Saturday 1 December 2012

Daily Index Cycle update

The main indexes closed broadly flat, despite a closing hour 3.5bn buy order from MS. Today would make for a near perfect turn day, bears should be seeking confirmation with at least moderate declines on Monday.


IWM, daily



Nasdaq Comp



Sp'daily5



Trans


Summary

Well, that's it for another week, and another trading month. It was certainly a bit of a messy trading day, not least the closing hour which was starting to slip lower...and then Morgan Stanley appear with 3.5bn to spend. Who ordered that giant order, hmm ?

A brief note on the MACD (blue bar histogram) cycle, which is now very high on all indexes. We are toppy on any basis, and a 1-2 week down cycle is very feasible, even if it puts in a slightly higher low >1343.
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As it is, I am holding to my original outlook, which so far..is on track. We hit my target zone of sp'1410/25, and now we've seen the first trading day where we might be levelling out, before the next major wave lower.

sp'daily4 - original outlook


Its going to be real interesting to see whether I'm also broadly right about the next wave. We'll know soon enough.

A little more later