May 5th 2011 Full Market Recap (7 Charts)

Another rough session, especially for commodities. Gold, Oil, Silver, Coal, you name it. They all took a beating today. Market is a bit oversold which is good for bulls but if key support falls for the indices this market may be in for a legitimate correction and not a natural pull back.

See you back here tomorrow for some weekend reader Q&A and survey results.

Trend Table
Trend Nasdaq S&P 500 Russell 2000
Long-Term Up Up Up
Intermediate Up Up Up
Short-term Down Down Down

(+) Indicates an upward reclassification today
(-) Indicates a downward reclassification today
Lat Indicates a Lateral trend

*** I’m simply using the indices’ relations to their 200, 50 and 10-day moving averages to tell me the long, intermediate and short-term trends, respectively.