Not Business As Usual

The dynamics have changed and clearly we are not in the same type of market as we’ve become accustomed to in the past five years. We have seen a few banana peel slips since those lows in early 2009 but every step on the way it has always paid to give the bulls the benefit of the doubt. Contrast that type of market sentiment with what we have been observing over the past two months – instead of bullish surprises it’s been the bears who have been serving them up.

Last night the E-Mini was were trading near a very important inflection point above the psychologically important 1900 mark. A bounce here was almost baked in – well, almost. As I had pointed out – should the bulls drop the ball here we are going quite a bit lower. It doesn’t matter if we suddenly drive higher from here – I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bounce now, after everyone has been faked out by yet another drop to the downside. But it’s immaterial as technical damage continues to accumulate after a solid weekly sell signal.

Bottom Line: Volatility continues to climb and a bounce can happen here at any time. However, if you are short right now there is no reason for you to take profits yet – you cannot ride a big move lower if you try to accommodate every small correction to the upside. Remember we are in SKEW month – and I’ve been warning you all that anything can happen in October. On average markets rarely fall apart during this month but when they do they do it in a spectacular fashion.

Setups – talking about SKEW and tail risk – here’s a speculative one: USD/ZAR. It’s in a pretty good spot right now to throw 1/2R at a long with a stop a few pips below the 100-hour. Which is still dropping a little and that’s why I’m not playing a full position.

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You have been briefed – now have fun but keep it frosty. See you guys later this afternoon.

Cheers,