Finally Lifting Out of Oversold Territory

The market was able to withstand an attempted afternoon sell off today and closed on its highs for a change. Today’s action had the major indices all closing at 6 day closing highs. Additionally the Dow and S&P 500 were able to close above the intraday resistance of the last three sessions. If I had [...]

Too Early to Rally?

A quick comment on this morning’s action plus some links

Time to Whip Out T2108

Worden has an indicator called T2108 which plots the percentage of stocks above their 40-day moving averages. In effect it works as an overbought/oversold indicator for the market. This is an indicator that Duru and I like to check when we get strong moves in the market. I was just instant messaging with him about [...]

Now That’s What I’m Talking About (Almost)

Well we finally got some follow through, although I suspect it was in the opposite direction than most people wanted to see. And that’s exactly why I think it’s necessary for the market to break down. There’s still a good amount of complacency that needs to be wiped out. (Easy for me to say as [...]

The Instant Replay Market

For the third day in a row the market has tried to rally early only to succumb to selling late in the session. The action is best seen on the Nasdaq which failed at its 200-day moving average and at the 2,000 level again. It’s starting to feel like the calm before the storm as [...]