Once The Last Bear Has Left The Bus

Just yesterday morning as we were scraping all time highs I suggested the following: After a three week melt-up the bears are feeling pretty crappy right now – there’s very little desire to short this rally and in combination with yesterday’s doji we may be due for a small correction. Apparently the last bear had finally left the building and after some consideration I believe we may be getting more than just a little dip lower – let’s review:

Let’s start with the obvious – as you recall the GBP/JPY was pointing down strongly and gravity has finally set in on the equities side. Some prefer to follow the EUR/JPY which actually is looking even more bearish.

This is the ratio between the SPXA50 and the SPXA200 – this refers to NYSE stocks above their 50 and 200 day SMA. The ratio shows us inflection points when we should expect normalization – i.e. medium term corrections. Since about early 2013 the 1.0 mark (i.e. par) appears to be where we should expect a shake out and we have pushed a bit beyond it last Monday.

On the volume profile side we never had much to work with since about 1890 – remember how long it took to overcome this? I see us either holding right now and right here in which any of the below becomes moot. Or we drop to 1925 for a bounce. There again we either hold or slide quite a bit lower.

Here’s the hourly SPX – I always like to look at the cash which guides my activities on the futures. As you can see we finally gave up the 25-hour SMA and now it seems the 25-hour Bollinger is being breaches as well. Again, unless we see a recovery here late today we are probably due to visit 1925ish (which lines up with what we see on the volume profile chart – nice!).

The Dollar meanwhile is pushing against its 100-day SMA and I fear that the buck literally stops here. A continuation higher would be very positive as it not only would get us above both SMAs but also interrupt a sequence of lower highs and lower lows. I would very much welcome such a move but call me skeptical.

But we’re just getting warmed up – I have a few more goodies up my sleeves plus I’ll tell you how to best get positioned here. Please step into my lair:

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Bonus Chart:

If you ever called me an idiot you may be on to something. I don’t know why I bother trading complicated setups. I should just go long on three consecutive green candles and short after three consecutive short ones. I mean is this the easiest futures contract ever? Literally a trend trader’s wet dream. We should consider trading with the trend here on a regular basis. I think I actually pointed this out in the past – this is a very well behaved contract. However it’s thin and you probably get a bad fill so it’s not something to jump in/out in – be in it for weeks at minimum.

Cheers,