Closing Brief

US equities closed very mixed, sp +1pt @ 1881 (intra range 1901/1864). The two leaders - Trans/R2K, settled lower by -0.5% and -1.3% respectively. Near term outlook remains for a bounce into the next FOMC, best bullish case is for 1960/70s, before renewed powerful downside to the 1750/25 zone.


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Summary

*closing hour action: with a floor of sp'1864 from 2.45pm, the market soared into the close.
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Well, today turned out to be a hell of a lot more wild than expected.

The opening gains to >1900 were no surprise, but yet another FULL reversal was a surprise.

We now have a higher low of 1864... the hourly cycle is offering 1920/30 tomorrow... and that should equate to VIX 23/22s.
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**Awaiting earnings from IBM and NFLX

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more later... on the VIX