Penny stocks fall somewhere between poker and NASDAQ, LOL, that's why they are unaffected by the Dow or any other BS the rich people of the world can come up with. Those of us that dare to swim in the penny market have to deal with corrupt CEOs, corrupt brokerages that wont let us buy, gagged TAs, no filings, endless dilution and reverse splits, corrupt market makers, naked shorts, and an SEC that doesn't give a crap. To a certain extent, what the big board stocks consider a bad day, we in the penny market consider a normal day :)
Common sense isn't so common anymore!