After the market suffers a sharp drop as it did Monday, the size of the bounce the next day can tell you a lot. A strong bounce may lead to further upside. Weak bounces often roll right back over. I plugged a 1.75% drop and a next day recovery of less than ¼ of the drop into the Wayback Machine tonight. Results below:
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I have nothing good to say about these numbers, so I won’t say much.
Notable but not included in the table is that 77% of all instances closed lower at some point in the next three days. The average max drawdown for all trades over the first three days was just over 2.0%.
1 comment:
As a cartoon enthusiast, I just thought I would tribute Rocky and Bullwinkle by clarifying that it was spelled "WABAC," though they pronounced it "wayback."
Keep up the excellent articles and studies Rob, they're great.
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