A Shakeout

It sure seemed like the market was going to collapse under its own weight this morning but buyers stepped up around 2:00 to push the indices back into the green. Volume picked up on the upswing, so the bulls should be happy about that. According to Briefing.com the buying was due to "short-covering, buying ahead of index changes". Whatever the reason it was a pretty dramatic change of direction. Today's action seems like a good start of another leg higher. I imagine quite a few bears got trapped today... let's see if we get any follow-through.

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"All through time, people have basically acted and reacted the same way in the market as a result of: greed, fear, ignorance, and hope. That is why the numerical (technical) formations and patterns recur on a constant basis." ~ Jesse Livermore
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