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January 2022

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At the Edge of Chaos: When This Bear Bounces Back, It Should Be Spellbinding

by Joe Duarte

Boy, it's getting bearish out there, with panicky headlines just as the options market is signaling that a possible pause in the selling is materializing. In other words, the stock market may be setting up for a bounce... Read More 

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Another Oversold 10% Trend of Daily A-D

by Tom McClellan

Back in December 2021, fears about the debut of the Omicron variant (yes that was just 6 weeks ago) caused a sharp stock market selloff and an oversold condition on a lot of indicators... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle January 25, 2022

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Covered 1/24/22 open 4356.32=7.57%; Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long-Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral The top window is the 10-day TRIN. Intermediate term lows form when the 10-day TRIN is 1... Read More 

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At the Edge of Chaos: Stocks Are Looking Over the Abyss. Are We in a Bear Market?

by Joe Duarte

It's always darkest before the dawn. And the oversold market could certainly bounce back at the drop of a hat. All of which means that I would not be surprised to see a huge short-covering rally coming Sunday night in the futures market, carrying into Monday... Read More 

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The Baltic Dry Index's Imperfect Message for Stocks

by Tom McClellan

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) peaked back on October 7, 2021 and has fallen by 72% since then, as worldwide demand has fallen rapidly for cargo ships to haul iron ore and other "dry" cargos. This has a bearish implication for stock prices, illustrated in this week's chart... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle January 18, 2022

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78... Read More 

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At the Edge of Chaos: When VIX and Market Breath Trend in Same Direction, Something's Not Quite Right

by Joe Duarte

I spotted an anomaly in the market last week, which makes me wonder what may happen next. And here is a hint: something big may be brewing. I'll tell you about it in detail in the market breadth section directly below... Read More 

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Bond CEF A-D Line Showing Liquidity Problems

by Tom McClellan

I used to believe, as others do, that the "proper" Advance-Decline (A-D) data come from the "common" stocks. After all, they are the real stocks, so they should know better what the stock market is doing. I stopped believing that once I looked at the data... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle January 12, 2022

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Short SPX 1/11/22 at 4713.07. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Neutral... Read More 

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At the Edge of Chaos: Market Breadth and Volatility Reach Critical Red Lines Simultaneously

by Joe Duarte

I've said it here many times now. If it's bad for stocks, it's going to be bad for just about everything... Read More 

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Failed Initiation in NDX McClellan Oscillator

by Tom McClellan

A bullish signal is bullish, except when it's not. This week's chart looks at a McClellan A-D Oscillator, calculated using advances and declines for the stocks which make up the Nasdaq 100 Index... Read More 

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The Ord Oracle January 4, 2022

by Tim Ord

SPX Monitoring Purposes: Sold long SPX on 12/21/20 at 3694.90 = gain 1.3%; long 12/14/20 at 3647.49. Monitoring Purposes GOLD: Long GDX on 10/9/20 at 40.78. Long Term SPX Monitor Purposes: Long SPX on 10/26/20 at 3400.97... Read More 

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Look to the Market

by Mike Zaccardi

Advisors are sometimes challenged when trying to address client questions around market forecasts and expectations... Read More 

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At the Edge of Chaos: Possible Trouble Ahead for Stocks as Recent Index Highs Unconfirmed by Market Breadth

by Joe Duarte

The headlines blared the new highs on the S&P 500, but the market's breadth, although not completely falling apart, has been lagging behind. And the combination of a breadth divergence with the Fed's taper lurking in the near future makes me a bit worried... Read More