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 after
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
Technical Outlook: S&P 500 (SPX) gave up all of its mornings gains yesterday to close flat on the day. Today looks to be setting up in the AM in a similar fashion as the futures are popping higher. The trend these days is to ignore Crude (/CL) when it is trading lower, and to rally
Technical Outlook: S&P 500 (SPX) breakout from Friday, lacked any real follow through yesterday. Need to see more buying today or risk nullifying the breakout. Watch converging support of the 5, 10, and 20-day moving averages going forward. SPDRs S&P 500 ETF (SPY) volume was the worst that I’ve seen. Nothing compares to it. Only
Technical Outlook: Market pulled back for the second time in the last three trading sessions. The volume was extremely light on SPY yesterday, and barely above Christmas Eve’s half day of trading last year. Needless to say, volume was well below average readings and half of what was seen on Friday. Mini-bull flag pattern