The futures are off the equivalent of 60 Dow points late Sunday night, but the selling so far is well within Friday’s range and looks contrived to shake down widows and orphans. A midpoint Hidden Pivot support at 1167.25 has contained the selling so far, but if it gives way, that would open a path to as low as 1159.00, a hidden support that you could bottom-fish with a stop-loss as tight as three ticks. The trade will likely work best for night owls, though, since too much noodling around on the C-D side of the pattern is apt to queer the “Hidden Pivot effect.” ________ UPDATE (10:25 .m. EDT): Our trade never triggered, since Da Sleazeballs could push the futures no lower than 1164.75. This telling weakness in the faked weakness set up a a moderate short-squeeze rally overnight. So far, it has pushed the December contract as high this morning as 1178.25, but some back-pressure will need to build up before this hoax can vault the three peaks near 1180.00 that were recorded last week.