3pm update - awaiting the next break lower

A few afternoon bargain hunters entered just earlier, causing a mini ramp, but it remains well within the bear flag zone, and under the important 10MA. The near term outlook remains bearish.


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VIX'60min

Whether we sell off in the closing hour really isn't that important, it would merely be a bonus for the bears. The bigger issue - confirming the bear flag on the daily cycle, has already been successfully achieved. Bears should be more than satisfied with today.

A brief summary to come after the close.