The market tried to bounce today and was up over 400 points in the morning. But the rally didn't hold and we fell apart in the final couple of hours. The Dow fell 313 points on good volume. The advance/declines were 3 to 1 negative. The summation index is moving lower. The NASDAQ led the way down and that continues to be a negative. The S&P 500 is short term oversold and staying there. The next support is the 200 day moving average at around 4425. More concerning is the summation index moving lower and heading towards the zero line again. The zero line has held up recently but that won't happen every time. If we fall through there things will get ugly in a hurry and the market will simply fall apart. The way it is acting seems to be saying that will be the case. Oversold and staying there is a recipe for disastor. We'll see. Gold was off just a few bucks on the futures. The US dollar was higher and interest rates were steady. The XAU lost 2 1/2, while GDX was down almost 1/2. Volume was good. My order is still out there for the GDX February calls. The problem here is that if the market collapses it will take the gold shares with it. I'll have to reassess this idea tonight. I do still think that the flight to safety trade holds water. Mentally I'm feeling OK. The VIX was lower early but then shot up past 25 to close the day. Short term overbought here and that condition usually doesn't last long for the VIX. Unfortuantely the way the market is acting at the moment isn't the usual conventional way. Sellers are overwhelming the buyers. The tone has changed and we have to change with it. Expiration Friday and what happens is up in the air. Interesting times. The small shares have broken down and it appears that the rest of the market is on its way. Europe and Asia were higher in last nights trade. We'll see how expiration Friday goes.