Submitted by Jim Brown on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 09:20.
I have 2 different "Widgets" on my Google page and both had the DOW down to 1041 for a few seconds and then it snapped back to -300 then back down to -859 then back to -300.
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
-- Thomas Paine
For the past few days I've been trying to understand just exactly what causes these huge swings in the market. We've seen these swings for a while now. I want to know what causes them. Is it billions of dollars being moved in and out of the market at any given time? What causes the huge rebounds or huge losses the moment the market opens? How is that much money moved in and out of Wall Street within a few minutes of the opening bell?
no, yahoo market data is
no, yahoo market data is just messed up.
Also, slot of trading software is freaking out.
it was probably a glitch ..
it was probably a glitch .. on the day when gold went up 90 bucks an ounce ... before the markets opened .. the kitco.com DJIA ticker read 2,250
Look at the ^VIX chart
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=^VIX#symbol=^VIX;range=1d
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
-- Thomas Paine
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
i didnt see that .. link to
i didnt see that .. link to your chart please?
I don't have a link the tickers change every few seconds
I have 2 different "Widgets" on my Google page and both had the DOW down to 1041 for a few seconds and then it snapped back to -300 then back down to -859 then back to -300.
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
-- Thomas Paine
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
For the past few days I've
For the past few days I've been trying to understand just exactly what causes these huge swings in the market. We've seen these swings for a while now. I want to know what causes them. Is it billions of dollars being moved in and out of the market at any given time? What causes the huge rebounds or huge losses the moment the market opens? How is that much money moved in and out of Wall Street within a few minutes of the opening bell?
Because of the 30 - 40% loss in the DOW
It takes less money to make the swings more violent.
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
-- Thomas Paine
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
It just went up
It just went up to plus 22 now going back down. What the heck is going on?
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Yea, Don't mind the man
behind the curtain. Socialism in action!
Someone is playing with the tickers...
food freedom,one seed at a time.
Just my opinion,but there was weird stuff going on since last night.I saw
--1357,Then just - 868.56.
I have a couple of tickers... they are acting wierd huge swings
mostly down. I wonder if the PPT is at work?
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
-- Thomas Paine
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
I have no tickers
but I got a few triggers
Links please?
The one I am watching is not showing anything like what's being described here.
Just watching the ticker
on Marketwatch or Yahoo.
CNBC
Watch CNBC
.