#MarketTiming – Long-term breadth says sell the rally

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 7/18/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): Sell DAY 1
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): Sell DAY 3
Price: Sell DAY 2
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 13 BUYS, 1 NEW BUYS, 4 OVERBOUGHT; 37 SELLS, 11 NEW SELLS, 12 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 46, falling, NEUTRAL LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 6 UP, 9 DOWN.

WHAT?

The market took the tumble that been brewing for the past couple of days.

First short-term breadth turned down after a sequence of highs below highs, then price triggered a sell on today’s open, and now long-term breadth has given a sell signal for tomorrow’s open.

That last part is the most significant. Long-term breadth (the NYSI) is the primary context behind the entire market. If it is going up the bulls have the ball, if it is going down the market will tumble too. Maybe not right away — it can whipsaw like anything else, but if it keeps going down most stocks will follow.

Technically the sell signals are on tomorrow’s open but at today’s close this upswing, which began on the open of 6/28 (13 trading days ago), took TQQQ up 8.2%, UPRO up 5.1%, FNGU (the FANG ETF) up 12.4% and TNA remarkably was flat. Among notable stocks TSLA advanced 15.1%, SHOP 7.3%, TWLO 6.1%, WYNN 99%, FB 5.9% and AAPL lagged at up 2.3%.

The Nifty-50-stock-list was a mixed bag with as many stock down double digits as those up double digits. In retrospect that was probably a read on the raggedness of the rally.

However, INS, the number-one stock on the list coming into the upswing vaulted a spectacular 49.4%.

Interesting to note the divergence that registered on the overbought Fear-and-Greed Index, kept by CNN Money, called the exact top two days ago in SPY and in QQQ (see the chart below) and was telling across the board.

WHAT NEXT?

With the NYSI declining, one can only assume swing traders will be looking for short entries, options traders playing puts predominantly (see the post below), and long-term investors should tighten stops to their individual risk tolerance or just hold their breath and hope not to die.

Of note: NFLX after the bell reported earnings, a shortfall in expected subscriptions, and is getting clobbered in overnight trading. That may set a tone for trading tomorrow. Intriguing how often news comes along from somewhere to agree with the NYMO/NYSI breadth indicators.

Nothing much more to say. The market will go down until it doesn’t (and granted, that could be even as early as tomorrow).

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$SPY – trudging higher but watching for a reversal day

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 7/16/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY DAY 12
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): Sell DAY 1
Price: BUY DAY 2
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 20 BUYS, 4 NEW BUYS, 13 OVERBOUGHT; 30 SELLS, 4 NEW SELLS, 11 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 57, falling, GREED LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 11 UP, 4 DOWN.

WHAT?

The market moved sluggishly higher today.

In the case of SPY it was five days in a row, and except for a minor blip in the middle of the advance, TQQQ would be the same. SPY, by my measure, has been overbought for three trading days, which is often all she wrote, but not always.

During this entire move up, my nifty-50 stock list has never had more than 25 stocks on buys. The last time I saw above thirty was two weeks ago (37 on 7/1). Those stocks are trudging through a muddle. That might or might now mean something. Notably TNA, the 3xLeveraged ETF for the Russell small caps has gone nowhere.

Still SPY has managed to make new all-time highs, which is either ragingly bullish, or it’s about to die on the first down day.

WHAT NEXT?

Let’s consider that first day down for a moment, especially since short-term breadth, which has been putting in highs below high (see chart below), turned down today with SPY overbought and up five days in a row (see this many times before a dip).

Trader Vic Sperandeo noted one time that any time a major index goes four or more days in one direction at the end of an intermediate advance or decline the first reversal day is the change of trend. Trouble is I don’t think he ever quite defined what constitutes an intermediate advance or decline. One can look at charts and see he has been right again and again and again but then there is that one time…and that one time can kill anyone who doesn’t play defense. This advance is essentially five weeks old with a minor drop in the middle, projected here in this post below :#MarketTiming – a black candles Thursday leading to….

In addition SPY ended the day in a black candle. The black candle makes today’s high (301.13) and today low (300.19) key numbers, above the former there more rally to come, below the latter a dip to the downside, a easy read of price action. Those highs below highs on the NYMO (again see the chart below) are a warning. There is a divergence in CNN Money’s Fear and Greed Index not confirming the new highs. There’s the Russell stall so far… These things are beginning to pile up.

Five weeks of solid gains may not be the end of the upswing but it is worth guarding against Trader Vic’s “first reversal day.”

All that aside. until long-term breadth turns down, the long side will remain the side to play. Dips are to be bought in the indexes, the ETFs, stocks. Eleven of my bellwether stocks were up today with decent gains, see AAPL, TSLA, SHOP, BABA as examples. So there is still strong buying in big names, which is probably the place to focus most trades.

It always sounds stupid with one says it but it is the one simple, absolute truth — the market will go up until is doesn’t.

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#MarketTiming – a black candles Thursday leading to…

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 6/21/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY DAY 11
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): BUY DAY 4
Price: BUY DAY 3
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 36 BUYS, 9 NEW BUYS, 28 OVERBOUGHT; 14 SELLS, 6 NEW SELLS, 0 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 473, rising, NEUTRAL LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 13 UP, 2 DOWN.

WHAT?

The market gaped higher again Thursday and for the most part finished higher but…

But most indexes, ETFs, stocks closed below their opens creating black candles on their charts (see the charts below). Black candles are obvious times of indecision springing up oftentimes at the end of up swings.

The three major leveraged ETFs – TQQQ, UPRO, TNA – ended the day black. Seventeen of the stocks, more than a third, of the nifty-50 stock list ended in black candles. Thirteen of the 15 bellwether stocks — AAPL, FB, NFLX, GS, AMZN, SHOP, etc. – were up on the day but fourteen of them ended in black candles.

WHAT NEXT?

As noted before black candles create an easy read for traders as the obvious indecisiveness resolves itself- above the high of the candle, the rally resumes, below the low, it falls back. It’s that simple.

With this much indecision going around, and with the current swing up thirteen days old, and with 28 of the nifty-50 stocks overbought, and with all but three of the bellwether stocks overbought (and the other three already on sells), almost needless to say, it could be time for at least a dip, if not a solid drop.

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$SPY – Federal Reserve gives the market a yawn

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 6/19/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY DAY 12
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): BUY DAY 3
Price: BUY DAY 3
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 33 BUYS, 5 NEW BUYS, 26 OVERBOUGHT; 17 SELLS, 6 NEW SELLS, 2 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 43, falling, FEAR LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 13 UP, 2 DOWN.

WHAT?

All in all a pretty boring day in the market.

FED left interest rates unchanged, but suggested rates may be cut later in the year. Reportedly the vote, was eight to sit, eight to cut, one to raise.

Tweeted this early in the day and it pretty much held true all the way to the close:

WHAT NEXT?

As long as the NYSI keeps rising, the market context remains bullish.

Yawn.

#MarketTiming -Stock options rule the day

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 6/18/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY DAY 10
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): BUY DAY 1
Price: BUY DAY 1
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 22 BUYS, 9 NEW BUYS, 12 OVERBOUGHT; 28 SELLS, 1 NEW SELLS, 5 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 37, Falling FEAR LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 12 UP, 3 DOWN.

OF PARTICULAR NOTE TODAY:

While the SPY options slopped around all day despite the fact SPY itself was up on the open stayed above the open all day long, the real play today in options was in the key stocks.

TSLA’s at the money call gained 87%, NFLX’ in the money call gained 30%, FB’s in the money call gained 92% (see the 5-minute charts below). AAPL’S in the money call chopped to a 12.6% loss.

WHAT NEXT?

The market is consolidating the gains of the past two weeks, which explains the choppy action during the day. Given there were renewed buy signals in short-term breadth (NYMO) and price while long-term breadth (NYSI) continues to rise one can only assume, the advance will resume any day now

If it doesn’t, there could a quick drop before the advance continues. That would be a buy-the-dip opportunity.

(CLICK ON THE CHART PANEL FOR A LARGER VIEW)

#MarketTiming – back to across-the-board buys…

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 6/14/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY DAY 6
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): BUY DAY 1
Price: BUY DAY 1
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 18 BUYS, 5 NEW BUYS, 9 OVERBOUGHT; 32 SELLS, 1 NEW SELLS, 3 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 39, RISING, FEAR LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 10 UP, 10 DOWN.

WHAT?

The question in the last market-timing post here was the market due for a Stall or a Drop?.

With barely two days down in the indexes it appears it was merely a stall.

The nifty-50 stock list worked off its overbought condition during the week from 41 stocks on buys Monday (28 overbought) to 15 on buys yesterday. Buy signals in the list clicked up today to 18 on buys with only 9 stocks overbought.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Since long term breadth continues to climb, assume there will be more upside with an up day likely again Friday.

Of particular note: CNN’s “Fear and Greed” Index put in a low above a low today (see its chart below with the Nasdaq Composite) as it works its way higher. It is still at a “fear” level so there is more room to move up.

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#MarketTiming – Stall or drop?

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Been on vacation so haven’t been able to keep this blog as timely as I would like.

And besides, being in places where there was not even cell-phone coverage, I see I’ve missed a pretty sprightly rally. That’s the way it goes sometimes.

Anyway, TQQQ, my favorite leveraged ETF, is up 21% on the short-term breadth signal (the NYMO), six trading days ago. That signal triggering from double-bottom territory on the NYMO set the stage for the rest of the signals. Consequently, TQQQ is up 12% on its price signal and 8.3% on the long-term breath signal (the NYSI).

See the charts below — from left to right, short-term breadth, price, long-term breadth.

Since the rally’s start on the open of 6/4, other leveraged ETFs of note were SOXL (semiconductors) up 23.7%, FAS (financials) up 11.6% and FNGU (fang stocks) up 25.8%.

Gains among my be “bellwether stocks” were led by TSLA up 20%, coming from deeply oversold, AAPL up 11%, WYNN up 12.4%, SHOP (newly added to my list) up 14.4%, AMD up 14.5% and even a biggie like MSFT was up 9%.

Did I mention that we’re talking just six trading days, from Tuesday last week to Tuesday today? I guess I did. Six days, needless to say, that is what swing trading is all about.

So what now?

Both short-term breadth and price gave sell signals today with much of the market still wildly overbought. Likely we get a pullback starting tomorrow. Or at least a sideways stall to work off the overbought conditions. Note the big black candle of indecision today on the chart to the right. Below the low of that candle it’s a drop, above the high a resumption of the bounce.

If, by chance, this upswing was just more of the thrust from December to make everyone believe the bearish growl last fall was nothing to listen too, I suppose this rally could drop right out of the sky.

Either way, as long as the long-term breadth (the NYSI) is rising, the path of least resistance is up.

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#MarketTiming – tracks of the bear?

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Sometimes, as they say, it’s not a stock market, it’s a market of stocks:

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$SPY – market tries to reverse Trump tariff sell-off

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MARKET TIMING SIGNALS FOR 5/6/2019.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): SELL FROM 5/6.
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): SELL FROM 5/6.
Price: SELL FROM 5/6.
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 27 BUYS, 4 NEW BUYS, 13 OVERBOUGHT; 23 SELLS, 11 NEW SELLS, 5 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 56, FALLING, GREED LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 1 UP, 14 DOWN.

OF NOTE SPY OPTIONS DAY TRADES:
SPY CALLS, 5/6 288 UP 71%, 290 UP 120%, 291 up 190%. No put trades.

OF NOTE:
Fourteen of the bellwether stocks (AAPL, TSLA, NFLX, TWLO, AMD, NVDA, QCOM, GS, GOOGL, BABA, MSFT, FB, FSLR, AMZN) were up from the open although down on the day; and one (WYNN) was both down for the day and down more from its open.

WHAT:

The futures market sold off hard overnight on the news Trump threatened new tariffs on Chinese imports, then rebounded immediately at the open on the news that the Chinese negotiators planned to come to the U.S. to talk as planned anyway. The market was poised to go higher, prior to Trump’s announcement but the news cut short the buy signals across the board on Friday’s gains.

Can’t do anything about news, either positive or negative, except to go with the flow as it unfolds – in this case for day and swing traders it was a buy on today’s open and turned out to be quite a remarkable bounce back. Fourteen of the bellwether stocks were up from the open despite remaining down for the day. The $10K day trading system, had today’s 290 calls (in the money, ten minutes into the market) up 120% or the day, and just out of the money 291 call up 190%.

WHAT’S NEXT?

All technical signals I follow gave sell signals today for tomorrow open as the one-day blip up in long-term breadth ($NYSI) Friday retreated today on the tumble in short-term breadth ($NYMO); the price buy for today’s open, which racked up 4.5% on TQQQ and 3.7% on UPRO on the close, will be a sell on tomorrow’s open. In addition, CNN’s Fear and Greed Index dipped today while still at a greed level, and volatility surged (VIX), both negatives for the market.

Sell signals are sell signals but what’s next is tricky given the velocity of today’s rebound (see the candle on the SPY chart below), but it did not quite reverse completely and it may have used up immediate buying power to get to where it got on the close. If so, chances are it reverses again to the downside tomorrow. The key will be play the open, preferably with either calls or puts, while looking to lock in profits on today’s gains on TQQQ and UPRO and any of the bellwether stocks.

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#MartketTiming – Swing Signals 4/10/19

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THE SIGNALS AS OF 4/9/19.

Long-Term Breadth (NYSI): BUY FROM 4/10.
Short-Term Breadth (NYMO): BUY FROM 4/10.
Price: BUY FROM 4/10.
Nifty-50-Stock-List: 21 BUYS, 5 NEW BUYS, 11 OVERBOUGHT; 29 SELLS, 3 NEW SELLS, 3 OVERSOLD.
CNN MONEY’S “Fear and Greed” Index: 70, FLAT, GREED LEVEL.
Bellwether Stocks: 14 UP, 1 DOWN.

OF NOTE, $10K Swing Trades, SPY OPTIONS:
SPY CALLS, 287, 288, 289 STRIKES FOR WEEKLY 4/12 EXPIRATION OR MONTHLY 4/18 EXPIRATION.

OF NOTE, $10K Swing Trade Stocks:
BUY ON OPEN 10/11: GS, MSFT, AMZN, FSLR, NVDA, WYNN,TWLO, TSLA. STOCK OPTIONS.


WHAT’S NEXT?

As was suggested the post below in regards to yesterday’s drop in the market and pull back in short-term breadth: “Most likely it’s a mere dip to the zero line on the NYMO.

And so it was.

With today’s pop (not so much on the Dow but worthwhile pretty much everywhere else), the NYMO and NYSI are once again positive.

Kind of get tired of saying it over and over again but as long as the NYMO and/or NYSI remain positive overall the usual play is to be long, take profits when the stocks give sell signals, and buy coming out of dips but have to say it since it happens over and over again.

Fourteen out of 15 bellwether stocks were up, 40 of the 50 stocks on my nifty-50 stock list gained, all eight of the 3xLeverage ETFs I follow — TQQQ, TNA, UPRO, SOXL, FAS, ERX, LABU, FNGU, up, up, up…

And most notably the NYMO put in another low above a low (see the chart below) so until further notice expect follow through – this is broad market run to the upside.

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