Exactly. GS and others who dominate this market (if anybody else, at this point) need counterparts. So, normally they go against the biggest amount of volume they can find.
it would be very useful to know what were the days that GS lost in the market in the last 2 quarters... that could be revealing
I think Dow 10k may be important for the close today. On the macro front, we're starting to move into the timeframe where they need to make the end of year look nice and pretty.