"Strong Rally On Weak Volume For Nasdaq
Striking about Mondayâs rally was the very low volume in the Nasdaq. It not only fell below the high levels achieved during Thursday and Fridayâs wild trading, but it actually posted the lowest volume in over a week. This brought about a compelling study from the May 19,2009 blog post. Iâve updated that study below:"
notice that as of Wed Close we are actually +1% from Mon Close. So either it is one of those rare instances when the market keeps going up, or we are due for a nasty sell-off in the next couple of days.
BTW, tomorrow is an anniversary of 998 pt Drop. Hundreds of copy-cat rogue traders throughout the world will be "fat-fingering" billion dollar sell orders.
a quick scan of business headlines reveal no mention of the last week crash at the top of the list. looks like the crash is mostly forgotten already. the media coverage is nothing what i have expected from such a major event.
It's definitely been an inconvenient truth. What about the over leveraged carry traders, daytraders trading 50 lots.... the prop shops, the Margin calls, the Market Makers... surely someone went bankrupt?