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AlgoAnon reporting in.

Not trading today. Upgrading my software this week.
Should be back in action by Monday.

Equity Market health at the micro level continues to look relatively illiquid, but has been slowly improving over the last few months. The analysts are calling it "High Volatility, Low Variance."

This "sickly" behavior has been the status quo since the July'2014 fed announcement indicated that QE3 is over and a rate hike is imminent.

I suspect that anticipation of a rate hike immediately shifted a great deal of money in the markets towards long-term thinking, or simply convert to cash to exploit the dollar strengthening that a rate hike will bring.

Now a rumor is gaining traction that Janet Yellen won't raise rates while Obama is still in office. "Don't bite the hand that appoints you."

Even if that's only a rumor I strongly suspect that the choppy markets and so-far sixteen month wait for a rate hike, that may not come until mid-2016, is pressuring the big-boys to shift more capital back into active trading. That's why we're seeing a slow return of trading activity towards its first-half'2014 historical levels, but we've still got a long way to go before we get there.

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Come on, brah. Let's get this party started!