Choppy, Range-bound With the impeachment drama on the hill, Fed on the offing, and the China trade war deadline looming…there is a lot of headline risks ahead for the markets. Given that none of these could be actually leading to any clear outcomes, expect choppy trading ahead within the broad range our models have been (more…)

Trump the Wild Card This Week? Last Friday morning we wrote: “Last two days of price action has confirmed the lifting-off of the pressure on bulls, albeit not confirming any strength for them”. While the Non-Farm Payrolls catapulted the markets to new highs, our models continue to be in an indeterminate state where neither the (more…)

Back to Focus On the Economy, Even if For a Day? Last two days of price action has confirmed the lifting-off of the pressure on bulls, albeit not confirming any strength for them. The bears are back under pressure, for now – barring any concerns from the Non-Farm Payrolls to be released at 8:30am EST (more…)

Bulls Not to Celebrate, Yet! While yesterday’s daily close of 3112.76 was above our models’ reference level of 3110, the price action was not strong enough and the models have rejected it as any indication of the bulls’ strength. This leaves our models in an indeterminate mode where neither the bulls nor the bears have (more…)

Shorts Not to Jump the Gun! The potential manipulation and/or market timing of the rhetoric on China trade war by people with “connections” aside, the market reaction yesterday did NOT confirm the bearish levels our models were looking for. While the session low of 3069.5 came within 1.5 points away from our 3068 level, it (more…)