While I have not participated in the markets for a while, over the past week or two they seemed 'heavy', like someone was 'leaning' on then. [Kind of like the Hunts and the silver market in reverse.] I had even printed charts on Monday, to look at later. It was eerie when I found them again on Wed morning.
Good post. Glad someone is looking at this. Could well be a smoking gun.
I'm sure all the S&P futures sell tickets are going to made to stand up and speak!
in addition, declare a temporary moratorium on future short-selling... it can be done:
"regulatory authorities could prohibit short selling, says Barry Hyman, chief investment strategist at Ehrenkrantz King Nussbaum, who remembers when the American Stock Exchange banned shorting shares of the formerly public Home Shopping Network."