Yesterday's Rally Explained

Yesterday was a wild day. Stocks were down all day until the European close, and then the market started to rip. The S&P 500 SPY had a 1.9% intraday swing, led at first by news, but then it was just a large short squeeze. Look at the sectors that rallied hard: miners +6% XME, energy +2.6% XLE, and financials +2% XLF (intraday moves). Also small cap stocks surged IWM. The point is that yesterday's strength was just a few good headlines out of Europe combined with the Fed's Kocherlakota (constant hawk) saying that the Fed has the tools to deal with any EU spillover (boosted QE hopes). Gold climbed 1.6% confirming this. The point is that yesterday was nothing other than a hope-filled short squeeze rally.

Do note that yesterday, some big name stocks reclaimed some important levels. Bank of America BAC recouped the $7 level and Apple AAPL recouped the $570 level, which I said yesterday was major resistance here, and I would have been stopped out had I actually acted on my suggestions. However, Apple is back below $570 currently at $567.53 and this may be a good time to get back in and short.