Well, better you expect the best and prepare for the worst. Anything can happen.during druckenmiller's keynote q/a at USC, he addressed the us debt ceiling as (paraphrasing) being worried about the high tide damaging the pier when there's a 30 ft tsunami headed towards you.
in any case, those diamond patterns by themselves has no implication on the future and can break in any direction. and it begs the question if we're to break down, why haven't we already with everything that has hit the fan in the last several weeks?

