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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

04/20/2011 Market Recap: All About VIX and BB

  TREND MOMENTUM COMMENT
Long-term 2 of 2 are BUY
Intermediate 4 of 5 are SELL 5 of 5 are NEUTRAL Cobra Impulse in SELL mode; Non-Stop in SELL mode.
Short-term 5 of 6 are NEUTRAL
GANN DAY MOON:SOLAR CYCLE CONCLUSION
04/11-4/20 04/17 : 04/20 04/04-04/13 Next pivot date: 04/11, 04/20
BULLISH 09/27 Market Recap: 9 POMO within 20 trading days means 14%+ up in 3 months.
02/23 Market Recap: Pullback could last 4 weeks, then 02/18 highs will be revisited.
03/11 Market Recap: Bullish in 3 to 6 months.
04/01 Market Recap: Bullish April.
BEARISH 4.0.1 SPX Long-term Trading Signals: Weekly EMA(13) is way too high above weekly EMA(34).
03/18 Market Recap: 03/16 lows will be revisited.
My Thoughts *More on the upside but beware of short-term risks as VIX is now way below its BB bottom.
SPY SYSTEM ENTRY DATE STOP LOSS INSTRUCTION: Mechanic signals, back test is HERE, signals are HERE.
Non-Stop 04/15 S N/A Short is for aggressive traders only.
CI Buy & Hold 04/18 S N/A
CI Swing 04/18 S 2*ATR(10)
Short-term *UP N/A I hold long position overnight.

SHORT-TERM: SHOULD BE MORE ON THE UPSIDE, BEWARE OF VIX BB SELL SETUP THOUGH

Three cents:

  1. Should be more on the upside.
  2. Beware of VIX.
  3. I’ll buy the very first dip if any.

Generally, a huge up day like today won’t simply fade right away, so there should be more on the upside and I sure hope that this time the 2 pending prophecies could finally be fulfilled:

INDULeadsMarket

The short-term risk is still the VIX. The charts below are all about the story of VIX and its BB. Looks odds are not too bad for bears, so if the market up huge again tomorrow beware of the risk of the next Monday as according to Stock Trader’s Almanac, day after Easter, worst post-holiday, S&P down 16 of 20 from 1984 to 2003, but improving recently, up 6 of last 7, including 1.5% gain in 2008.

VIX1stTouchBBBottom
VIXBBSellSetup
VIXBodyOutOfBB

Another risk is IBM closed in red today. The screenshot below is from Bespoke. The data is old, but if I remember correctly, all the recent IBM ER (not included in the screenshot below) did successfully predict the SPX future prices. It’s not a short-term risk of course, but I suggest to pay attention to the oil price as if anything can bring this market down, it’s more likely the oil price.

IBMER

INTERMEDIATE-TERM: BULLISH APRIL, SPX TARGET 1352 TO 1381, BEWARE 04/11 TO 04/14 PIVOT DATE

See 04/01 Market Recap for more details.

SEASONALITY: MIXED

See 04/15 Market Recap for more details.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OTHER ETFS IN MY PUBLIC CHART LIST
TREND COMMENT
QQQ & Weekly UP
IWM & Weekly UP
SSEC & Weekly UP
EEM & Weekly UP
XIU & Weekly DOWN
TLT & Weekly UP
FXE & Weekly UP
GLD & Weekly UP
GDX & Weekly 04/18 L
USO & Weekly UP
XLE & Weekly UP
XLF & Weekly DOWN
IYR & Weekly UP
XLB & Weekly UP
DBA & Weekly DOWN
  1. Please make sure you understand how to use the table above. The purpose of this report is to provide info so contradictory signals are always presented.
  2. * = New update; Blue Text = Link to a chart in my public chart list.
  3. UP = Intermediate-term uptrend. Set when weekly buy signal is triggered.
  4. DOWN = Intermediate-term downtrend. Set when weekly sell signal is triggered.
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