Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Joe Stocks]

>>>You think there is something fishy about the tick numbers (and a number of other similar anomalies in this market) but the simplest explanation is often the best - market manipulation by the Fed/PPT, entering in on all potential selloffs. That gives the positive extremes and prohibits the negative extremes from occurring. It has been very obvious the past few sessions.<<<

Mlsoft, I agree with you there. I use the tick now more to tell me when to step aside short and possibly go long intraday. When I see one surge in the one-minute tick chart after another at just the right times I conclude that the PPT is there to support and attempting to drive prices up. I think it's odd that we have so many days now that the market tends to go up with little pullback and then straight down with little with little upside blips. I trade the QQQ's a good bit. Use to be that on any given day I would have several trades both long and short. Now, once you take profits it seems to be harder for me to make or find a new entry in the opposite direction as the intraday trends seem to go just one direction.

BTW, I love the way that SYL has been playing the QQQ's. He got more staying power and conviction than I do. That's what appears to be needed here as I find that is sworrking better on my position trades.

Joe