Market Commentary: Markets Close Below Previous Highs On Low Volume

The DOW was the big performer today making a new high and also closing at a new high - that is bullish. The SP500 made a new high but closed below its previous closing high, not so bullish and on low volume.

Written by Gary

The DOW was the big performer today making a new high and also closing at a new high - that is bullish. The SP500 made a new high but closed below its previous closing high, not so bullish and on low volume.

By 4 pm there a lot of very concerned investors knowing full well this party can't go on forever.

NASDAQ made a double top coming close to its 3-2000 high and the $NDX made a new high matching its 9-2000 high, just before it plunged 3323 points in 2002. The parallels here are scary - is it different this time? Look for my tomorrow morning article on 'Where Are We In This Bull Run?'

The medium term indicators are leaning towards the hold side at the close 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 up and remainszero zero at 8.67. 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 75 % 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 59.4 % bullish with the status at BearConfirmed. (Chart Here )

StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) is at 64.09. (Chart Here) Very close to resistance and now descending.

StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) is at 73.60. (Chart Here) Remains below resistance and now rising.

StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) is at 25.87. (Chart Here)Treasury Yield Curve Approaches Flattest Since 2009.

StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) is at -19.86. (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 68.49. (Chart Here)

The DOW at 4:00 is at 17280 up 14 or 0.08%.

The SP500 is at 2010 down 1 or -0.05%.

SPY is at 200.81 down 0.18 or -0.09%.

The $RUT is at 1147 down 12 or -1.07%.

NASDAQ is at 4580 down 14 or -0.30%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 4100 down 3 or -0.07%.

$VIX 'Fear Index' is at 12.11 up 0.08 or 0.67%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 down and sideways.

WTI oil is trading between 92.23 (resistance) and 91.16 (support) today. The session bias is neutral, volatile and is currently trading down at 91.70(Chart Here)

Brent Crude is trading between 98.43 (resistance) and 97.20 (support) today. The session bias is trending higher and is currently trading down at 98.263(ChartHere)

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 fell from 1229.12 earlier to 1214.50 and is currently trading down at 1217.10. The current intra-session trend is negative(Chart Here)

Dr. Copper is at 3.088 rising from 3.070 earlier. (Chart Here)

The US dollar is trading between 84.90 and 84.33 and is currently trading up at84.88, the bias is currently positive(Chart Here)

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