Thursday 13 December 2012

Daily Index Cycle update

The main market closed largely flat, although the transports and Rus'2000 small cap were especially weak. With the VIX closing slightly higher, and the $ recovering in the afternoon, things are starting to turn back towards the bears.


IWM (representing Rus'2000)



SP'daily5



Trans


Summary

A bearish engulfing candle on the Rus'2000 (see IWM chart), that is probably the most bearish signs out there today. First target would be a daily close <81. If we see 80/79s, then a fast test of the recent 76 low seems likely - equating to sp'1343.

The tranny hit my rough target of 5200, and has put in its second spiky/topping candle in a row. A major down day is expected either tomorrow of Friday.

The sp' daily chart also put in a second spiky candle, and even though it closed a tough higher, that is starting to look like an exhausted multi-week rally.


Key targets

The doomer bears need to see watch for the following. First target, the recent 1398 low, and then the 1343 low. I will note that once we are trading back below 1398, I'll be again confident that my original bearish outlook is still likely correct.

A break of 1343 - which seems more likely AFTER Christmas day, will open up a VERY fast move to the June 1266 low, and I'm guessing that won't hold long, and we'll floor somewhere around 1225./1200 by late January.

With Bernanke now out of the way until next year, things just got a whole lot simpler for the bears. I am quite looking forward to the remainder of the week.

A little more later