Al_Dente wrote:#BlackMonday is #1 trending on twitter
“Black Monday” in 1987 saw the market down 22.6% in one day
Get a grip.
This is “Blue Monday” at best
One day %
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true this is not a one day event. Though Black monday wasn't either.
But in 1987 retail investors could not trade online.
There were no internet graphs - you got charts and quotes from a broker.
Most trading done with open cry and program trading had just started and was behind the scenes, meaning the MSM had not even heard of it until after Wed of that week.
The move is added Thurs and Friday. From 2065 thurs to today's low is -234 or 11% ES
I think the Dow points on the BM crash was about 35% (from the high to the low)
and US govt manipulation and Govt buy prgs hold it up now.
The similarity is not in the % decline it is the sharp drop with the move happening before the sheeple wake on Monday.
When Ameritrade has had shut down to many retail traders (trouble keeping up with the orders)
and when circuit breakers mysteriously don't trigger when they should have (SP500), one can "feel" the institutions trying to unload.
More selling after govt sponsored bounce to follow most likely.