We’ve learned not to get our hopes up that Citi will allow us to short some fat pivot at the apex of a rally. This time around, we might have been holding out for 15.18 if we’d been paying close attention to the stock. That’s a Hidden Pivot target, and it sits well above the 14.80 actually achieved on Tuesday’s close. There would have been no reason to get short at that price, since we’d have expected Citi to rally the remaining 38 cents to the 15.18 target on yesterday’s opening. Lo, the stock gapped down on the bell, and then it plummeted. When we characterize Citi as “un-shortable,” it is evasive maneuvers like yesterday’s that make this very nearly so. Such deviousness is what we should expect of a stock that everyone “knows” is headed to the zero axis. Incidentally, the pasting that Citi and Goldman received yesterday was a dead giveaway that the broad averages were going to come down hard. Because these stocks are both perfect bellwethers right now, I will continue to suggest that you watch them closely to understand what is on Mr. Market’s devious, evil mind at any given moment.