Personally, I haven't bought something from Sears in years. Across the board, retailers are revising downwards. The real tell is insider sales, don't know if they are unloading ala Muzillo at the top. I liked your viewpoint that the major players gunned the markets, effectively spiking the shorts into capitulation, and just maybe....positioning themselves short in the euphoria for the next leg down?
Oil moves on every little happening in its industry, talk about volatile..I got smacked once on a narrow range day when price suddenly spiked up, and then proceeded to imitate climbing stairs on the chart...over $2...within a minute. Two minutes later, heard there was a fire at a refinery.
If ICE @ 62 = get long, if ICE cracks under 62 get short. You will see the volume shifts occur in these areas.
If you understand this one simple Wyckoff concept, you will have that deluxe apartment in the sky in no time. ICE
And that is only one way to trade or invest. But it works and works well and one of the lowest risk ways to trade and catch the runs.