*Please make sure you understand how to use the table above. The main purpose of this report is to provide information so contradictory signals are always presented.
SEASONALITY: THE FIRST NINE TRADING DAYS OF AUGUST ARE HISTORICALLY WEAK
According to the Stock Trader’s Almanac:
- First trading day in August, Dow down 9 of last 12.
- First nine trading days of August are historically weak.
The chart below is from Bespoke.
The chart below is from sentimentrader.
INTERMEDIATE-TERM: THE CORRECTION SINCE 04/26 ISN’T OVER, THE REBOUND SINCE 07/01 IS OVER OR CLOSE
The bottom line:
- 从04/26开始的correction,没有结束。
- 从07/01开始的反弹,可能已经于07/27结束了,或者离结束不远了。目前暂时不确定是否还会有new recovery high (higher than 07/01 high)。
为什么说04/26开始的correction没有结束呢?
首先,correction的时间不够。见下图,我曾经提过,mini mini correction time是Fib 23.6% from 03/06/2009 low to 04/26/2010 high,这样就是08/02,从图上看,08/02多半不会low过07/01 low,因此显然不是correction over的日子,而如果07/01 low是the low的话,则correction time有点短,因此既然Fib 23.6%不是the low,那只能看下一个Fib 38.2% at 10/02有没有可能了。
其次,the rebound since 07/01比较弱,不象是大牛市。下面的图应该说明问题了。
为什么说从07/01开始的反弹可能已经结束了?下面的图也应该说明问题了。由于无法简单的back test,因此我大概看了一下2000年到现在所有SPX made a higher high以后第一次down 3 days in a row的情况,百分之七八十的情况都意味着a start of a little little bit bigger correction。此外,不要忘了,八月的seasonality不怎么牛牛友好,特别是the first 9 trading days。
这个a little little bit bigger correction,如果真有的话,会不会test 07/01 low?目前我还没法知道。
顺便说,最上面的关于时间分析的图里,还列出了很多时间点,08/02, 08/06, 08/09, 08/11, 08/16, 08/23, 08/26,都是大有来头的,至于market会对哪几个时间点做出反应,以及这些时间点意味着high还是low,暂时无头绪。先列出来,供参考。我个人比较看重08/09 to 08/11 and 08/23 to 08/26,这两个time window。
SHORT-TERM: MIXED SINGALS FOR THE NEXT MONDAY, I’M A LITTLE BIT BEARISH BIASED THOUGH
周五的After Bell Quick Summary里提到了green Monday的可能性大,不过从下面两个新证据看,似乎熊熊稍稍有希望些:
Long up shadow in 60 min chart,看起来此后回调的可能性非常大。
周五SPY跌了2分钱,但是TNX却跌了3%以上,大家知道TNX leads SPX,因此这多半不是好事情。Short at Friday’s close then cover at Monday close since year 2000, you have 72% chances。
下面的图来自sentimentrader,说明Rydex散户非常牛,而AAII散户也不熊,info only,因为我不希望看到谁谁谁comment,说是散户太熊了,所以要大涨特涨。
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OTHER ETFS IN MY PUBLIC CHART LIST
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