3 month T Bill 5-day chart

Dow posts third largest point gain in history

Greatest DJIA Daily Point Gains
of All-Time
Rank	Date	Close	Net Chg	% Chg
1	3/16/00	10,630.60	+499.19	+4.93
2	7/24/02	8,191.29	+488.95	+6.35
3	9/30/08	10,850.66	+485.21	+4.68
4	7/29/02	8,711.88	+447.49	+5.41
5	3/18/08	12,392.66	+420.41	+3.51
6	3/11/08	12,156.81	+416.66	+3.55
7	9/18/08	11,019.69	+410.03	+3.86
8	4/5/01	9,918.05	+402.63	+4.23
9	4/18/01	10,615.83	+399.10	+3.91
10	4/1/08	12,654.36	+391.47	+3.19
11	9/8/98	8,020.78	+380.53	+4.98
12	10/15/02	8,255.68	+378.28	+4.80
13	9/19/08	11,388.44	+368.75	+3.35
14	9/24/01	8,603.86	+368.05	+4.47
15	10/1/02	7,938.79	+346.86	+4.57
16	5/16/01	11,215.92	+342.95	+3.15
17	12/5/00	10,898.72	+338.62	+3.21
18	10/28/97	7,498.32	+337.17	+4.71
19	9/18/07	13,739.39	+335.97	+2.51
20	8/5/08	11,615.77	+331.62	+2.94
21	11/28/07	13,289.45	+331.01	+2.55
22	10/15/98	8,299.36	+330.58	+4.15
23	7/5/02	9,379.50	+324.53	+3.58

Biggest one-day Dow point drop in history

Greatest DJIA Daily Point Losses
of All-Time
Rank	Date	Close	Net Chg	% Chg
1	9/29/08	10,365.45	-777.68	-6.98
2	9/17/01	8,920.70	–684.81	–7.13
3	4/14/00	10,305.78	–617.77	–5.66
4	10/27/97	7,161.14	–554.26	–7.18
5	8/31/98	7,539.06	–512.62	–6.37
6	10/19/87	1,738.74	–508.00	–22.61
7	9/15/08	10,917.51	-504.48	-4.42
8	9/17/08	10,609.66	-449.36	-4.06
9	3/12/01	10,208.25	–436.37	–4.10
10	2/27/07	12,216.24	–416.02	–3.29
11	6/6/08	12,209.81	–394.64	–3.13
12	7/19/02	8,019.26	–390.23	–4.64
13	8/9/07	13,270.68	–387.18	–2.83
14	9/20/01	8,376.21	–382.92	–4.37
15	10/12/00	10,034.58	–379.21	–3.64
16	3/7/00	9,796.04	–374.47	–3.68
17	9/22/08	11,015.69	-372.75	-3.27
18	2/5/08	12,265.13	–370.03	–2.93
19	10/19/07	13,522.02	–366.94	–2.64
20	11/1/07	13,567.87	–362.14	–2.60
21	11/7/07	13,300.02	–360.92	–2.64
22	1/4/00	10,997.94	–359.57	–3.17
23	6/26/08	11,453.42	–358.41	–3.03
24	8/27/98	8,165.99	–357.36	–4.19

Traders eye the VIX

Traders hoping for a bounce in the markets are looking for solace in the VIX volatility index. The so-called "fear index" closed over 36 today, its highest level since 2002. Prior spikes above 30 this year have indicated short-term bottoms. 

Charts of the VIX were the most requested among all issues on stockcharts.com Wednesday evening.