Perhaps the market will not fall much further, even if it does break through the summer bottom.
The stock market fell to a 26 year low in 2008.
In 1929, the stock market fell 24 percent over two days.
A later analysis in 2009 seemed to agree, saying that the market would fall 41.4% to bottom out by the end of 2010.
The market fell back a few points just before it closed.
The market has fallen about 25 percent since the end of the year.
The stock market has fallen recently by more than 500 points, or 20 percent.
"You can feel that something has changed" since the stock market fell 500 points in 1987.
At one point, the stock market fell by 22.8% within a week.
With any change, the market could fall quickly and sharply.