Deep Correction – to Continue or Reverse? The S&P 500 Index breached the key support level of the 200-DMA (currently around 2768) and has broken below on Monday and closed below it for a second day on Tuesday, 10/23. With the sharp drop to below 2700 and then a fast recovery on Tuesday, followed by Wednesday’s (more…)
Continued Whipsaw Action Forecast – Day 3! The busiest earnings week of the season has started off yesterday, Monday 10/22, with no positive momentum. The growing geopolitical tension around the Saudi journalist Khashoggi’s killing and the trickling impact on the key Saudi investor conference seems to be denting the investor sentiment. The S&P 500 (more…)
Continued Whipsaw Action Forecast In the Markets! The busiest earnings week of the season has started off yesterday, Monday 10/22, with no positive momentum. The growing geopolitical tension around the Saudi journalist Khashoggi’s killing and the trickling impact on the key Saudi investor conference seems to be denting the investor sentiment. The S&P 500 (more…)
How Much did the S&P 500 Index Move Last Week? +0.65 points!! Despite the headline grabbing market moves throughout last week, the S&P 500 Index moved just +0.65 points all of last week – from the close at 2767.13 on Friday, 10/12 to the close at 2767.78 on Friday, 10/19! This is in spite of (more…)
So Much Noise and No Real Movement In the Markets?! Stay Patient and Stay Safe In this Whipsaw Trading Environment! Despite the headline grabbing market moves all this week, the S&P 500 Index closed yesterday – Thursday, 10/18 – just where it closed last Friday! To be exact, the index closed last Friday at 2767.13, (more…)
Yesterday’s price action in S&P 500 tested both the upper and lower trading levels indicated by our models’ forecast – published before the markets’ open. The index registered the day’s low under 2 points away from our medium-term model’s lower bound and the day’s high was registered under 1 point above the level indicated by (more…)
Do NOT Turn Complacent with The Recent Big Wins! Our S&P 500 Forecast trading plans published before the markets opened on Monday, 10/15 stated: “models are sporting caution to the bears regarding a potential corrective spike up in a whipsaw manner” (click here to read the full report and/or to verify this claim). This has come (more…)
Day 6: The Main Story Driving The US Equity Markets this Morning – Geopolitical Events and Currency Markets! In our forecast for yesterday, Thursday, we wrote: “The only thing that can thwart this journey to another all-time high is potential geopolitical news which may prove highly negative for the markets. Barring any such developments, the (more…)
Day 5: The Slow Grind Taking The Market to New Highs? This Week to Reveal! The market is within striking distance from the all-time highs recorded in January this year. Yesterday’s market action – where the S&P 500 Index essentially closed flat – is interpreted by our models just as an inevitable consolidation rather than (more…)
Day 3: The Chop-chop Train Chugging Along the Bulls To The January High and Beyond? This Week to Decide! Our forecast for the S&P 500 Index for yesterday, Monday, stated: “Our models continue to indicate the S&P 500 Index as being stuck in an “indeterminate” state, with no clear bias in either direction, while within (more…)
