Today s gap had nothing to do with jobs report, in my opinion. I see it as Japan starting with the 100 point flash crash last evening when the econ minister said the wrong thing followed up by a drop from 120 to 118 in the dollar/yen. ES was at around 1931 when the report was issued and we have touched 1930 twice this morning.
In my mind the bigger issue is the three day weekend. My father would have said that the shoe clerks are running the exchange today. Of course that implies fireworks next week after they decide what to do. Don't forget the head quant at JP Morgan said Bridewater's Ray Dalio and the rest of the hedge funds are still overweight equities by a lot and need to unload to get their strategies back in line.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-0 ... e-price-ri Now with the odds of the rate hike increased you know some poor Phd is running computer models all weekend so the big guys can decide on Tuesday how to get things back in balance without tanking a market that has no liquidity.
I know that sounds bearish but it is just like the Gamma hedgers crazy moves at the end of the day, they are playing a different game than we are. End of October if the numbers change their models (Bridgewater et al) will make them start buying back, big time.