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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HairBall who wrote (22590)	7/31/1998 8:45:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

LG; I just recalled your post, RE> James: Indices, rolling over back to the downside at the close today. I expect downside movement at the open on Wed. There has been a lot of downside action over the last few days. MM have got to be holding a lot of shares. May be time for them to make a move up, sometime tomorrow and start distributing those shares! << While I think they opened up, your post had the MM, and Specialist pegged to the tee..and when I did exit WED it was not because of this post, but that down tick with the indexes going up. However it all fits ! your insight that they were holding shares and that would somehow cause a move up so they could distribute seems uncanny, but also very correct ! and in front of mine. ------------------- I still haven't figured out to my satisfaction how if they are distributing, ( and most trades are going on the down tick) but the prices are actually up..just how they are pulling this trick off. All I know is a rally on a down tick says get out of the way something is not kosher. I feel I "almost" have my finger on how they do this, sort of like when you "KNOW a name but can't recall it" but it's on the tip of your tongue. Dammit how do they do this ? and why does that "down tick show up on the rally"..do they just artificially jack up the bids and ask, then distribute to any one that puts in a limit, while shorting to the market orders ? Jim