Stock Market Breakout or Breakdown?
Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017 Feb 27, 2017 - 02:39 PM GMTGood Morning!
SPX closed at the trading channel trendline on Friday without making a new high. In that context, it may be viewed as a possible wave (ii). However, it’s not over until it’s over. The SPX futures made a higher high in overnight trading. They are currently negative, but not so much as to proclaim victory for the bears. A decline beneath Friday’s low at 2352.87 would break the upward bias. Otherwise a breakout appears that it may be the final Wave c of (v) of [c].
ZeroHedge reports, “In a quiet night for markets, in which the top highlight was the Oscar's historic peddling of best picture "fake news" and where "millions" of Academy members seemingly voted illegally, European stocks were little changed after a selloff that pushed them to a two-week low, while the MSCI Asia index fells as Japan’s Topix dropped for third day. S&P futures were unchanged after hitting a a fresh all time high on Friday. Oil futures gained, with the dollar little changed against a basket of major currencies. Priceline, Albemarle and AES are among companies reporting earnings. Dallas Fed manufacturing activity, durable goods sales data due.”
ZeroHedge comments, “With The Dow Jones Industrial Average trading almost 50% higher than its 2007 peak, we thought it ironic that core Industrial durable goods orders remain well below the peak in 2008...
Probably nothing...”
The direction of the markets may depend on the action in the USD futures. A decline beneath 100.64-100.74 puts USD on a sell signal, dragging treasury yields and the stock market with it.
USD/JPY is on a bounce this morning. It appears that the bounce may be over….or nearly so.
VIX futures are higher this morning, potentially putting it back on an aggressive buy signal. After all this back-and-forth in the past two weeks, it may be advisable to wait for the breakout above 12.52-12.86.
Of course, we will be scrutinizing the Hi-Lo index for a breakdown, as well.
TNX is on a bounce after challenging its Head & Shoulders neckline. It is on a sell signal and the expectation is that it may continue its decline shortly. According to the Cycles Model, TNX may have another two weeks of decline left.
Regards,
Tony
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