thin tape
This for sure makes a difference.At 9am pst, two and a half hours into the rth trading session...
24 hour ES volume is running at 48% of yesterday... 4+ hours to go.
SPY volume is 19% above the 20 day mean.At 9am pst, two and a half hours into the rth trading session...
24 hour ES volume is running at 48% of yesterday... 4+ hours to go.
...It's Friday. Closed monday? Start fresh next week.
Huge huge trade
Flat now

1 PM Eastern close.It ain't closed Monday, only a 4-hour halt at 12PM ET. You're a futures trader, no sleep for j00! Only full day off you get is on Good Friday, for some reason.
(And I think if X-Mas falls on a Friday, but cannot remember.)
1 PM Eastern close.