Friday, 30 August 2013

Closing Brief

The market closed weak, with the headline Dow/SP/Nasdaq all moderately lower. The two market leaders - Trans/R2K, both much bigger declines of 1.2% and 1.6% respectively. Near term outlook remains weak, with a primary target of sp'1570/60s.


sp'60min


Summary

Well, a bit of a mixed and choppy day..although most notable..the VERY strong discrepancy between the headline indexes, and two market leaders.

I have to think there remains broad downside next week, that view is strongly supported by the bigger weekly charts..even the monthly charts are now offering an initial rollover.
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*I closed out a VIX-long position near the close, am back to fully on the sidelines.

I will seek an index short/VIX-long..next Tuesday.

Downside target remains 1570/60s..with VIX briefly 20s.
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Have a good weekend everyone.

*the usual bits and pieces across the weekend....


Next main post..late Saturday...probably on the US monthly indexes