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Gold •15 mins	2,413.80	+15.80	+0.66%
Platinum •15 mins	943.80	-10.70	-1.12%
WTI Crude •1 hour	83.14	+0.41	+0.50%
Gasoline •1 hour	2.710	-0.003	-0.13%
Ethanol •36 mins	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •15 mins	28.84	+0.46	+1.63%

Silver • 15 mins	28.84	+0.46	+1.63%
Copper • 15 mins	4.498	+0.061	+1.37%
Brent Crude • 15 mins	87.29	+0.18	+0.21%
Natural Gas • 1 hour	1.752	-0.005	-0.28%
Heating Oil • 1 hour	2.541	+0.007	+0.29%

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Rabbit, Run

By Erik Swarts - Dec 20, 2011, 12:11 PM CST

"You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue."
~ John Updike, Rabbit, Run

Here is an intraday chart of the SPX analog I have been following since last week.

I believe it speaks for itself.

Considering where we are positioned on the calendar with the majority of money managers underperforming the indices by a wide margin - the prospects of a massive squeeze into the New Year is a very real possibility.

Underperforming the indices by 10%, rather than 5% is all the motivation they will need to blindly chase the market here.

2011 SPX Hourly
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