Sellers took over today as the Dow fell 110 points on heavy volume. The advance/declines were 2 to 1 negative. The summation index is heading lower. We did get a sell signal from one of our indicators last night and it appears to be valid. How long it lasts is the question. The US/China trade talks ended peacefully but there were some earnings reports the weren't viewed as favorable. The overall market was much weaker than the Dow with the NASDAQ leading things lower by far. That is not a plus. The short term indicators for the S&P 500 have turned down. Our hope is that things hold up here but the S&P did close practically at the low for the session. Gold rose $38 on the futures. The US dollar was higher and interest rates ticked up. The XAU gained 5 1/4, while GDX was up 1 2/3. Volume was a bit above average. GDX remains short term oversold but the indicators are trying to move up. Not sure if GDX is putting in a bottom here but it is possible. Mentally I'm feeling OK. The VIX ended basically unchanged today which doesn't fit with a down market. Still short term oversold on the indicators here. Hard for me to figure out what the VIX is implying here as it hasn't matched up with the overall stock price movement for a few days. We are going to let tomorrow pass and look to next week to possibly make the next option trade. Asia and Europe finished lower. We'll close out the month of October and the trading week tomorrow.