Comments on: Evidently chop and slop can be in 100 point increments … http://traderpsyches.com/evidently-chop-and-slop-can-be-in-100-point-increments Trading Psychology, the Thinking Man's Market Psychology Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:12:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: DKS http://traderpsyches.com/evidently-chop-and-slop-can-be-in-100-point-increments/comment-page-1#comment-46 DKS Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:51:24 +0000 http://traderpsyches.com/blog/?p=136#comment-46 Armin - in thinking about it I am not sure I agree with Jason Zweig - i think back to 2002 and there was clearly a day in October that was a capitulation day. ... I can remember the same in 1998.. Not that MY memory is the arbiter of the definition of capit - but... huge push to downside on huge volume, trade lower close higher... those seem to define it in my mind. Armin – in thinking about it I am not sure I agree with Jason Zweig – i think back to 2002 and there was clearly a day in October that was a capitulation day. … I can remember the same in 1998..

Not that MY memory is the arbiter of the definition of capit – but… huge push to downside on huge volume, trade lower close higher… those seem to define it in my mind.

]]> By: Armin Stuk http://traderpsyches.com/evidently-chop-and-slop-can-be-in-100-point-increments/comment-page-1#comment-44 Armin Stuk Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:36:32 +0000 http://traderpsyches.com/blog/?p=136#comment-44 I could really see and feel the fight for value - with about equal players on both sides. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In fact, what's missing out there is most probably a stupefaction too ,as bear markets often end not in capitulation but stupefaction. I agrre also with this: Market lows aren't necessarily marked by tidal waves of frantic selling; just as frequently, stocks bottom out in a dull and lonely atmosphere as trading dries up and most investors no longer even care. source: THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOROCTOBER 25, 2008 Capitulation: When the Market Throws in the Towel http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122488709542968173.html I could really see and feel the fight for value – with about equal players on both sides.
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In fact, what’s missing out there is most probably a stupefaction too ,as bear markets often end not in capitulation but stupefaction. I agrre also with this:
Market lows aren’t necessarily marked by tidal waves of frantic selling; just as frequently, stocks bottom out in a dull and lonely atmosphere as trading dries up and most investors no longer even care.
source: THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOROCTOBER 25, 2008
Capitulation: When the Market Throws in the Towel
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122488709542968173.html

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