8 May 2023 – It is just range trading

Indices/Indices as of close of 8 May 2023 — Chart 1: Overall market analysis of the indices, oil, gold, bond and US dollar index

Summary (The Week Ahead)
$DJT – DownTrend and Neutral momentum.
/ES – NoTrend and Downward momentum.
/NQ – NoTrend and Neutral momentum.
/RTY – DownTrend and Downward momentum.
/YM – NoTrend and Downward momentum.

/CL – DownTrend and Downward momentum.
/GC – UpTrend and Upward momentum.
/ZB – UpTrend and Upward momentum.
DBC – DownTrend and Downward momentum.
HYG – NoTrend and Downward momentum.

$DXY – DownTrend and Upward momentum.
EUR/USD – UpTrend and Downward momentum.
USD/JPY – UpTrend and Neutral momentum.

Daily Tight Squeezes (The Week Ahead)
$DXY, EUR/USD

Daily Squeezes (The Week Ahead)
/ES, /GC, /NQ, /SI, /YM, /ZB, /ZN, HYG, NDX, SPX

Preliminary Squeezes (The Week Ahead)
$DJT, /BTC, /RTY, USD/JPY

Indices/Market Internals as of close of 8 May 2023 — Chart 2 – Market Internals

Market Internals
Market Sentiment – Bearish
Put/Call ratio – 1.145
Market Breadth – below threshold showing more losers than gainers.
Volume Acc/Dis – below threshold showing distribution.
Vix – 16.98
QTiTTs signal is Upward.

Relative Strength – Sectors

Indices/S&P 500 Sectors as close of 8 May 2023 — Chart 3 – Ranking the Strength of the S&P 500 ETFs over 12 month period

On a 3-monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the S&P ETF 500 sectors are XLK, XLP, XLC, XLY, XLV, XLU, XLB, XLI, XLE and XLF.

On a 12-monthly lookback, the relative strength order of the S&P ETF 500 sectors are XLP, XLE, XLI, XLK, XLV, XLB, XLU, XLC, XLY and XLF.

In chart 4 above shows the 1 minute chart of the /RTY.

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