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Volume Is Back

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With ninety minutes left in the trading day, NYSE volume run-rate is its highest of the year for a non-OPEX day. S&P futures are also showing heavy volume - around 60% above average for the time of day.

NYSE Volume for time of day...

 

and ES (S&P 500 e-mini futures) volume is up considerably for this time of day...

 

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Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:32 | 2332039 CPL
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The volume is on selling pressure...go figure.

 

Looks Just like mid-march 2009

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:37 | 2332063 ZeroPower
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Right. And mid March till basically 2011 was up UP and away.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:43 | 2332096 Hippocratic Oaf
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I took note of volume yesterday and observed:

At 3:30pm......... 460mm shares traded total

and at the close of 4:00pm..........725mm shares total

In final 30 minutes, 265mm trades? Over HALF the days volume?

 

Machines?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:47 | 2332119 lemonobrien
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gov

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:50 | 2332130 battle axe
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Machines owned  by Gov.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:58 | 2332169 johnu1978
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The Dow needs to shed 10,000 points. Please god make it happen!!!

 

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Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:58 | 2332170 blu
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Machines owned by Fed owned in turn by machines.

That's how it is down the rabbit hole.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:29 | 2332348 Nothing To See Here
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The Fed and the gov ARE marchines. They're all programmed, unlike spontaneous free human beings.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:56 | 2332792 JW n FL
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Open Market Operations are Gods Work!

http://research.stlouisfed.org/aggreg/meeks.pdf

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:51 | 2332137 SheepDog-One
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Comparing even this week to last week is ridiculous, comparing today to 2009 is insane.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:34 | 2332046 navy62802
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Ha. Nice charts.

Today!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:36 | 2332052 _ConanTheLibert...
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sudden high volume is often a precursor of a reversal. CRASH YOU BITCH!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:58 | 2332172 ACP
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And yet equity put/call is still low. Unbelievable.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:07 | 2332212 HarryM
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I see it .... but I don't believe it... not yet , anyway

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:21 | 2332301 HarryM
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Waiting for the juice ... any minute now...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:25 | 2332314 Greater Fool
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Buyers beating VWAP in 3...2...1...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:36 | 2332054 monopoly
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And am I surprised. I think not. Last hour of trading may be interesting. The key is if the algos jump it up the last 45 minutes. And as the all knowing Maria states "the most important hour of the trading day". What a crock of shit these idiots are.

If AAPL breaks the lows today we just may have a carnival.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:54 | 2332148 SheepDog-One
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Theyve got to decide now what theyll do for the rest of the year, its either print and pump and hope $7 gas wont cause the country to burn to the ground for their precious little equity rescue, or let equities slide and see how that goes. 

Im betting they let people keep believing theyll print, but wont. 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:13 | 2332241 Nobody For President
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Shit, Sheep Dog, we won't be able to *afford* to burn the mfer down with $7 gallon gas..,.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:53 | 2332474 viahj
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why would you burn a commodity when fiat will do?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:57 | 2332493 SheepDog-One
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I didnt say to burn the gas....hell Ive got some matches and newspaper that works pretty much as well as anything else.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 20:22 | 2333246 derek_vineyard
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burn it with nat gas......its delivered to most every structure for a reason

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:32 | 2332369 walküre
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Meh, see how it goes *shrug*

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:36 | 2332055 cossack55
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BTFD......STFD......FTFD

 

 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:51 | 2332135 a growing concern
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1. ?TFD

2. Profit

 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:36 | 2332056 schatzi
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Is this the point where the big boys wonder whether they could end up being the last ones to squeeze through the door?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:38 | 2332066 SillySalesmanQu...
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SELL!!!!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:39 | 2332077 KandiRaverHipster
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el Presidente is making an announcement tonight, the US is pegging gold @ $2500 an Oz

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:41 | 2332078 Dr. Engali
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The headline on Yahoo is that Facebook is eyeing May 17th or the 24th to launch it's IPO. Itt'll be funny watching them try and launc that piece of crap in this market.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:00 | 2332184 blu
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It will go 40% up in 4 hours, and then down to 20% up by end of day. Then the next trading day, 20% down. Where it will stay.

Easy money for someone. No muppets allowed.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:06 | 2332552 Greater Fool
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Extended version of "Can You Picture That?" with Muppet-face-melting 40-minute keyboard solo by Dr. Teeth. Come to your senses somewhere in the Sonoran desert on the hood of a car, smelling like burned cat fur, your mouth tasting like a payphone in Times Square, "sucker" shaved in perfect Lucida Sans in the back of your furry little skull.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:40 | 2332082 monopoly
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There it goes....AAPL. I have free popcorn for all. And I bought bigger bowls.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:41 | 2332083 Koopa
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Anything to do with Santorum quitting the race ?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:01 | 2332182 i_call_you_my_base
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God is mad.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:40 | 2332084 Henry Chinaski
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Raising cash to pay the tax man?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:41 | 2332086 icanhasbailout
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volume is back, and red is back in fashion with it

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:43 | 2332090 monopoly
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PCLN AMZN CMG all following. Now this is fun.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:46 | 2332430 fuu
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Shatner's knee deep in hookers and booze.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:43 | 2332091 Ted Baker
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10%+ correction SP500 UNDERWAY - QE HINT FROM THE FED FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND DUE 15TH APRIL...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:43 | 2332094 SillySalesmanQu...
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Margin calls...die fuckers, kill the market.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:45 | 2332099 Hedgetard55
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3:30 juice, or waterfall?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:48 | 2332121 slaughterer
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A: juice.   Shorts have to pay taxes as well.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:46 | 2332103 walküre
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just wait for the Christmas rally

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:56 | 2332108 El Oregonian
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Hey, you bitch O'bama here's your Redistribution of wealth

There are many in this old world of ours who hold that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in summer-time and the poor get it in winter.

Socialist Dumbasses.

:

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:46 | 2332110 TooBearish
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since retail is out or in built in tracking error ETFs and hedge funds are all in on 3-4 stks could well see a bito waterfall into close....

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:48 | 2332120 schatzi
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The only "long" position I have is gold. I couldn't feel more smug than right now.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:54 | 2332158 HD
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I'm with you, except the market keeps beating the smug out of me...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:48 | 2332124 Cursive
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...and better than ever!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:50 | 2332127 optimator
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and even higher volume as the PPT ups the ante.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:52 | 2332138 ChrisDG74
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Phuckin PPT. Won't let the Dow drop more than 200. Every time - right back up.

 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:34 | 2332376 valley chick
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how can it crash if the PPT won't let it? Been watching it for the last 15 mins and refuses to give up the 200 mark.  This is a dead market. 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:53 | 2332145 HD
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If this is indeed the beginning of a huge drop (Ben does need a "reason" to print and commodities lower) I can't wait to watch the delusional perma bulls give it all back waiting for Ben to hit Ctrl+P.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:45 | 2332434 walküre
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adding to that. waiting for the perma bulls to explain how the market is NOT going higher when Ben doesn't print.

will they ever state the obvious that markets only go higher with more funny money?

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:04 | 2332531 HD
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These money managers are frozen with fear over money outflows. For them "now" is always a great time to "put money to work".  They'll spin everything positive because they have no choice...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:58 | 2332167 singsing
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RampBots in flight, afternoon delight.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:00 | 2332180 tallen
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OH YES: We're off the lows -> CNBC.

On another note, gold miners finally doing well!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:01 | 2332186 optimator
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hedge funds will take it out quicker than Binny can put it in.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:02 | 2332189 Dr_Lucid
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Really no reason to hit the panic button yet.  Alcoa is going to save us all after the close and report strong numbers out of China.  Good old AA will get out there in force and get these muppets back on track for some more buying on the dips.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:05 | 2332202 I Am Not a Copp...
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The BTFDers are getting assfucked this week

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:04 | 2332204 Curt W
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Does this mean the Goldman Muppets are buying into the once in a lifetime BULL market.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:10 | 2332227 Scalaris
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I'm guessing that volume will gain traction until a few more percentage points are removed from the indices until the end of May. 

After that I'm guessing there will be some kind of dead cat bouncing followed by sideways movement leading towards mid-June, when the Eurozone's problems will become the news-cycle's main theme, which will provide an adequate breeding ground for further panic selling and all around capitulation up until mid-August when "rumours" will begin to surface about another liquidity injection by the Fed, which by that time will might be justified since barring any forseable military action towards Iran will take Nymex Crude at around sub-$90 (again, guessing), which along with the then price of gold (not even going to guess that) will give the false impression of a waining inflation, and provide (perhaps) an excuse of further intervention by the Fed, just in time to pick the economic indicators before Obama's re-election.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:13 | 2332240 user2011
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If I were baby boomer, it is signal to get out.   And once they sell their holding... They won't come back.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:15 | 2332256 Curt W
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Muppet phones are ringing off the hook.

 

BUY the dip.  BUY the dip

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:19 | 2332289 walcott
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Pure horseshit all of it. At least at this moment maybe one might say what the hell I'm doing a lot better than Gaddafi or even say Jack Kennedy back in 1963. Perhaps there might be a Gaddafi gold dinar coin minted one day? Even better a half dinar coin? 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:30 | 2332346 orangegeek
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A surge in volume on a big down day acts as a confirmation.  It looks like the trend down is underway.

 

Is this a correction before another bull or a longer term down.  Too early to say.

 

Follow the trend folks - the trend is your friend.  And the trend broke last week.

 

http://bullandbearmash.com/index/sp-500/daily/

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:34 | 2332377 walküre
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Too early to say

hindsight is 20/20. can't go wrong trading the rearview mirror, ever!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:43 | 2332417 SheepDog-One
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Theres tons of master rear-view trders around....if only they could find a way to actually profit from yesterdays close they'd really be onto something!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:30 | 2332350 Nobody For President
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Where's RoboTrader when we really need him? I regret to say BAC is down over 4% today - hahahahahahahahahahah, oh jeez (wipes tears from eyes). And AAPL continues to slide - my cup runneth over.

After looking at the Asian mkts and Europe this morning, I added a bunch to my TZA position, and have been moving stops up all day.

'bout time the Bear Calvary showed up:

http://www.themostawesomepageintheuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/0...

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:35 | 2332381 CvlDobd
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At least the 3:30 bots didn't leave us.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:55 | 2332458 navy62802
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Someone's trying to push this fucker back up, but it just won't go.

Look at it levitate. We got tricks!

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 15:52 | 2332472 Village Smithy
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Absence of a PPT intervention this afternoon suggests to me that Alcoa may surprise to the upside after the close allowing a nice overnight ramp to above the 50 DMA.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:02 | 2332523 SheepDog-One
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Alcoa? Surprise earnings? Yea....it would definitely be a surprise, and I want to see all the numbers.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:06 | 2332550 navy62802
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... earnings are out and you would be correct, my friend. Ding ding ding! Strong beat.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:16 | 2332617 css1971
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Aluminium prices ramped to mid February but have been declining since. I'm going to say hit. Q2 is a miss.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:01 | 2332515 SheepDog-One
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CNBC bobble heads ecstatic 'WE'RE OFF THE LOWS!' ....lol 5 whole points off the LOD gee what a miracle. 

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:29 | 2332687 peekcrackers
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sheepdog

CnBc  Headlin :

Published: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012 | 1:22 PM ET   Where has all the Trading gone? Volume hits 4-year low http://www.cnbc.com/id/47005811   LOL
Tue, 04/10/2012 - 16:12 | 2332577 trampstamp
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I wonder if the 60 minutes show this weekend talking about Europe about to take a dump startled the sheep. The boomers can't afford another draw down since time is running out for them.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 17:54 | 2332945 WizofOZ
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This is a reversal.

 

SPX - Futures completed Gartley-222 reversal at 78.6%.  It was a beaut!

All the way to 1458. Yeehaaa.......

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