that's a more interesting statistic than you might realize. 10/27/08 was lunar 7/28. that is the fascinating lunar date which ended the 1997 decline exactly eleven years ago, among many other hits throughout market history. i credit chris carolan, alone, for bringing this Time pattern to the forefront in modern times.
also, TT is correct to wait and see if traffic will remain that high. it is very unlikely that it will. that was an emotional spike day, even though the market disappointed the great majority. i surmise than many/most of those posters had gotten word that there would be a ....
... CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that day.

p.s. i'm sure glad there was not! thank you gracious gods of old.
Edited by humble1, 30 October 2008 - 11:55 PM.