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The Daily Middle Band

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Friday was more bullish than I expected but resistance at 1937 held on repeated tests and if we are to see an opening gap today, then it seems likely at the time of writing that it will be a gap down. The SPX 50 hour MA is now at 1939 and is still primary resistance. In the event that is broken then main rising wedge resistance is in the 1947 area. I’m expecting more downside today however.

I think this retracement may develop into something substantial if the bears can develop some momentum, and we’ll see whether they can. At minimum though I’m looking for a test of the SPX daily middle bollinger band, which closed yesterday at 1918, and that target could be hit today. This is a target that is often pinocchioed intra-day, so it’s important not to read too much into a break below it unless that persists into the close. SPX daily chart: (more…)

Stretched

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When I looked at daily upper bollinger band rides a few days ago, I found twenty six examples in the last five years. The longest of those was ten days and there was only one of those. Yesterday was the eleventh day of the current daily upper band ride, so this band ride has already beaten the actuarial odds by quite a margin. Will it reverse today? Maybe, the overnight low was low than the Sunday night low, and that is a start at least.

SPX broke over resistance on the rising wedge from 1737 last week and while this may still be a bearish overthrow, SPX would need to break back below broken wedge resistance (1930 area) in the near future. Alternatively the wedge may be evolving into a channel, but in that case I would expect to see at least a test of 2000. SPX daily chart: (more…)

The Fatted Calf

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The level of bear despair yesterday was impressive, and the percentage of bulls is now 62.2%, as compared to previous highs at 61.6% at the end of 2013, 62% in October 2007, 62.9% in December 2000 and 60.8% in August 2007. All of these previous readings were signals that large rallies were ….. um …….. ending, and that significant highs were being made.

I was delighted yesterday to identify the pattern for the current move, when the low yesterday established a perfect rising channel from the last lows at 1862. This is excellent news as we now have a clear marker for when the current move is ending at the break of channel support there. That break will signal that this move is topped or topping, though a retest of the highs would be routine after such a break, so it would be important not to jump on that break too hard when it happens. SPX 5min chart: (more…)