The market manages a moderately higher close, but still considerably lower than the Friday morning peak. Despite the moderate index gains, the VIX held slight gains of 3%.
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Summary
The bear flag on the 15min cycle was obviously briefly breached in this closing hour, and doubtless some would have been short-stopped out..yet again.
This market remains stuck back in the war zone from last week of 1420-00.
Weekly/monthly charts across multiple indexes - and commodities, suggest we'll soon be underneath that war-zone.
The usual bits and pieces across the evening.