It's not been easy

Just another day in the US equity market, mostly sideways chop, a touch of morning weakness, only to see another latter day recovery. This remains a tough market to be part of, one that looks likely to cause some real trader upset, and increasing strain, as the year proceeds.


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Summary

I'm tired, I'm not exactly at the burn-out stage..but...hell, its been tough.

The first few weeks of this year have already seen more traders/posters disappear, We've seen the market repeatedly tease the equity bears, tiny little pull backs - usually in the morning, only to be reversed later almost every day.

re: weekly'4. That remains my best guess for the mid-term. I am trying to keep in mind the possibility that we'll just go straight up - much like 2013, but I find it hard to believe that we won't see a 15..or 20% intermediate wave lower.


Looking ahead

Thursday will see the only significant econ-data of the week...jobless, leading indicators, and some housing data.

*next sig' QE is not until Friday.
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Goodnight from London