The market closed today leaving many indexes right at key resistance levels. The volume was pathetic today although $TRIN was pegged at extremely bullish levels throughout the entire day. I said around lunchtime that today was a pure trend day and that is exactly how it played out.

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IWM closed just below its 50-day SMA.

 

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QQQQs are right back at 2009 highs and resistance at $43.50.

 

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I give less weight to the Dow than IWM and SPY but it does look very bullish. The 50-day SMA pushes the index up over the $100 mark.

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Finally, are most important chart. I mentioned yesterday that it was a forgone conclusion that the Mar-July 2008 lows would be tested. This equaled immediate term strength but likely some sideways or downward movement in the market once support was reached. We have just a little more to go before the Dollar finds support.

 

After today, I’m a little short although it isn’t because I’m predicting a turn. Many of my short hedges are right near stop out points and I’m just going to let the market do its thing. So if we get another burst higher tomorrow, I’ll likely end up net long. With the Dollar approaching support, I would likely sell off some long positions at that point since I would not want to have a long bias.

  • Full strength 4 day white soldier, DIA--caught everyone by surprise--That is SO bullish--it takes days to undwind it--on your shorts, look for tiny gains, get out, and then try to get back in. That's my plan--and buy some of these beaten down stocks like NDAQ,COCO,APOL
  • Yeah, I suspect a lot of trapped bears may have a similar strategy in mind. ES is currently down but I wouldn't be surprised to see a reversal.
  • JoeMarc
    Hi, wondering if there is any relevany Scheduled announcements this week,
    Tuesday: IBD Economic Optimism
    Is there anything else you see relevant ?

    Thanks
    Joe
  • Checkout my Sunday post. A pretty light week. Thursday has some catalysts with initial jobless claims, crude inventories, Walmart earnings and Disney earnings.
  • Thanks for the comments over the weekend
    for some reason they all went to spam on Intense Debate

    I just checked the folder and 'moderated' them so they show, not sure why that happened - I didnt see any specific links you posted nor "swear" words :)
  • Thanks for letting me know. I noticed that the comment didn't go through. I was hoping I wasn't on the bad boy list.
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