The futures spent Monday skirmishing, with the result that there is little drama in the forecast for Tuesday.  A 23.270 midpoint support on the 30-minute chart can be used to bottom-fish with a tight stop-loss, provided the 23.855 point ‘C’ of the pattern that engendered it is not exceeded first. However, buyers would need to push the futures to at least 24.410 today to get something going.  Anything less should be regarded as mere noise. ______ UPDATE (10:55 a.m. EDT): Like Gold, Comex Silver is meaninglessly adrift today, trading capriciously as though no one who cares about bullion is active in the market.  Our 23.270 midpoint showed no support, implying that anyone who tried bottom-fishing there with the tight stop-loss advised would have been stopped out.  The futures have since bounced as high as 23.660, but I would infer nothing special from this.