These moves in the US markets are so suss. I remember during the GFC that it was not the initial plunge that was the killer punch but the one that came about five months later after weeks and weeks of wild fluctuations. It was common knowledge that the ppt were operating and many posters here n HC were of the opinion that it would be better if the market could just be left to 'do its own thing' rather than be manipulated. When it did come, the bottom was followed by a sharp reversal and the rest, as they say, is history.