The following snippet will give you some idea. It sounded like chatter from the LaGuardia flight tower with two planes headed for a collision. The S&P futures had been down 200-250 Dow points for most of the session, but the equivalent 680-level floor under the E-Minis appeared to be buckling in the final half hour:

MikeS: who's gonna buy 675.50?

Paulie: amazinggggg

Duke: me

Duke: buying from here

MikeS: buy-limit in :)

LC: without access to the real time --what’s so amazing??

MikeS: u front running the 675 Duke?

Duke: yes, loading some layers

LC: Is it selling off to the 675?

MikeS: I will be patient

Paulie: Well, the market just dropped off the cliff after grinding all day down 225 to 250. Real money popped, big GLD buying suddenly. Q's crashed after grinding away. It's just neat to watch. Maybe another 100 to go in the Dow if lady luck is here.

Paulie: Nothin' like minus 300 or  400 to freak out Katie Couric

Traderand: anyone long the ES?

Duke: multiple lots so far, one more at exact Rick’s #

Sportsdoc: Duke buying now vs. waiting for Rick pivot?

Duke: I have orders at Rick’s #, did some others bit higher

Duke: big bet for me, I am long euro, short gold, long ES, all depends on Rick’s tout.

Booce: looks like lots of front runners

Traderand: I will keep my order @675 flat without the 0.50

Booce: mine at 676

Sportsdoc: filled all my shorts, covered 676.75

JeffH:  I'm at 675.75

Sportsdoc: waiting and watching

Duke: ES too..

MikeS: partial fill 678

Traderand: Wow! I see some very impressive numbers in this room, folks.

Duke: out 1/2 ES position, hehe I will bring the price down for ya.

JeffH: Thanks for the effort Duke

Booce: damn you Duke, didn’t even leave crumbs

Traderand: that Duke is a serious threat

JeffH: Plunge Protection Team, or Duke?

Traderand: Isn’t it the same thing?

Jack: Nice day for me, but couldn't we have gotten another couple more ticks down on ES?

Paulie: Well. Bonsoir. Nice battle, Duke! At least you engaged the enemy on several fronts and let 'em have both barrels.

Jack: Canceling my ES bid. As Booce says, sloppy seconds aren’t good

Duke: THANK YOU RICK, that was very big bet

Audrey: Hey Duke...you did well today, I'm sure

Duke: Thanks to ricks tout..

Audrey: Yes, I am holding the ES long

And the Rebound…

And so it went. The futures had rebounded as high as 688.25 in after-hours trading, and so we advised subscribers to take some profits off the table. But we also suggested letting a portion of the position run, since the bounce looks like it’s got potential. Our stock-market outlook calls for much lower prices eventually, but over the very near-term we can afford to wait and see.

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