Behind the concrete, the visible events, behind all the objective, logical considerations, we find the struggle against evil, against the servants of the antichrist. Everywhere and always demonic powers lurk in the dark, waiting for the moment when man is weak. When he yields to the forces of evil, he separates himself from the power of a higher order; after taking the first step, he is driven on and on to the next and to the next, at a furiously accelerating rate. Die Weiße Rose, 1942
20 September 2010
SP 500 and NDX December Futures Daily Charts
It certainly looked like a breakout, at least for today, but it would have been more convincing if the volumes had not remained thin. As such it looked like a short squeeze engineered by the wiseguys ahead of the FOMC meeting.