Market Commentary: Markets Open Down, Regain Fractionally Opening Losses

Written by Gary

Opening Market Commentary For 11-20-2014

Premarkets were down -0.4% and didn’t change significantly after the US financial ‘good’ news this morning. Markets opened down as expected and immediately began to climb upwards on moderate volume gaining fractionally.

By 10 am the averages were mixed with the small caps flat and in the green as volume falls. US Markit US Manufacturing PMI is down and US Existing Home Sales are up and the averages reacted positively to these reports.

FoxNews reported, “The Labor Department reports consumer price inflation held steady in October, while economists expected to slip slightly for the month. Excluding the food and energy components, prices rose a seasonally 0.2%. Wall Street had forecast overall costs would fall 0.1%.

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell last week to 291,000 from 293,000 the week prior. Economists had expected claims dipping to 285,000 last week.”

The first column is what was reported this morning. The second column is what was expected and the third is the last report.

Our medium term indicators are leaning towards sell portfolio of non-performers at the opening and the short-term market direction meter is bullish. We remain mostly conservatively bullish, neutral in other words. Right now now I am getting very concerned any downtrend could get very aggressive in the short-term and volatility may also promote sudden reversals. The SP500 MACD has turned flat, but remains above zero at 23.93. I would advise caution in taking any position during this uncertain period and I hope you have returned your ‘dogs’ to the pound.

Having some cash on hand now is not a bad strategy as market changes are happening everyday. As of now, I do not see any leading indicators that are warning of a ‘long-term’ reversal in the near-term. There may be one later in 2015, but any market fluctuations we see now are more of a internal market rectification than a bear market.

Investing.com members’ sentiments are 65 % Bearish (falling from 70% and now rising from 33%).

Investors Intelligence sets the breath at 53.1 % bullish with the status at Bear Correction. (Chart Here ) I expect a market reversal at or before ~25.0 should the markets start to descend.

StockChart.com Overbought / Oversold Index ($NYMO) is at -3.01. (Chart Here) But anything below -30 / -40 is a concern of going deeper. Oversold conditions on the NYSE McClellan Oscillator usually bounce back at anything over -50 and reverse after reaching +40 oversold.

This $NYA200R chart below is the percentage of stocks above the 200 DMA and is always a good statistic to follow. It can depict a trend of declining equities which is always troubling, especially when it drops below 60% – 55%. Dropping below 40%-35% signals serious continuing weakness and falling averages.

StockChart.com NYSE % of stocks above 200 DMA Index ($NYA200R) is at 55.54 %. (Chart Here) The next support is ~37.00, ~25.00 and ~15.00 below that. December, 2011 was the last time we saw numbers in the 20’s.

Many indicators are showing markets leveling off or rounding indicating market softness that could lead to lower values and investor’s should watch carefully. The SP500 MACD, $BPNYA, $BPSPX, $TNX and the $NYA all show rounding off the tops which in the past has lead to a downturn.

StockChart.com NYSE Bullish Percent Index ($BPNYA) is at 58.24. (Chart Here) Next stop down is ~57, then ~44, below that is where we will most likely see the markets crash.

StockChart.com S&P 500 Bullish Percent Index ($BPSPX) is at 70.60. (Chart Here) In support zone and rising. ~62, ~57, ~45 at which the markets are in a full-blown correction.

StockChart.com 10 Year Treasury Note Yield Index ($TNX) is at 23.35. (Chart Here) Treasury Yield Curve Approaches Flattest Since 2009.

StockChart.com Consumer Discretionary ETF (XLY) is at 69.86. (Chart Here)

Chris Ciovacco says, “As long as the consumer discretionary ETF (NYSEARCA:XLY) holds above [66.88], all things being equal, it is a good sign for stocks and the U.S. economy.” This chart clearly shows that dropping below 65.00 / 62.75 (and staying there) should be of a great concern to bullish investors.

StockChart.com NYSE Composite (Liquidity) Index ($NYA) is at 10,908. (Chart Here) We are above the resistance (10,301) but is this a test of the next resistance at ~10600/900, watch to see if these numbers decline back down. If they don’t then there an excellent possibility for the markets going higher now that we have topped 10900. Next stop down is 10600, 9750, then 9250, and 8500.

It is still possible that Mr. Market is not through playing with the averages and even newer historical highs are a distinct possibility. Historically, accordingly to Eric Parnell, “major bull markets have almost never reached their final peak in a sideways grinding pattern. Instead, they have almost always peaked with flourish including one final crescendo toward a new all-time high before finally rolling over and succumbing to the forces of the new bear market”.

The longer 6 month outlook is now 50-50 sell and will remain neutral until we can see what the effects are in the Fed’s game plan. Investors should employ the first thing one learns while in a foxhole; keep their head down.

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The DOW at 10:15 is at 17644 down 42 or -0.24%. (Historical High 17,735.71)

The SP500 is at 2047 down 2 or -0.10%. (Historical High 2,056.08)

SPY is at 204.95 down 0.28 or -0.13%.

The $RUT is at 1162 up 4 or 0.35%.

NASDAQ is at 4682 up 6 or 0.13%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 4226 up 4 or 0.10%.

How the Popular ‘VIX’ Gauge Works

$VIX ‘Fear Index’ is at 14.01 up 0.05 or 0.36%. Neutral Movement

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The longer trend is up, the past months trend is net positive, the past 5 sessions have been sideways and the current bias is mixed and trending up.

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WTI oil is trading between 75.24 (resistance) and 74.21 (support) today. The session bias is positive and is currently trading down at 75.17. (Chart Here)

Brent Crude is trading between 79.00 (resistance) and 77.60 (support) today. The session bias is positive and is currently trading down at 78.89. (Chart Here)

The general consensus is that gold prices will actually fall in the next twelve months (Sept to Aug. 2015). Goldman Sachs estimates that gold will fall to $1,050 an ounce, a drop of nearly 19%.

Gold rose from 1176.28 earlier to 1196.50 and is currently trading up at 1191.10. The current intra-session trend is elevated and sideways. (Chart Here)

Currency Corruption Weighs on Copper

Dr. Copper is at 3.027 falling from 3.039 earlier. (Chart Here)

The Consequences Of A Strengthening U.S. Dollar

The US dollar is trading between 88.00 (highest since 2009) and 87.55 and is currently trading down at 87.65, the bias is currently trending down and volatile. (Chart Here) Resistance made in Aug., 2013 (~85.00) has been broken and now is support. This support has gotten much stronger since August, 2014 and isn’t likely to fall easily.

The markets are still susceptible to climbing on ‘Bernankellen’ vapor, use caution!

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Written by Gary