Oil

Technical Analysis: For the past eleven trading sessions, the S&P 500 (SPX) has traded in a sideways trading range.  This isn’t unusual for this time of the year as the volume dries up and the big players on Wall Street head to the Hamptons and neglect the market.  Tomorrow will formally start the Santa Rally, which is

Technical Analysis: The S&P 500 (SPX) exhibited dull price action but nonetheless managed to rally higher yesterday and out of the bull flag it had been trading in the previous few trading sessions.  Volume on the SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) dropped off just a smidge yesterday and remains below average. The drop off in the last two

Technical Analysis: Bounce back yesterday in the S&P 500 (SPX) following the Fed sell-off. Still a downtrend in place from the FOMC highs.  Either there is a short-term bull flag forming on SPX just under the all-time highs that were established this week, or we are going to test the rising trend-line off of the

Technical Analysis: The S&P 500 (SPX) keeps marching higher with little resistance to counter its momentum, rising another 14 points towards the goal of 2300.  Even more so, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up 22 of the last 26 days (over 84% win rate) and has made new all-time highs 7 days in a row.  Despite

Technical Analysis: S&P 500 (SPX) experienced a light amount of selling yesterday, forming a doji candle pattern after establishing intraday all-time highs, yet again.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up 21 of the last 25 days (84% win rate). It was the only index among the big four that finished higher yesterday.  The Federal

Technical Analysis: S&P 500 (SPX) put together another strong rally, but under the surface, there was some signs of deterioration in the quality of the rally with the breadth to the upside being slightly outdone by declining issues. Typically, on a day like Friday, advancing issues should be rising on a 2:1 clip, at least.  

Technical Analysis: S&P 500 (SPX) put together another strong rally, but under the surface, there was some signs of deterioration in the quality of the rally with the breadth to the upside being slightly outdone by declining issues. Typically, on a day like Friday, advancing issues should be rising on a 2:1 clip, at least.  

Technical Analysis: Third straight day of higher gains for S&P 500 (SPX) after successfully holding support at the 2190 level. An intraday test of the 10-day moving average resulted in an immediate surge in price that lasted throughout the rest of the day for SPX. Russell 2000 (IWM) saw record highs yesterday after completely erasing a 5-day decline

Technical Analysis: The S&P 500 (SPX) opened strong yesterday in the wake of the Italian referendum, but as has been customary in the previous five trading sessions, the price action faded the early morning gains.  On the flip side, SPX did manage to regain its 5 and 10-day moving averages.  It will be important for

Technical Analysis: Despite Oil (/CL) experiencing its biggest rally since March (+9%), the S&P 500 (SPX) sold off in the afternoon and into the close to finish in negative territory.  Even with banks and oil companies soaring, it wasn’t enough to lift the market higher.  Volume on SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) had a strong bearish engulfing candle pattern