The extent to which the Plunge Protection Boys and Girls are having trouble controlling the market can be seen in today's MASSIVELY WHIPPY action on the street...
The market wants to go down...but the shills won't let it.
As long as the "free float" stays managable the Wall Street shills will likely be able to control the market with their own money, and that supplied by the Fed and other market masters.
Yet, at some point, there will be a Tsunami-like surge, and the float will become unmanageable...this, of course, will be the long over-due and predicted "BIG ONE."
I suspect that Dow 10,000 is where the line in the sand has been drawn by the Wall Street shills and market masters...
Any break-down below 10,000 on the Dow simply MUST NOT be allowed to happen... Dow 10,000 is a potential "levy break" that would make the disaster in New Orleans seem "cheap" by comparison. Buy it, Sell it, Trade it...but be prepared to head for the Hills if the worst happens without notice.