Tuesday, July 31, 2012

S&P 500 - July 31, 2012

This uptrend has so far been very weak


There is a series of lower highs with a diverging McClellan and Summation while both are under a downtrend line




There is also weak performance from weekly Market Alignment Index (MAI)




I have been of the view that early June gave an intermediate cycle low and a potential yearly cycle low





Yet, so far, index has progressed in a choppy fashion with weak internals (McClellan, Summation, MAI)



Index is hitting against trend line resistance with support at 1360, 1340 and 1330 areas







The question is where is the money that is supposed to pump the index higher?

So far, Fed has not indicated any addition easing, and the Europeans, in typical fashion, have been long on promises and short on delivery with Some Euro-Head promising something some day and some German-Head negating the promise some other day


I should watch the support levels

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

S&P 500 - July 21, 2012

Last post, I looked some line and curve studies and identifies 1320-1360 as a pivotal area for the market

Let's see how those studies look now



Index had a bad Friday but found support around 1360 area


1320-1360 remains a pivotal area

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

S&P 500 - July 14, 2012

S&P halted its losing streaks on Thursday and launched a nice short-busting move on Friday

Looking at the chart below, it all appears routinely technical off support around 1320


There seems to be resistance around 1360

Question is what will index do after it runs out of squeezable shorts

1320-1360 appears to be a pivotal area. Above that, index has a positive posture, below that, a negative posture, inside that, a neutral chopfest