Small Caps Lead The Way Down, Investors Disappointed With Fed

Closing Market Commentary For 05-01-2013

According to news sources the afternoon market decline was because of a steep selloff in energy futures taking them down more than 3%. Most bearish investors believe it was an excuse waiting to happen and most likely a convenient manipulation of the HFT computers. It didn’t take very long for the market to recover and the gyrate down again – and then up after the Fed’s told everyone that ‘things’ are still improving.

Many investors are viewing today’s action as a prelude to an attack to the markets previous highs coming to a market near you. The bears are waiting in the for the bull’s swan song witch may come before this month is over.

The DOW at 4:00 is at 14700 down 139 or -0.94%.

The SP500 is at 1582 down 15 or -0.93%.

SPY is at 158.28 down 1.40 or -0.88%.

The $RUT is at 924.25 down 23 or -2.45%.

NASDAQ is at 3299 down 30 or -0.89%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 2873 down 14 or -0.49%. (A lot of analysts are currently watching the 100 for a heads and shoulder formation.)

The longer trend is up, the past months trend is bullish, the past 5 sessions have been bullish and the current bias is neutral to bearish.

How Oil Really Gets Priced

WTI oil is trading between 93.20 and 90.14 today. The session bias is bearish and is currently trading down at 90.95.

Crude Inventories Surge To Record High As Energy Demand Collapses

Brent crude is trading between 102.34 and 98.76 today. The session bias is bearish and is currently trading down at 99.83.

Negative Divergences

Gold fell from 1475.02 earlier to 1439.98 and is currently trading up at 1455.55.

Here’s why copper has lost its indicator role

Dr. Copper is at 3.067 falling from 3.186 earlier.

The US dollar is trading between 81.78 and 81.37 and is currently trading down at 81.66, the bias is currently neutral to bullish.

The 500 at the close.

The DOW at the close.

@foxnews:______

Ahead of the Futures? High-Speed Traders Reportedly Capitalize on CME Loophole

High-frequency trading firms are reportedly exploiting a hidden loophole at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to gain a crucial head start against other traders in the futures market.

The report is likely to add fuel to the ongoing debate about whether or not the current market structure is tipped against retail investors in favor of sophisticated firms that deploy speedy trading technology.

@zerohedge:_______

Grand Theft Market: High-Frequency Frontrunning CME Edition

One of the New Normal responses to allegations, first started here in 2009 and subsequently everywhere, that all HFT does is to frontrun traditional market players (among many other evils).

Now that its conventional and flawed defense that it “provides liquidity” lies dead and buried, is that “everyone does it” so you must acquit because how can you possibly prosecute a technology that accounts for over 60% of all market volume and where if you throw one person in jail you would throw everyone in jail.

Today we learn that this indeed may be the case, and not only at the traditional locus of HFT frontrunning such as conventional exchanges for stocks such as the NYSE or even dark pools, but at the heart of the biggest futures exchange in the US, the CME where as the WSJ’s Scott Patterson explains frontrunning by HFT algos is not only a way of life, but is perfectly accepted and even smiled upon.

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Written by Gary