Path of Maximum Pain If you are a professional or institutional trader, you heard that when everybody and their grandma is expecting the markets to do something, the markets actually end up doing just the opposite. If you are a retail trader, may be you have heard it or not but surely have experienced (more…)
Coronavirus or Current Earnings? The current earnings’ optimism seems to be trumping the coronavirus and its potential impact on the future earnings, and the markets seem unstoppable! Unless some marked improvement in the situation is noted (chances are bleak) with the worsening outbreak numbers and the overall situation, we can expect the earnings estimates (more…)
Can Markets be Immune to Coronavirus? With no breakthrough or improvement in the coronavirus situation, with increasing shutdown headlines (WeWork, Apple), it is to be seen how long the markets can be complacent about the potential economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Unless some marked improvement in the situation is noted (chances are bleak), we (more…)
NFP Numbers, Coronavirus, Options Expiration… Between the Non Farm Payrolls data (beating expectations, but unemployment rate rising a bit), the coronavirus whistle blower’s death in China and the potential for it to cause headaches to the Xi administration, the weekly options expiration, and the potential fatigue from the recent yo-yo run the market had…there is (more…)
Bulls, Slowdown! Bears, Don’t Jump the Gun! Our models are continuing to flash signs of choppy price action ahead – in both directions. In spite of the markets clearing the 3255-3310 range our models were looking for with the daily close yesterday above 3310, the price action is not indicative of a bullish directional bias, (more…)
The Bear Beaten Down, Yet? With the strong surge in the overnight futures, the befuddled market bear appears set to be beaten down today! The Friday’s drop is now in the rear view mirror as markets appear poised to rocket past that day’s highs and some more. What is driving these markets? No one knows (more…)
China Markets Down Big and U.S. Markets Up This Morning? Friday’s market rout has weakened the markets’ technicals considerably. With U.S. confirmed coronavirus cases going up from 8 to 11 over the weekend, the outlook is not any optimistic for the markets. The Shanghai market closed down 7.7% overnight in the first post-lunar-year-break session. S&P (more…)
Monthly Options Expiration to Trump Trump Impeachment and Coronavirus? For the last three mornings, our main theme has been: “Nevertheless, the bears do NOT yet have any clear leg up or even an entry yet – it is going to be an indeterminate state with fierce battle around the 3225-3265 range”. Despite more than 200 (more…)
“Fierce Battles within the Range” the Continued Theme For the last two mornings, our main theme has been: “Nevertheless, the bears do NOT yet have any clear leg up or even an entry yet – it is going to be an indeterminate state with fierce battle around the 3225-3265 range”. The overnight futures are under (more…)
Bear Scary No More? We wrote yesterday morning: “Nevertheless, the bears do NOT yet have any clear leg up or even an entry yet – it is going to be an indeterminate state with fierce battle around the 3225-3265 range”. With the markets springing back up from the steepest drop since October, the fears of (more…)
