For someone like you described here's another analogy. If you are in gun fight and someone keeps shooting at you...you take cover. Then when the shooting stops for a bit you like your head out . Nobody shoots at you take a few more cautious steps out. Still no shots you move forward. Today you saw cautious buyers returning. Buys dramatically out numbered sells. Volume was lighter because people were just making sure the other side was really out of bullets. Tomorrow more people eillfeel comfortable with this and buy more as well.