A stellar late-day rally to close the day (and perhaps this recent downtrend) in a Hammer candlestick (except for the $INDU, which saw a Long-legged, Higher close than open, doji's).
Take a look at the Russell2000 Index, especially what has happened in the past preceding this type of candle pattern.

The close of this day had the feel of more than just a short-covering-into-the-weekend type of day. It had more of a jostling to get on board for what may be a decent bounce into Moday feel.
The SPY hasn't seen this much volume in quite some time:

There's no certainty that we will get a bounce higher on Monday, but the odds do lean that way.
Here's a look back in 2008, when volatility was high, and selling was non-stop (and nervous short-squeezes were common after fresh lows), I outlined what has followed a day where price opened slightly higher, sold off to make new low in the downtrend, then rallied to close higher on the day. On the Q's:

I used the Q's as an example, because the SPY didn't have as many occurrences (Higher open, lower low, higher close in a down trend), but the herd mentality/psychology is the same. Here are some examples from the SPY in '08.

Should we get a sizable bounce from here, and healthy consolidation, we'll have to start watching retracement levels for the possibility of something like this;

Higher Highs, Higher lows! :0 Not saying it's probable, just the possibility.
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