Volatility Index (VIX)

Technical Analysis: A rare day of near-unabated selling yesterday in the S&P 500 (SPX), that saw the index drop a resound 7.7 points! (gasp!) All kidding a side, you have the 5-day moving average starting to tilt lower, as well as the 10-day moving average being broken in a convincing manner. Good chance at this point,

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

Technical Analysis: Price action yesterday on S&P 500 (SPX) broke below the previous day’s trading action for the first time since 11/4 when the market capped off a 9-day losing streak.  Also of note, for the first time since the Monday before the election, SPX dropped below, and closed below its 5-day moving average.  Russell 2000 (

Technical Analysis: Two major milestones achieved yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reaching 19,000 and S&P 500 (SPX) passing 2,200 for the first time.  The market has continued along the lines of Thanksgiving being a reliable ‘bullish’ week for the market. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving has a history of being reliably and consistently bullish as well.  Since

Technical Analysis: Strong rally on S&P 500 (SPX) yesterday to jump start what is historically a bullish week of trading.  As has been stated in previous trading plans, the 5-day moving average continues to remain intact for the market as well as being tested on a daily basis.  Volume on SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) dropped yesterday from the

Technical Analysis: Strong move from the market yesterday, with the S&P 500 (SPX) rising another 0.5% and just six points away from new all-time highs.  Currently SPX is underway on the second leg of the bounce that began last week. If it is anything like the Brexit bounce it should still have more room to run

Technical Analysis: Futures taking a notable dip this morning, though it has recovered about 2/3’s of its losses, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had actually limited down during the election coverage last night.  With Donald Trump as the President-Elect, I highly expect the Fed to raise rates in December, since Yellen isn’t beholden

Technical Outlook: Yesterday, S&P 500 (SPX) sold off for the fifth straight day with a dive in the final minutes of trading.  Despite trading lower for 5 straight days and 7 out of the last 8 days, the S&P 500 is only down 18 points, or less than 1% (2144 down to 2126), which is utterly

Technical Outlook: Major reversal on Friday’s price action when the market went from being firmly in the green, to instantly into negative territory on news that Hillary Clinton’s email investigation was being re-opened.  This creates some fresh volatility for the market as it had seemed, until Friday’s news, that it was comfortable just remaining dormant

Technical Outlook: S&P 500 (SPX) dropped for a third consecutive day yesterday. If the market sells off today, it would mark the first time since June 15th that SPX sold off four straight days.  On the volume side, SPDRs S&P 500 (SPY) saw a third straight day of rising volume and came in at average levels.  GDP