Twas the eve of President's Day and nothing was stirring (in Europe, China, or US markets) except that is, a wild algo in the LME copper pits...
Late Monday evening in London, with all but a few die-hard traders in China were asleep, the European workday was ending and Americans had a public holiday, 'Franken-copper' was born.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-22/its-alive-copper-algo-goes-wild-while-no-one-was-watching?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.