This market has no flow

Does anyone have the same feeling ? No real trading or buying going on aside from the first hour gap up. Everything feels stale. Volumes unimpressive. Doesn't look like there is much institutional participation at all.

You mean they ran out of shorts to squeeze?

Does anyone have the same feeling ? No real trading or buying going on aside from the first hour gap up. Everything feels stale.

Volumes unimpressive. Doesn't look like there is much institutional participation at all.

CONSOLIDATION OF HUGE GAINS.

Seems like the $VIX should have fallen further than that for such an uproar?

This next crash will be called despair.

Does anyone have the same feeling ? No real trading or buying going on aside from the first hour gap up. Everything feels stale.

Volumes unimpressive. Doesn't look like there is much institutional participation at all.

CONSOLIDATION OF HUGE GAINS.

No its not that. You could've sold short just about anything at the open and made money. Market feels gimped. Crippled. I think that short selling ban has cut into the market normal flow.

Almost like the spread has died after the open...flat line on most 5min daily charts. Kind of scary quiet?

Does anyone have the same feeling ? No real trading or buying going on aside from the first hour gap up. Everything feels stale.

Volumes unimpressive. Doesn't look like there is much institutional participation at all.

Actually, I kinda like it.

Now we got rid of the crisis induced insane tape, hopefully we can get back to an orderly declining market.

It's coming, I am sure of it, becacuse recession and earnings disappointments have only begun.

It's coming, I am sure of it, becacuse recession and earnings disappointments have only begun.

You hit the nail on its head. Corporate stocks go up in the LT because of ascending earnings.
If earnings decline significantly in the next 2 or 3 quarters, then for the market to go up will
require bailout of all corporations whose profits decline. It will be called PROFIT BAILOUT.

Paulson's reason will be....we can't allow so many corporations to lose money
because that will hurt jobs & prosperity.

I can't believe this march towards socialism in US, when China, Russia, India, former Soviet
satellite countries, Brazil etc. are all getting rid of socialist structures. They have lived through
socialism and learned the hard way.

It's coming, I am sure of it, becacuse recession and earnings disappointments have only begun.

You hit the nail on its head. Corporate stocks go up in the LT because of ascending earnings.
If earnings decline significantly in the next 2 or 3 quarters, then for the market to go up will
require bailout of all corporations whose profits decline. It will be called PROFIT BAILOUT.

Paulson's reason will be....we can't allow so many corporations to lose money
because that will hurt jobs & prosperity.

I can't believe this march towards socialism in US, when China, Russia, India, former Soviet
satellite countries, Brazil etc. are all getting rid of socialist structures. They have lived through
socialism and learned the hard way.

Now they will be learning something else the hard way, if not harder

Edited by redfoliage2, 20 September 2008 - 05:50 AM.