With the CPI tomorrow, Housing Starts thursday and Consumer Confidence Friday, the news isn't likely to get better soon. this could be a big down week.

interesting that the VIX had a lower high today than yesterday with the Dow dropping 246. SP100 options market didn't agree with the big price move today in stocks.

in this wacko environment, all bets are off. there is no forecasting the markets when they get this crazy, just react to prices, don't predict them.

Well the verdict's in. The market 'thinks' we're in recession mode. Any short term rallies should be sold for the next couple of weeks.