Wednesday 18 May 2016

12pm update - moderate chop

US equities remain moderately choppy, leaning higher into the afternoon. The FOMC minutes (2pm), will offer an excuse for cooling into the close, as some are (wrongly) seeing a threat of a rate hike in June.. which of course will not happen due to the subsequent BREXIT vote a mere 8 days later.


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VIX'60min



Summary

Not much to add.

Equities really shouldn't go much higher... and in the scheme of things.. price action is still pretty subdued. Things only get dynamic on a break <2039... or above the big 2100 threshold.

All bears need to do is contain things under short term declining trend.. which at the close of today will be 2063.

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notable strength, financials... BAC, daily


.. as the bizarre talk of a rate hike inspires some upside... but is entirely unsustainable.

A break above the recent high of $15.30 (where the 200dma is lurking) seems highly unlikely, and instead.. the psy' level of $10.00 remains a basic target for the summer.
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time for tea.