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Another Nightly Reversal

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Up one day, down the next. Over and over. Our “toggling” market is still very much intact. Right now feels just like early Monday morning, when an overnight drop had been replaced by strength. Thanks to more horrible economic numbers from China, the ES had been down over 20 points, but as I type this, it’s up over 5 points. On an intraday basis, the market is still quite vulnerable to falling hard on Thursday (exactly a week after Yellen’s press conference caused the market to start its drop, and appropriately enough, on a day when she is scheduled to speak yet again).

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