Don’t press your bullish bets

Mid-week market update: After yesterday's downdraft and red candle, the bears must be disappointed that there was no downside follow through. Yesterday's pullback halted at support, which was a relief for the bulls, but I would warn that the current environment is very choppy, and traders should not depend on price trends to continue. At...

Time to sound the all-clear?

Preface: Explaining our market timing models We maintain several market timing models, each with differing time horizons. The "Ultimate Market Timing Model" is a long-term market timing model based on the research outlined in our post, Building the ultimate market timing model. This model tends to generate only a handful of signals each decade. The...

The bear market rally stalls

Mid-week market update: The bear market rally appears to have stalled at the first Fibonacci resistance level of 2650. The bulls also failed to stage an upside breakout through the falling trend line. Instead, it broke down through the (dotted) rising trend line, indicating the bears had taken control of the tape.     Deteriorating...

For traders: 3 bullish, and 1 cautionary signs

The following note is addressed to short-term traders with time horizons of a week or less. I would like to highlight some three bullish, and one cautionary data points. First, the latest update of the Citi Panic/Euphoria Model is solidly in panic territory. This is contrarian bullish, but recognize that the bullish call is based...