Not sure how much I buy the PPT .. who knows.
But one thing is certain.
Intense selling pressure at the open tells me there are aggressive fund managers who are shorting every single open fearlessly against their long stock portfolios.
Then when the news doesn't worsen, remove the hedges. Look at the charts -- its a quantifiably low risk trade (especially if you are already long stock and options) amidst a crappy economic backdrop. We haven't had many trending days lately to threaten this strategy.
Everyone agrees a trend is not going to return to this market at least until this payroll and bulk of earnings data is out of the way.
But one thing is certain.
Intense selling pressure at the open tells me there are aggressive fund managers who are shorting every single open fearlessly against their long stock portfolios.
Then when the news doesn't worsen, remove the hedges. Look at the charts -- its a quantifiably low risk trade (especially if you are already long stock and options) amidst a crappy economic backdrop. We haven't had many trending days lately to threaten this strategy.
Everyone agrees a trend is not going to return to this market at least until this payroll and bulk of earnings data is out of the way.