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Posted by btr Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:08:52 GMT
ES went up to 1032 before the session close, but it dropped to 1126 after the market close based on INTC and YHOO earning announcements. Both INTC and YHOO dropped more than 3% AH. Buy The Rumors and Sell the News!Posted by btr Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:27:36 GMT
The volume (judging from SPY chart) was more than 50% higher than average.
It was rumored that a big firm sold a lots of puts to their customers and had to sell ES to hedge their position, thus the big plunge in the last hour.
Since the uptrend line is still intact, Monday's open shall give us some indication of where the market will go. Currently, it's pretty extended. It would make sense if it goes sideway for a few days or a week to ease up the over bought condition. I would not be a buyer at this time. I will look for weakness to short it.
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