Your right big snack. Volatility was higher yesterday but let's look at what happened in the market. ADP was much stronger and ISM was vey slightly below forecast. This indicates tapering is closer by the fed, correct? And what happened euro went up, gold went up and if you were short the s&p around 10am et you would have saw extreme pain and most likely have been stopped out cause it ramped. After it ramped up you then get news about a rumour of a potential deal in Washington. Of course after it moved. Then it died. The s&p didn't actually come off until 12 lunchtime and then it moved all within an hour before retracing it all again slowly into the close. I wasn't even trading yestersa, just observing and I couldn't understand any of it. Also the moves before each economic release and before the rumour was broadcast indicated that people knew beforehand, hat the news was somehow leaked ahead of time. This is not he first time I have seen this but yesterday it was really blatant.