Written by Gary

Premarkets were up fractionally and didn't move appreciably after the 'not-so-good' US financial news this morning. Markets opened in the green on low volume and trading sideways as investors weigh their 'options' so to speak.

By 10 am the US Consumer Confidence came in at 94.5 crushing estimates of 87 as the markets yawned and volumes slid to anemic levels. Upward market direction is not a given today, use caution.

Our medium term indicators are leaning towards sell portfolio of non-performersat the opening and the short-term market direction meter is bullish. We remain mostly, at best, negative and conservatively bullish, neutral in other words. The important DMA's, volume and a host of other studies have now turned and may be enough for some to start shorting. Right now now I am getting very concerned any downtrend could get more aggressive in the short-term and volatility may also promote sudden reversals. The SP500 MACD has turned up, but remains below zero at -3.41. I would advise caution in taking any position during this uncertain period and I hope you have returned your 'dogs' to the pound.

Having some cash on hand now is not a bad strategy as market changes are happening everyday. As of now, I do not see any leading indicators that are warning of a 'long-term' reversal in the near-term. There may be one later in 2015, but any market fluctuations we see now are more of a internal market rectification than a bear market.

Investing.com members' sentiments are 47 % Bearish (falling from 70% and now rising from 33%) and it seems to be a good sign for being bearish. The 'Sheeples' always seem to get it wrong.

Investors Intelligence sets the breath at 42.3 % bullish with the status at BearConfirmed. (Chart Here ) I expect a market reversal at or before ~25.0 should the direction continue to descend.

StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) is at 52.99. (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. (Now were are high enough to descend again - watch out!)

This $NYA200R chart below is the percentage of stocks above the 200 DMA and is always a good statistic to follow. It can depict a trend of declining equities which is always troubling, especially when it drops below 60% - 55%. Dropping below 40%-35% signals serious continuing weakness and falling averages.

StockChart.com NYSE % of stocks above 200 DMA Index ($NYA200R) is at47.66 %. (Chart Here) The downside decent has reversed, but will it continue to rise above 50%? The next support is ~37.00, ~25.00 and ~15.00 below that. December, 2011 was the last time we saw numbers in the 20's.

StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) is at 44.12. (Chart Here) Below support zone but rising. Next stop was ~57, then ~44, below that is where we will most likely see the markets crash. We are seriously below 44 and need a reversal pronto as it looks like there is nothing to stop the fall until 25 and taking the markets with it.

StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) is at 49.20. (Chart Here) In support zone and rising. ~62, ~57, ~45 at which the markets are in a full-blown correction.

StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) is at 22.80. (Chart Here)

StockChart.com Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) is at 66.59. (Chart Here)

Chris Ciovacco says, "As long as the consumer discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:XLY) holds above [66.88], all things being equal, it is a good sign for stocks and the U.S. economy." This chart clearly shows that dropping below 65.00 / 62.75 (and staying there) should be of a great concern to bullish investors.

StockChart.com NYSE Composite (Liquidity) Index ($NYA) is at 10,544. (Chart Here) We are above the resistance (10,301) but is this a test of the next resistance at ~10600, stay tuned. Next stop down is 9750, then 9250, and 8500.

The following article has some interesting arguments for why the market have and have not topped.

In this article it would be prudent to be aware that, in the words of the late JP Morgan, he predicted, when asked for a stock market forecast, that "share prices would fluctuate". But are they going to fluctuate downward with more 'gusto' than usual?

The longer 6 month outlook is now 30-70 sell (probably should be 20-80 sell) and will remain bearish until we can see what the effects are in the Fed's game plan.Sooner or later brighter skies will return over the market. Until then, investors should employ the first thing one learns while in a foxhole; keep their head down.

The DOW at 10:15 is at 16873 up 54 or 0.32%.

The SP500 is at 1972 up 10 or 0.51%.

SPY is at 197.11 up 1 or 0.47%.

The $RUT is at 1131 up 14 or 1.21%.

NASDAQ is at 4527 up 41 or 0.92%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 4080 up 33 or 0.82%.

$VIX 'Fear Index' is at 15.44 down 0.60 or -3.68%. Bullish to Neutral Movement

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

WTI oil. The session bias is negative and is currently trading down at 80.69. (Chart Here)

According to Rob Kurzatkowski, Senior Commodity Analyst at OptionsExpress.com, ". . . we see the December Crude Oil contract holding above the $80 level. To this point, the contract has held up at this technical support level. More stout support can be found around the $75 mark, should Oil fail to hold $80. The result of recent price weakness has been oversold technical levels. The 14-day RSI is in the mid-teens, which could be supportive of prices in the near term. In order to gain some traction,Crude Oil prices may need to post several closes north of the $85 mark."

Brent Crude: The session bias is down and is currently trading down at 85.31.(Chart Here)

Gold is currently trading up at 1229.70. The current intra-session trend is positive.(Chart Here)

Dr. Copper is at 3.086. (Chart Here)

The US dollar is currently trading down at 85.49, the bias is currently down. (Chart Here) Resistance made in Aug., 2013 (~85.00) has been broken and now is support.

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