Indices
Dow Transportation gapped down and closed at 10374.07 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 565.23. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Term Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction – Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Dow Industrial closed at 25027.07 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 818.32. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Term Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction – Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Russell 2000 closed at 1480.7514 with a huge bearish marubozu candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 69.05. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and falling slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bearish.
Nasdaq 100 gapped down and closed at 6795.2134 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 276.29. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
S&P 500 gapped down and closed at 2700.06 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 93.19. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Metals and Commodities
WTI Crude oil futures (CL) closed at $52.61 per barrel with a bearish inverted hammer candle on its 8 EMA and below its 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 2.12. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Gold futures (GC) closed at 1243.9 with bullish candle above its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 11.7. Intermediate Cycle is positive and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish. It is in a weekly Squeeze.
Agriculture (DBA) ETF closed at 17.29 with a tiny doji candle intertwined with its 8 EMA, 21 EMA and 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.095. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish. It is in a weekly Squeeze.
Commodities (DBC) ETF gapped up and closed at 15.65 with a bearish candle above its 8 EMA and below its 21 EMA, 50 and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.16. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Bonds
Bond futures (/ZB) closed at 142’09 with a big bullish candle above its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 2.1562. Intermediate Cycle is positive and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
High Yield bond ETF (HYG) closed at 83.28 with a bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.6. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias- Bullish.
Currency
The dollar index ($DXY) closed at 96.959 with a big doji candle on its 8 EMA and above its 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.749. Intermediate Cycle is positive and falling slope. Short Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bearish. It is in a daily and Weekly Squeeze.
EUR/USD closed at 1.1340 with a spinning top doji candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.01. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
USD/JPY closed at 112.74 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and above its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 1.084. Intermediate Cycle is positive and falling slope. Short Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bearish.
6S (Swiss Franc) – closed at 1.0037 with a low closing spinning top doji candle on its 8 EMA, 21 EMA and below its 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.0061. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising. Short Cycle is positive and flat. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Relative Strength – Sectors On a monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLY, XLU, XLK, XLV and XLE.
On a 3-monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLU, XLV, XLB, XLP, XLY, XLK, XLI and XLF respectively.
Market Internals
Market Sentiment is neutral. Market Breadth is sloping upwards showing more gainers than losers. Volume Acc/Dis is sloping upwards and showing accumulation. Skew is at 117.76. Vix is at 20.74 and Vix Futures is at 18.95.
The Week Ahead
Market internals have turned bearish. Skew is normal, Vix and Vix futures are trending downwards. The market has responding to the outcome from the G-20 meeting in Argentina. The prognosis is for a bearish bias in the indices for the coming week.
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4 December 2018 – Post G20 – It all came tumbling down.
Indices
Dow Transportation gapped down and closed at 10374.07 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 565.23. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Term Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction – Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Dow Industrial closed at 25027.07 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 818.32. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Term Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction – Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Russell 2000 closed at 1480.7514 with a huge bearish marubozu candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 69.05. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and falling slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bearish.
Nasdaq 100 gapped down and closed at 6795.2134 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 276.29. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
S&P 500 gapped down and closed at 2700.06 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 93.19. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Metals and Commodities
WTI Crude oil futures (CL) closed at $52.61 per barrel with a bearish inverted hammer candle on its 8 EMA and below its 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 2.12. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Gold futures (GC) closed at 1243.9 with bullish candle above its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 11.7. Intermediate Cycle is positive and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish. It is in a weekly Squeeze.
Agriculture (DBA) ETF closed at 17.29 with a tiny doji candle intertwined with its 8 EMA, 21 EMA and 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.095. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish. It is in a weekly Squeeze.
Commodities (DBC) ETF gapped up and closed at 15.65 with a bearish candle above its 8 EMA and below its 21 EMA, 50 and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.16. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Bonds
Bond futures (/ZB) closed at 142’09 with a big bullish candle above its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and below its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 2.1562. Intermediate Cycle is positive and rising slope. Short Cycle is positive and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
High Yield bond ETF (HYG) closed at 83.28 with a bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.6. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias- Bullish.
Currency
The dollar index ($DXY) closed at 96.959 with a big doji candle on its 8 EMA and above its 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.749. Intermediate Cycle is positive and falling slope. Short Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bearish. It is in a daily and Weekly Squeeze.
EUR/USD closed at 1.1340 with a spinning top doji candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.01. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising slope. Short Cycle is negative and rising slope. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
USD/JPY closed at 112.74 with a huge bearish candle below its 8 EMA, 21 EMA, 50 SMA and above its 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 1.084. Intermediate Cycle is positive and falling slope. Short Cycle is positive and falling slope. Market direction: Buy. Fractal Bias – Bearish.
6S (Swiss Franc) – closed at 1.0037 with a low closing spinning top doji candle on its 8 EMA, 21 EMA and below its 50 SMA and 200 SMA. Daily trading range was 0.0061. Intermediate Cycle is negative and rising. Short Cycle is positive and flat. Market direction: Sell. Fractal Bias – Bullish.
Relative Strength – Sectors On a monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLY, XLU, XLK, XLV and XLE.
On a 3-monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLU, XLV, XLB, XLP, XLY, XLK, XLI and XLF respectively.
Market Internals
Market Sentiment is neutral. Market Breadth is sloping upwards showing more gainers than losers. Volume Acc/Dis is sloping upwards and showing accumulation. Skew is at 117.76. Vix is at 20.74 and Vix Futures is at 18.95.
The Week Ahead
Market internals have turned bearish. Skew is normal, Vix and Vix futures are trending downwards. The market has responding to the outcome from the G-20 meeting in Argentina. The prognosis is for a bearish bias in the indices for the coming week.
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