Wednesday 17 October 2012

Bulls have to keep pushing higher

This latest two day rally from sp'1427 to 1454 is pretty impressive, not least when you consider the uncertainty of an election in a mere 3 weeks. Bulls need to put in a higher high >1474 in this new up cycle, or there is a very real danger of putting in a psychologically important major fail.


sp'daily3 - news to come



sp' weekly, 2yr


Summary

The bigger weekly cycle is continuing to warn of weakness - despite the last two days of gains. The underlying momentum (see MACD, blue bar histogram) cycle, is still set to go negative within the next 2 trading weeks.

With the June up trend broken, what is now vital to focus on is the secondary rising support - from the Oct'2011 sp'1074 low. That rising support is currently in the sp'1350s. So, the bulls have a huge 100pt buffer zone of comfort.

Considering the looming fiscal cliff, and GDP data for Q3 - which in my view will probably come in <0.5%, Mr Market is going to need to adjust to the downside across the next few months.

The good thing - and it is a good thing, at least there is no fear of 'ohh, what about the Bernanke, he might launch QE3'. I'm forever glad that uncertainty is now dealt with.


Looking ahead

The next few days could be mostly chop, not least since its opex. There are a few pieces of econ-data, but there is nothing too important. If the bulls get stuck below the recent high of 1470 (and QE spike high of 1474), then things could get real interesting. The last time we put in a marginally lower high was July 2011, and I think most remember where the market went from there across the next 12 trading days.

So, lets see if the bulls can make it 3 in a row tomorrow, or whether we get stuck, and start putting in a few doji-candle days.

Goodnight from London