Written by Gary

Premarkets were down -0.2% and opened at the same level in the absence of 8:30 US financial reports.

By 10 am the averages had melted down to -0.4% on moderate volume and started a slow sea-saw off the morning opening lows to where no one knows. This sessions crystal ball is exceptionally cloudy.

Reporting at 10 am shows the US US Existing Home Sales August (M/M) came in at -1.8% vs the 1.0% that was estimated; 2.4% prior and the US US Existing Home Sales for August came in at 5.05M vs the 5.20M estimated; 5.15M prior. Markets appear to have descended fractionally, but more or less have taken the news in stride.

The medium term indicators are leaning towards the hold side at the opening and the short-term market direction meter is bearish. We remain mostly, at best, neutraland conservatively holding. The important DMA's, volume and a host of other studies have not turned significantly and that is not enough for me to start shorting, but now I am getting very concerned. The SP500 MACD has turned flat, but remains above zero at 8.50. I would advise caution in taking any position during this uncertain period although some technical indicators have starting to turn bearish.

Investing.com members' sentiments are 77 % Bearish and it seems to be a good sign for being bullish. The 'Sheeples' always seem to get it wrong.

Investors Intelligence sets the breath at 58.9 % bullish with the status at BearConfirmed. (Chart Here )

StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) is at 63.43. (Chart Here) Very close to support and falling.

StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) is at 72.00. (Chart Here) Remains midway between resistance and support and is now descending further.

StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) is at 25.78. (Chart Here)Treasury Yield Curve Approaches Flattest Since 2009.

StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) is at -28.53. (Chart Here)But anything below -30 / -40 is a concern of going deeper. Oversold conditions on the NYSE McClellan Oscillator usually bounce back at anything over -50 and reverse after reaching +40 oversold.

StockChart.com Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) is at 68.05. (Chart Here)

The DOW at 10:15 is at 17244 down 33 or -0.19%.

The SP500 is at 2002 down 9 or -0.42%.

SPY is at 199.85 down 0.87 or -0.44%.

The $RUT is at 1136 down 11 or -0.98%.

NASDAQ is at 4548 down 32 or -0.69%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 4076 down 25 or -0.61%.

$VIX 'Fear Index' is at 13.42 up 1.31 or 10.82%. Bearish Movement

The longer trend is up, the past months trend is net positive, the past 5 sessions have been net positive and the current bias is negative and sideways.

WTI oil is trading between 91.92 (resistance) and 91.10 (support) today. The session bias is negative and is currently trading down at 91.11. (Chart Here)

Brent Crude is trading between 98.11 (resistance) and 97.16 (support) today. The session bias is negative and is currently trading down at 97.25. (Chart Here)

The general consensus is that gold prices will actually fall in the next twelve months (Sept to Aug. 2015). Goldman Sachs estimates that gold will fall to $1,050 an ounce, a drop of nearly 19%.

Gold rose from 1208.96 earlier to 1217.85 and is currently trading up at 1215.20. The current intra-session trend is neutral and sideways. (Chart Here)

Dr. Copper is at 3.040 falling from 3.085 earlier. (Chart Here)

The US dollar is trading between 84.89 and 84.64 and is currently trading down at84.80, the bias is currently neutral testing resistance. (Chart Here)

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