When the word got out that the bailout plan was voted on and passed, the indices had a negative reaction and plunged all afternoon in five-wave decline, with some strong volatility and whipsaw rallies.

Today was another sharply negative day and it was ugly all session.  It started off with a big gap down.  They went sharply lower in the morning, bounced late in the morning and then stair-stepped lower in a shallower angle, but in a definitive intraday down channel, closing just off the lows for the day.  Only a late bounce in the last few minutes brought them off the lows.

The markets backed and filled for most of the session after a sharp pullback early in the morning took back about 50% of yesterday's rally.  They then rallied, retested, rallied again and then narrowed near the apex of large wedges intraday and closed there, in what appears to be bullish consolidation patterns developing.

The indices headed south, consolidated mid-day, and then rolled over when it was apparent the bailout bill was going to be voted down, which it was.

The markets ended to the plus side on a snapback after a very nasty early gap lower.

The stock market had very positive results at the end of the day today, but did have a difficult afternoon.

The markets traded in rather narrow ranges today with a slightly upward bias for the most of the session until the last hour.

The indices had four definitive separate swings today, but at the end of the day a late sell-off closed them near the lows for the day.

The indices were basically in "return to sender" mode, having been up 368 on Friday, and giving it all back and then some, down 372 today.

The markets had a huge follow-up session and a very important one technically, as the indices gapped very sharply higher at the opening.