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After Hours Is The New 3:30 PM Volume Spike

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No volume all day? No problem - luckily there is after hours to trade. The entire cumulative volume below average caught up to the normal in less than 30 minutes of AH trading. And guess what - all the volume to the downside. But no big surprise there.




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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 16:56 | Link to Comment mule65
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Your website has become horridly slow.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:02 | Link to Comment simonsays
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probably on your end

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:26 | Link to Comment VegasBD
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Plenty fast for me. But im on a 1000mb pipe =)

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:29 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:01 | Link to Comment jdun
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I think Friday going to be a bad day for bulls.

There are more risk to the bulls everyday we come closer to September.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:00 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:01 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 18:04 | Link to Comment Commissionable
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STFU

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:01 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:09 | Link to Comment Groty
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I put some shorts out about a half hour before the close today.  First shorts since the rally begain in March.  I'm not married to it and if we break through 1013, I'm out.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:35 | Link to Comment phaesed
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I've been getting my ass handed to me trying to catch a pullback (like many others)..., but then again it's all premium for leaps *shrug* Although Paulson f'd me like it was prom night with BAC.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 01:12 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:02 | Link to Comment USolad
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missing something and there is a pattern here established from prior pre-OPEX day option activity

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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:31 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:00 | Link to Comment whitestone3
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speed seems fine to me

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:00 | Link to Comment cougar_w
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Oh, I guess you missed the memo. The new word is no down-side trading during regular business hours. Need to keep that profit-taking out of sight of the sheeples, don'tcha know. Can't have everyone run bleating for the exits until the fix is in. We knew you'd understand.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:01 | Link to Comment NoBull1994
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Pisani has now taken to saying that the bulls want the market to go down - so that they can buy lower.  Next call:  "The market down 200 today is big victory for the bulls, who have been waiting for this!"

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:06 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:06 | Link to Comment Project Mayhem
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New Jim Willie is out... US experiencing dramatic capital outflows in certain asset classes.  Ominious sign.

 

Monetization of USTreasurys In Isolation

Every few months a chart comes along that needs almost no follow-on paragraphs to make the point of the issue. The chart provided by CIGA Eric covers several important types of US$-based bonds, their inflow and outflow, and the aggregate GrandNet. The financial data is publicly available from the USGovt TIC Reports. The messages are clear. Inflows of foreign funds are dwindling. In the case of USAgency Mortgage Bonds and USCorp Bonds, the nation is witnessing something unprecedented, the net outflow of funds. This is outright rejection. This chart exposes the isolation problem of the USDollar in the bond world, clearly the most important market beneath the currency market. The printing press is the last option.

 

http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/willie/2009/0820.html

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:11 | Link to Comment economessed
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That is chart porn -- on the verge of Brazilian Snuff charting.  I wonder what Ben Bernanke would have to say about that when testifying in front of Congress:  "Chairman Bernanke, a constitutent presented me with this chart and his interpretation.  Is this anything I should be concerned about?  My constituent tells me he is now spending 45% of his disposable income at the gun shop in town because of what this chart is telling him."

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:14 | Link to Comment Project Mayhem
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hahaha   well if it's too ominous try this funny cartoon

 

http://www.comixed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/128938828849146716.jpg

 

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:42 | Link to Comment SWRichmond
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OMFG thank you!  I laughed so hard I couldn't see!

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:26 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:40 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:34 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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Get the bullets with the green tips. They cost a little more but they are worth it.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:01 | Link to Comment Apocalypse Now
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Ah, green shoots?

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:53 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:14 | Link to Comment Marley
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Project Mayhem,

What's you take on the "Ka-Poom" theory?

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:18 | Link to Comment Project Mayhem
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wow haven't heard of it!  thanks , checking it out now.

 

http://www.itulip.com/kapoomtheory.htm

 

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:02 | Link to Comment USolad
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kind of insurance buying is not particularly expensive. Such investors can even buy MORE equities with

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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 03:05 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 06:47 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:36 | Link to Comment Project Mayhem
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Okay, so it's interesting but I think it's missing a couple of things.  I guess you could say I disagree with the "Ka" but agree with the "Poom".

 

The Fed has shifted to so-called anti-deflation policies but they have not managed to prevent M3 from beginning to roll over, from U-6 from going to 16.8% etc.  All they did was give cash to their cronies and send narrow money up ~100% YoY.  I think the problem with the Ka-Poom theory is that it assumes "incompetence yet benevolence" on the part of the Fed.  On the contrary, my personal view is that the Fed is a malicious entitity acting out of its own self-interest rather than the national interest.

 

I agree with the second part.  Capital will ultimately flee the dollar -- though I'm not sure interest rates will rise, nor I am certain when this will occur.  I think it's possible it will occur by the end of 2009 -- definitely by 2010.  The Fed can sacrifice the dollar or the USTbond complex, and I think they will sacrifice the dollar and end up owning the whole supply of Treasuries   There are alot of weak points at which the dollar can break.  I think One important weak spot is oil pricing.  If Oil is priced in real, rubles, yuan, this weakens the dollar -- since implicitly it has been pricing in oil which has maintained the system since 1971.   Another weak spot is current account deficit -- especially if foreign nations loan us money in their own currencies (Yen bonds, Yuan bonds, etc).

 

One thing to note though is that many currency crisis begin with speculative attack so perhaps that is something to watch for.  Also a large bank failure / bank runs could cause temporary strength in the dollar, so I'd also watch for a powerful whipsaw in the currency markets.  Volatility is increasing. 

 

"The ground from under the currency market is shifting in an unstable fashion. See the British Pound Sterling in the last week. It has jumped up and fallen down by 200 basis points in several days. Even the Euro has shown unstable movement. That is akin to a hanging lamp in your study, or a displayed chandelier in the living room, and see it shift to and fro in grand swings. Something big is coming and soon. "

 

http://financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/willie/2009/0820.html

 

 

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 18:09 | Link to Comment Raymond Shaw
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Seconded re. Sterling.  Something is stirring and waiting to hit the fan stat !  It is having a hard time breaking the circa 1.6570 ceiling.  Breakout coming soon, most likely to the downside.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:30 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 23:38 | Link to Comment texpat
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We had Sterling at $1.37 for a while there. My ex-wife' alimony was almost good value.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 06:49 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 18:14 | Link to Comment Marley
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Thanks, I value your assessment.  It's going to take me a while to absorb what you provided.  I'm not one of those "kids in college who are absolutely genius and they don't need much to be presented to them to have a deep understanding of the presented issue and have 4.0 average etc." as referenced by Cheeky Bastard.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 23:05 | Link to Comment Marley
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If you've the time, or anyone else that cares to critique it, look at the application of the Ka-Poom theory as applied to the 2001 Argentina collapse?

http://www.itulip.com/forums/showthread.php?p=106493

There are several apparent differences between the US and Argentina, not having a world reserve currency is a big one.  The fact banks are not required to implement the recomendations required of IMF actions for other countries is another.  However the actions of the (benevolent, ha ha), central banks, private corporations, rounded out with corrupt politicians, sound really similar.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 23:40 | Link to Comment texpat
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Yeah, those IMF bastards!!! Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, no-name bastards.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 04:49 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 23:48 | Link to Comment texpat
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Here's an alternate theory:

The UST strikes a deal with our creditors to pay them in trade dollars, whilst simultaneously devaluing domestic dollars for the long suffering debt peons. Until day 0, they buy our treasuries and we carry on. We promise to 'keep them whole'. Has the great advantage of screwing only the domestic populace, stimulating industry and avoiding another tiresome world war!

http://johngaltfla.com/blog2/2009/08/19/dualing-dollars-how-would-a-bifu...

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:02 | Link to Comment Marley
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Neo-dollars and Dodo-dollars.  Elegant.  World debt holders win and the populous get to stay in their bubble, financially deluded.  And when greed arises, the central bank can increase interest with a mere change in exchange rate.

And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice brutality and innocence

 

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 03:21 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:57 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:50 | Link to Comment SWRichmond
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Capital flight is the inescapable outcome of the actions undertaken by our government.  I wrote this is January of this year:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/113011-2009-the-war-on-capital-ism-must-...

 

"Capitalism: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

This system relies utterly on respect for private property. That respect for private property is embodied in a judicial system to which all contract parties agree to be bound, and from which the parties can mutually expect rigorous enforcement of the terms of the contract. It is only under such protective circumstances that capital will venture forth; it is only under such circumstances that savers will loan their saved work and make productive economic activity possible. It is absolutely vital that this be clearly understood: failure of the legal system to respect private property and enforce contracts is the death of capitalism.

Not long ago, America was a favored destination for capital investment because of the protections offered by our legal system. This legal protection is being destroyed. In the past year this government jumped headlong into declaratory contract abnegation. With shocking speed our “Nation of Laws” was displaced by a “Nation of Men” who rule by decree, pick economic winners and losers, smash and nationalize businesses, and shred financial contracts, all while clearly demonstrating that they are, and know they are, above the law."

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:09 | Link to Comment Apocalypse Now
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I like it.

ZH'rs et al, check out this article, you'll like it too:

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-austrians-keynesian...

We are looking for a unifying theory in finance, in normal times the markets can be expressed in fundamental or technical terms (must be two different views of price to trade, which is positive for Wall Street and taxes).

Right now, we should focus on geo-political forces as we have become ungrounded.  Once a company/country has passed the point of being able to pay off the principal portion of its debt and can only service interest with inflows it is technically a ponzi - and if the inflows stop it is insolvent.  Now, if you are already bankrupt, does it really matter if you are "more bankrupt"?  We have passed into imaginary numbers, the parabolic, and dark matter.  I would like to look more into behavioral finance, government survival strategy, as well as Mandlebrot fractal geometry to describe our markets as the world has never been here before.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:48 | Link to Comment Marley
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Thanks.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:50 | Link to Comment Marley
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Global economies as they now are, is it possible to have one economic theory that is applicable for all?

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 03:37 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:59 | Link to Comment Handle with care
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I agree. In order to "fix" what would have been a temporary problem they're destroying institutions that took hundreds of years to build and will take generations to rebuild.

 

Similarly with offshoring and the destruction of an engineering culture that took generations to build and has been lost in a generation.

 

There's a whole infrastructure of interconnecting parts in an advanced economy and once one part gets destroyed, such as trust in accounting or the range of factories that build and maintain the manufacturing skills base, the ramifications spread much wider and take much longer to rebuild.

 

 

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 06:56 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 21:48 | Link to Comment lsbumblebee
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Thanks for the link. Jim Willie is like cold beer for a cotton mouth.

The gold COMEX action is hilarious. I just keep buying. Thank you Masters for keeping it so fucking cheap!

 

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:00 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 02:03 | Link to Comment OBRon
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You neglect one important point...

In order to juice the markets, the Fed needs a willing and believable proxy accomplice (or more!)  Preferably offshore to complicate traceability by any would be hero whistle-blowers at the SEC (or zero hedge for that matter! vbg)

What a great way for foreign banks to offload their trash - in exchange for carefully timed zero sum index futures buys and dollar dumps.  Even if the foreign banks were to lose a little $$$, it would pale in comparison with what they might have otherwise lost without the trash dump.

Any guesses as to which countries those banks might be from?  How about France, Germany, Japan, and jolly old England?

Ahhh!  Nothing like a little positive GDP, huh?

vbg

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:01 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 09:24 | Link to Comment OBRon
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Today's steady and peculiar runup of over 16 points in the S&P futures began around 7:00 am in what country?

On exactly what news?

p.s. - check the latest Fed balance sheet.

IMWTK

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:05 | Link to Comment Cold Hand
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Yay, lets see some more red!!!!  Hopefully today’s dollar action translates into a double bottom and we see a strong move to at least 98.65 for SPY tomorrow...

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:07 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:19 | Link to Comment Dr Hackenbush
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pin by day, and profit by night. It's all in a day's work for the hard working "liquidity" providers.

booths at the county fair are more closely regulated than the US equities market!!

 

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 18:43 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:24 | Link to Comment max2205
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I smell melt up or is that patty melts.  Good eighter way, humm.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:25 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:11 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:25 | Link to Comment KC
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Not surprised by this, many of the stocks I follow have been following this trend off and on over the last several weeks

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:13 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:27 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:27 | Link to Comment economessed
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And slightly off topic, but perhaps the market activity will be attributed by the media to the demise of the "Cash for Clunkers" program.

My definition of the program, in case you weren't familiar with it:

Cash for Clunkers:  A welfare program for oil-lusting Americans where we borrow money from China to buy cars we otherwise couldn't afford (or may not really need) and ship the profits back to Japan.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 18:44 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:36 | Link to Comment chunkylover42
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So in other words, the large prop desks and program/HFT traders have Treasury bonds purchased out of their portfolios and then allowed to lever up and dump said cash into the equity markets and run it up 50-100 basis points.  Then, after hours they close out their positions and take profits, reinvesting into Treasuries (presumably).  By the time we get to tomorrow's open, the overnight markets have added liquidity and picked up "bargains", so we get only modestly lower futures and a quiet opening.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

Do I have that about right?

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 17:55 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:32 | Link to Comment E Thomas St.
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I don't know, it seems like an awful lot of work to squeeze out a non outsized profit (read that as a red flag to the other sharks in the tank) on less than 200 million volume for almost the entire AH market.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:06 | Link to Comment Gilgamesh
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AUD/JPY only down 1% from the NY close.  Victory for the Red Bulls.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:22 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:02 | Link to Comment USolad
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but with LTM EBITDA at $933 million and an 8.6x multiple

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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:31 | Link to Comment fireangelmaverick
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The stock market is probably going up due to rumors of this stimlus. Abby JOSEPH Cohen sees S and P at 1100 by year end, The Second Stimulus "Cash For Wankers"

The Obama administration following advice from Goldman Sachs, has decided to pass a second stimulus package to target the "Sin" industry to prevent job losses in that sector. Titled "CASH FOR WANKERS", this package will give rebates for anyone buying American Made Porn DVDs or magazines.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:02 | Link to Comment SlimeyLimey
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Stop it, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:26 | Link to Comment ng2amarinefunk (not verified)
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:52 | Link to Comment Pizza Delivery Man
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I've observed what I think is a head and shoulders pattern forming (an ugly beast with two left shoulders) with the head developing as we speak.

It is noticable on many charts but we can discuss the SPY for simplicity.

L shoulder in early May, L shoulder in early June with the head under construction. I'm not gona nit pick at this but the neckline is somehere near 900 - 950?

Easy to see looking at charts from the March lows to present.

Anythoughts on this pattern? Or is this just an illusion caused by a bit of undigested cheese?

 

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 19:57 | Link to Comment SWRichmond
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That's not a 'head and shoulders', that's the dreaded 'shoulders and head'.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:06 | Link to Comment SlimeyLimey
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Head & shoulders is for dandruff. Need something stronger for nits.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:06 | Link to Comment SlimeyLimey
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Head & shoulders is for dandruff. Need something stronger for nits.

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:50 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 22:48 | Link to Comment Pizza Delivery Man
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*I meant 90-95 but yea it's somewhere in that range.

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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 07:42 | Link to Comment Sqworl
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ZH communicates in Nanoseconds!  According to Mafia central the forgeries had the russian signature...

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