RE: HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED -No idea if HXD and HXU are correlated to the market outcome....I concur with your timing on post Dec 15th.....my logic for this is based on the following:
Dec 16 (or before) next fed meeting - guaranttee 50bps cut
Dec 17 next OPEC meeting - probably cut 1million bpd of production
Dec 24 last day for tax loss selling
Jan 20 worst president and possibly the worst leaders in world history finally becomes history