Russell 2000 Makes New Recovery Highs but Must Break Weekly Resistance

In an interesting turn of events, the Russell 2000 “Small Cap” Index broke to new recovery highs last week in a sign of bullish strength, but now faces headwinds from the weekly 200 period moving average.

Let’s take a quick look at both the daily and weekly Russell 2000 chart to see what level we should watch for important clues as to the strength – or pause – in the recent strong rally.

Indicators the Disciplined Investor is Watching Mar 8

It’s time for another quick update from the Disciplined Investor – Andrew Horowitz – as he shares the “Indicators the Disciplined Investor is Watching.” This week’s edition is entitled, “Up to Start and Down to End” and features has standard quick charts on volume, internals, and a few of the alternate markets he’s keeping in…

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Looking Back and Forward on the SP500 Slow Creeper Trend

Today showed another example of the theme I’ve been highlighting – literally – on the blog, showing multi-day rallies in the S&P 500. Today confirms that we are in yet another ‘highlighted zone’ as has been the cycle of the past.

Let’s take a look at these regions, the present chart, and what to expect going forward.

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Market Internals Warn of Sudden Reversal SPY Mar 3

Yet again, we’re seeing a situation where we have a multi-day decline in the three-key market internals when compared with the price of the S&P 500 or SPY ETF.

That sets up a major non-confirmation and increases that odds that we’ll see a price reversal/retracement to test lower levels, barring any unforeseen bullish news here.Yet again, we’re seeing a situation where we have a multi-day decline in the three-key market internals when compared with the price of the S&P 500 or SPY ETF.

That sets up a major non-confirmation and increases that odds that we’ll see a price reversal/retracement to test lower levels, barring any unforeseen bullish news here.

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Is the SPY Repeating the Exact Same Pattern from Yesterday?

That’s a question I’ve been highlighting frequently, with the type of day structure repeating, almost forming a script.

What’s interesting is that – as of 1:00 EST – I can highlight the direct comparisons so far in today’s trading that are identical in everything but price to yesterday’s morning action.

There’s no guarantee that the market will continue following the script, but if it does, why not try to take advantage of it, as if the pathway forward for price was made clear.

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The Rising Trendline Channel to Watch in Crude Oil

I couldn’t pass up posting on the almost perfect short-term rising parallel trendline channel that has formed on the intraday chart of Crude Oil futures.

It allows us to observe a key channeling formation and learn an important lesson – that divergences can persist and give false signals while price remains in a powerful trend, and that it is more important to watch what price is doing in order to generate trading signals – an important lesson on all timeframes.