Increased Volatility

Considering the Dow is at -0.19%, the S&P +0.05%, the NDX +0.36% and the Russell 2000 at +0.32%; volatility has been very high today.

Here's the TICK Index

Much of the volatility has been on the downside, but usually on a day like this the TICK would be between +500 and -500 with a spike here and there, we have seen +/- 750 as the average with some large moves both up and down, but more extreme down moves. The up TICK count has hit around +1100 a few times whereas the down tick has hit -1500. That's a lot of volatility for not a lot of price movement.