18 April 2017 – It is range trading sideways

Dow Transportation closed at 8933.10 with a bearish ‘rolling pin’ candle below its 21 EMA. Daily trading range was 88.5699. Momentum is downward. Volumetric buying pressure is at 22.5%. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle.

Dow Industrial closed at 20523.28 with a bearish ‘rolling pin’ candle below its 21 EMA and 50 SMA. Daily trading range was 137.84. Momentum is downward. Volumetric buying pressure is at 48.2%. BuySellTimer is in negative cycle. It is in a Squeeze.

Russell 2000 closed at 1361.8944 with a bullish hammer candle on its 8 EMA and below its 21 EMA. Daily trading range was 11.0656. Momentum is downward. Volumetric buying pressure is at 87.3%. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle. The index is in a Squeeze.

Nasdaq 100 closed at 5391.6558 with a spinning top doji candle below its 21 EMA. Daily trading range was 27.6282. Momentum is downward. Volumetric buying pressure is at 75%. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle.

S&P 500 closed at 2342.19 with a big doji candle below its 21 EMA and 50 SMA. Daily trading range was 13.8099. Momentum is downward. Volumetric buying pressure is at 67.2%. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle. The index is in a Squeeze.

Metals and Commodities
WTI Crude oil futures closed with a bearish candle above its moving averages. Momentum is upward. It is trading at $52.77 per barrel. BuySellTimer is in a positive cycle.

Gold futures closed with a bullish candle above its moving averages. It is trading at $1290.8 per ounce. Momentum is upward. BuySellTimer is in a positive cycle.

Silver futures closed with a bearish candle above its 21 EMA. It is trading at $18.275 per ounce. Momentum is upward. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle.

Agriculture (DBA) ETF closed at 19.73 with a hammer candle below its 21 EMA. Momentum is downward. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle.

Commodities (DBC) ETF gapped down and closed at 15.46 with a bulling spinning top doji candle above its moving averages. Momentum is downward. BuySellTimer is in a negative cycle.

Bonds
Bond futures (ZB) closed with a bullish marubozu candle above its moving averages. It is trading at 155’00 Momentum is upward. BuySellTimer is in a positive cycle.

High Yield bond ETF (HYG) closed at 87.46 with a doji candle above its 21 EMA and 50 SMA. Momentum is upward. BuySellTimer is in a positive cycle.

Currencies
$DXY closed with a big bearish marubozu candle below its 21 EMA and 50 SMA. It is trading at 99.542. Momentum is downward.

EUR/USD closed with a big bullish candle above its 21 EMA and 50 SMA. It is trading at 1.0730. Momentum is downward.

USD/JPY closed with a bearish candle below its 200 SMA and 21 EMA. Momentum is sharply downward. It is trading at 108.59.

Relative Strength – Sectors
On a monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLU, XLY, XLP, XLV, XLI, XLE and XLB respectively.

On a monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are underperforming the S&P 500 are XLF, XLE, XLV and XLB respectively.

On a 3-month lookback, the relative strength order of the ETFs that are outperforming the S&P 500 are XLU, XLK, XLV, XLP, XLF and XLY respectively.

Market Internals
Vix closed at 14.42. Vix futures is at 14.32. Skew is at 137.20. Market sentiment is bullish. Market breadth is sloping upward. Volumetric accumulation/distribution is sloping downward showing distribution.

The Week Ahead
The Vix continues to be elevated at 15.96 and Vix futures is at 16.315. The market continues to price in further volatility. This could be the pullback or correction that is needed to take out the excesses in the market.

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