Written by Gary
Premarkets were flat and fractionally in the red and improved as we approached the opening bell. By the opening the markets were poised to open more or less flat, but in the green after yesterday's massive loss.
By 10 am the small caps were showing over one percent losses while the large caps were mostly flat. Additional losses appear to be in the works as the morning session moves on.
The afternoon session could very well prove to be positive as it appears the BTFDers are waiting for the morning bottom and then will jump in.
Our medium term indicators are leaning towards the hold to lighten portfolio of non-performers at the opening and the short-term market direction meter is verybearish. We remain mostly, at best, slightly negative and conservatively bullish. The important DMA's, volume and a host of other studies have are now turning and that is still not enough for me to start shorting, but now I am getting very concerned the current downtrend will get more aggressive. The SP500 MACD has turneddown, but remains below zero at -12.09. I would advise caution in taking any position during this uncertain period except to return your 'dogs' to the pound. Having some cash on hand now is not a bad strategy.
Investing.com members' sentiments are 48 % Bearish (falling from 70%) and it seems to be a good sign for being bearish. The 'Sheeples' always seem to get it wrong - just saying!.
Investors Intelligence sets the breath at 46.0 % bullish with the status at BearConfirmed. (Chart Here )
StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) is at 48.82. (Chart Here) Below support zone and apparently going further down. Next stop was ~57 and now it is ~44, below that is where we will most likely see the markets crash.
StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) is at 59.20. (Chart Here) In support zone and falling - doesn't look good. ~62, ~57, ~45 at which the markets are in a full-blown correction.
StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) is at 23.20. (Chart Here)
StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) is at -41.30. (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 65.39. (Chart Here)
StockChart.com NYSE % of stocks above 200 DMA Index ($NYA200R) is at38.22 %. (Chart Here) Unless this downward trend reverses itself soon, we are going to see further downside. The next support is ~37.00 and ~25.00 below that.
The DOW at 10:15 is at 16665 up 7 or 0.04%.
The SP500 is at 1923 down 5 or -0.26%.
SPY is at 192.13 down 0.70 or -0.37%.
The $RUT is at 1064 down 4 or -0.41%.
NASDAQ is at 4327 down 51 or -1.17%.
NASDAQ 100 is at 3918 down 51 or -1.28%.
$VIX 'Fear Index' is at 19.86 up 1.11 or 5.92%. Bearish Movement
The longer trend is up, the past months trend is negative, the past 5 sessions have been negative and the current bias is negative.
WTI oil is trading between 81.51 (resistance) and 83.60 (support) today. The session bias is neutral and is currently trading down at 84.95. (Chart Here)
Brent Crude is trading between 89.73 (resistance) and 88.09 (support) today. The session bias is neytral and is currently trading down at 89.23. (Chart Here)
Gold rose from 1217.70 earlier to 1225.81, then fell and is currently trading up at1221.00. The current intra-session trend is neutral and volatile. (Chart Here)
Dr. Copper is at 3.011 falling from 3.029 earlier. (Chart Here)
The US dollar is trading between 86.05 and 85.52 and is currently trading up at86.05, the bias is currently positive and volatile. (Chart Here) Resistance made in Aug., 2013 (85.00) has been broken.
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