<p>The first 30 minutes of the trading also has something weird going on. </p><p>We recently highlighted a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/selling-in-the-final-30-minutes-of-trading-2015-6">a chart from FBN Securities' JC O'Hara, showing</a> that during the last 30 minutes of trading, the S&amp;P 500 is down 2% this year<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span>We followed up with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/russell-2000-rises-sp-500-falls-in-the-final-30-minutes-of-trading-2015-6">another chart from O'Hara which</a> <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">showed that during that same period, the Russell 2000 - an index of small-cap equities - is up 2%. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But what about the start of trading?</span></p><p>A third chart from O'Hara shows the selling of both the S&amp;P 500 and the Russell 2000 during the first 30 minutes of trading this year. While the S&amp;P is in about the same position it is at close, down 2% on the year, the Russell is down about 8% at the start of the trading day.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55806ad1ecad04607fbc01ac-1200-858/screen shot 2015-06-16 at 2.27.53 pm.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015 06 16 at 2.27.53 PM"><p class="source"><span>FBN Securities</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-power-user-hacks-2015-4">5 clever iPhone tricks only power users know about</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="huN2Zzczr6N8qz_gUrYzZxcxaCD8z5Sv" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'huN2Zzczr6N8qz_gUrYzZxcxaCD8z5Sv',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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The first 30 minutes of the trading also has something weird going on. We recently highlighted a a chart from FBN Securities' JC O'Hara, showing that during the last 30 minutes of trading, the S&amp;P 500 is down 2% this year.We followed up with another chart from O'Hara which showed that during that same period, the Russell 2000 - an index of small-cap equities - is up 2%. But what about the start of trading?A third chart from O'Hara shows the selling of both the S&amp;P 500 and the Russell 2000 during the first 30 minutes of trading this year. While the S&amp;P is in about the same position it is at close, down 2% on the year, the Russell is down about 8% at the start of the trading day.FBN Securities NOW WATCH: 5 clever iPhone tricks only power users know about if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'huN2Zzczr6N8qz_gUrYzZxcxaCD8z5Sv',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video (function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }());

The first 30 minutes of the trading also has something weird going on. We recently highlighted a a chart from FBN Securities' JC O'Hara, showing that during the last 30 minutes of trading, the S&amp;P 500 is down 2% this year.

Something weird is also happening during the FIRST 30 minutes of trading

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