Whigs 发表于 2011-11-3 22:28
You can argue this from another perspective:
the two day rally is not real - you cannot and sho ...
Check the behaviour of VIX after the top since 2000. None of them had shot up the way it has had over the last few days. Obviously my observations are more qualitative since VIX numbers are not available prior to 2000. My point is simply that market is not likely fall much if a lot of people have positioned themselves with puts (resulting in elevated VIX).
I expect the next leg up will be choppy. The other thread I posted has a study that suggests that we would revisit today's open within the next 2 days and Cobra has statistics that suggest that close of the today would be revisted within the next 2 days. I believe that a bear market will commence early next year, but just not right now, given the excessive bearishness.