Thursday 24 May 2012

Daily Cycle Update

The daily cycles remain in a broad decline. Only index closes above the 10MA would give some initial suggestion that the current 16 day down cycle -forming minor wave'1, has completed.


IWM


Nasdaq Comp



Dow


SP



Transports


Summary

For the SP', the daily 10MA is 1325..that will probably be down to 1323 tomorrow. Note that the 60min cycle down channel has a ceiling of around 1320.

So..more than anything right now, if we close Thursday over sp'1325...it is VERY likely that minor wave'1 has completed. Since we have a long 3 day weekend ahead, Friday trading will probably be quiet, so how we close tomorrow will be the more important day.

From a MACD (blue bar histogram) cycle perspective you can see the underlying down momentum is reducing, and we are clawing back upward. We are STILL in a negative cycle though, but if we remain just 1 or 2 days in this 1315/25 zone, that would probably be enough time to secure a floor.


Difficult trading times

Clearly, today was a rough one for many bears..and even the bulls, who have been chopped around since the Mon/Tuesday rally.  I'd guess the days ahead won't be any easier.  Urghhhh

My one solace right now - after what has been a pretty horrible trading day, is that there will likely be a huge wave'3 down this summer. For those that missed this initial wave'1 down, the bigger..and most profitable bearish action is yet to come.