Rally Nobody Believes In Marches On

Just about every trader whose comment I read and hear wants to short the market or is already short. Then the market does what it does these days, which is to go up.

Quant/algo trading notwithstanding, today's intraday charts of all the major indices - Dow, S&P500, Nasdaq - registered a vertical spike all at the same time, at 2:27 PM EST. S&P Futures spiked at the same time. So far, there is no news that could have triggered it.

Certain patterns does not exist in nature, and this sure looks unnatural. You could possibly argue that the 30 minutes or so before the spike, the indices were sitting flat, getting ready for a pop.

Industrials and utilities supposed to pull the indices higher today. One of my watch list stocks, NOV, had a large volume up-day, ending the day above the overhead resistance of $40-41. I put in a partial order, which didn't fill. Might as well see if it can hold above today's close before I commit.