Bear – Nice or Naughty? Christmas eve shortened markets to experience low liquidity and spiky moves primarily driven by stop hunting of shorts. Exaggerated moves likely in either direction to wipe out weak hands/stops until normal liquidity and volumes return post holidays. Structurally, we are still in the bull territory. A daily close below 3180 (more…)

Holiday-thin Liquidity to Drive Spiky Moves Holiday thinned markets to experience low liquidity and spiky moves primarily driven by stop hunting. Exaggerated moves in either direction to wipe out weak hands/stops until normal liquidity and volumes return post holidays. Structurally, we are still in the bull territory. A daily close below 3180 is needed to (more…)

Thinning Liquidity and Large Options Positions With the holidays upon us and the liquidity thinning, and with large call positions expiring tomorrow, expect the tight range to get broadened with wild spikes in either direction today and mainly tomorrow. As we wrote yesterday, “The unabated bull run is likely going to slow down a bit, (more…)

This Roller Coaster for both Bulls and Bears The unabated bull run is likely going to slow down a bit, albeit not getting negated any time soon. Unless some major unexpected headlines hit the markets, expect choppy range trading into the year end, with occasional sudden spikes in either direction. Structurally, we are still in (more…)