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SPX, INDU, and CVX Updates: Market Decides to Mix It Up a Bit

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May 24, 2012
SPX, INDU, and CVX Updates:  Market Decides to Mix It Up a Bit

A quick note on the new website: if you have been unable to register there because the software thinks you're a spammer:  I have taken down the spam protection for today only.  Please go re-register if, and only if, you've met the r...
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Queasy queuing

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May 23, 2012
Queasy queuing

Computer had a hissy fit this morning and I couldn't get any programmes working...belatedly realized time/date had reset to somewhere in 2002!  Fixed that and life has returned to normal.. Marginal green for the early openers: Kiwis +0.2%, A...
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Drop and Pop

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May 23, 2012
Drop and Pop

Massive intra-day rebound rally in all indexes..... The Dow's final number tells all.......
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SPX Update: Next Target Unchanged, but More Bearish Potential Exists

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May 23, 2012
SPX Update:  Next Target Unchanged, but More Bearish Potential Exists

Yesterday's rally exceeded my target zone by 2 points, and has necessitated a slight shift in the wave degrees.  The rally was probably a bit too large to be blue wave (4), and has thus indicated that it is most likely the higher degree&...
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Philosophical penance

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May 22, 2012
Philosophical penance

Early openers taking it on the chin: Kiwis -0.1%, Aussies -1.2%, Nikkers -0.6% and Sth Korea -1.2%. All Aussie sectors red with Gold -2.7% down the most followed by Miners -1.8% and Materials -1.7%.
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Pop and drop

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May 22, 2012

All over the place!
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SPX, NASCRACK, RUT, and USD Updates: This Rally Was No Surprise…

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May 22, 2012
SPX, NASCRACK, RUT, and USD Updates:  This Rally Was No Surprise…

A quick reminder: if you haven't met the requirements for registration at the new forum, your account will, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, lol) not be approved.  Please read this thread carefully when registering. ...
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Onerous overburden

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May 21, 2012
Onerous overburden

Early openers have a spring in their step: Kiwis +0.9%, Aussies +0.7%, Nikkers +1.2% and Sth Korea +1.2%. In Aussie sectors, Energy +1.6% and Miners/Materials +1% with Gold taking a rest, -0.3%.
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Everyone caught short

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May 21, 2012

Short interest has been skyrocking,This was coming sooner or later......
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SPX Update: Key Overlap at 1292 Leaves the Bulls Feeling "Facebooked"

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May 21, 2012
SPX Update:  Key Overlap at 1292 Leaves the Bulls Feeling "Facebooked"

Before I get into the update: Please be aware that the real-time intraday and after-hours trading discussion section has moved. We're in the process of transitioning to a new board, and while it's still a work in progress (I started ...
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Notable notches

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May 20, 2012
Notable notches

An opening surge for most of the early birds: Kiwis -0.3%, Aussies +0.9%, Nikkers +0.7% and Sth Korea +1.1%. In Aussie sectors, Gold still on the move, +2.1%, Miners +1.9% and Materials +1.7%.
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Faceplant

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May 18, 2012

Another rough day....
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SPX Update: 81 Points of Profit Captured as the Market Reaches Critical Support

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May 18, 2012
SPX Update:  81 Points of Profit Captured as the Market Reaches Critical Support

Yesterday was another victory for bears, and the market is now in a price zone that crosses numerous long-term support levels.  It's also sufficiently oversold that it's advisable to watch for a potential bounce.&nbs...
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Mottled misadventures

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May 17, 2012
Mottled misadventures

Early openers on a selling spree: Kiwis -1.4%, Aussies -1.8%, Nikkers -2.2% and Sth Korea -2.3%. In Aussie sectors Gold +3.2% is the only green with Energy -2.6%, Miners -2.3% and Materials -2.1%.
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Splat

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May 17, 2012

ouch!
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SPX, RUT, and VIX Updates: Market Placed on Crash Watch

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May 17, 2012
SPX, RUT, and VIX Updates:  Market Placed on Crash Watch

A person is placed on suicide watch when he or she displays certain self-destructive patterns and behaviors.  Likewise, a market is placed on crash watch when it displays certain destructive patterns and behaviors.  As I'...
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Leaky levitation

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May 16, 2012
Leaky levitation

Early openers nudging into the green: Kiwis +0.2%, Aussies +0.3%, Nikkers -0.4% and Sth Korea -0.2%. In Aussie sectors, Gold +1.5%, Miners/Materials +1.1% with Telecomms at the other end, -0.4%.
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QE3 talk still not enough to prop the market

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May 16, 2012

Late fade yet again.
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This Decline Isn’t a Selling Panic, It’s a Buying Strike

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May 16, 2012
This Decline Isn’t a Selling Panic, It’s a Buying Strike

A few signals are finally starting to reach oversold levels, but there's nothing to mark the extreme levels normally associated with more meaningful bottoms.  As I was looking at the charts earlier, particularly the down volume to up volum...
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Jilted jetsam

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May 15, 2012
Jilted jetsam

Stocks being tossed overboard by the early openers: Kiwis -0.3%, Aussies -1.2%, Nikkers -0.5% and Sth Korea -1%. In Aussie sectors, once again it's the resources deep in the red: Gold -2.7%, Miners -2.6% and Materials -2.4%.
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Sell in may or cry all day

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May 15, 2012

fugly
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SPX Update: As the Market Grinds Lower, Complacency Abounds

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May 15, 2012
SPX Update:  As the Market Grinds Lower, Complacency Abounds

Yesterday, both counts expected more downside, which the market provided.  The picture has clarified just a little bit, and, as I see it, there are two main options for the short-term resolution. What's interesting about this market is that it's...
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Inordinate instability

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May 14, 2012
Inordinate instability

Early openers down for starters: Kiwis -0.5%, Aussies -0.9%, Nikkers -0.8% and Sth Korea -0.5%. Mostly red for Aussie sectors: Gold -3.1%, Miners -2.6% and Materials -2.2%.
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Another day of ugly

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May 14, 2012

Everything except treasuries sucked wind.
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SPX and INDU Updates: It’s Painfully Obvious What’s Going to Happen Next… or is it?

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May 13, 2012
SPX and INDU Updates:  It’s Painfully Obvious What’s Going to Happen Next… or is it?

The very short-term charts are still a mess.  Some personalities feel that an analyst should be able to have a strong opinion on the market at all times -- unfortunately, out here in the real world, that's simply not realistic...
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Haphazard haggling

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May 13, 2012
Haphazard haggling

Early openers looking somewhat hopeful: Kiwis +0.2%, Aussies +0.3%, Nikkers +0.7% and Sth Korea flat. In Aussie sectors REITS and Consumer Discretionary both +0.7%, with Gold -0.8% the only down sector.
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Buy the dip,dump the rip….

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May 11, 2012

Big move about to take place in the coming days.....
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SPX Update: Things Aren’t as Bad as You Think! They’re Worse.

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May 11, 2012
SPX Update:  Things Aren’t as Bad as You Think!  They’re Worse.

Before I get into the charts, indulge me a bit of a rant regarding some of the systemic fundamental problems facing the world.  By now, everyone (with the possible exception of those guys who live under rocks in the Geico commercials) ...
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Gloomy gyrations

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May 10, 2012
Gloomy gyrations

Internet connection probs this am... Early openers doing a slide: Kiwis -0.1%, Aussies -0.3%, Nikkers flat and Sth Korea -1.2%. In Aussie sectors Gold hanging in, +1.3% down to Telecomms -1.2%.
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Gloomy gyrations

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May 10, 2012
Gloomy gyrations

Internet connection probs this am... Early openers doing a slide: Kiwis -0.1%, Aussies -0.3%, Nikkers flat and Sth Korea -1.2%. In Aussie sectors Gold hanging in, +1.3% down to Telecomms -1.2%.
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