Friday, Nov 6th
* Today's early on merchandise promises to hold upwards dominated yesteryear the payrolls data. Trade overnight slowed downward ahead of the release, but I await it to generate a practiced bargain of activity, given the focus on whether the Fed volition hike rates inwards December. What I'll hold upwards looking for out of the release is how rates, the dollar, as well as stocks respond--and whether they movement thematically, inwards sympathy. Any early on movement is to a greater extent than probable to hold upwards sustained if it's business office of a thematic macro trade.
* That beingness said, I don't take away hold a dandy bargain of conviction going into the report. I idea the inability to sustain an overnight bounce yesterday was significant, equally was the bounce off the morn lows. All inwards all, we're overbought longer term, oversold shorter term. I would need to run across yesterday's lows concord on whatever selling clit per unit of measurement area inwards guild to hold upwards a buyer.
* Most people are familiar with VIX, the mensurate of volatility implied yesteryear options markets. Fewer people rail implied correlations: the correlations reflected inwards options pricing. While VIX has non moved tremendously from the kickoff of the calendar year, the implied correlation with stocks has collapsed. We're pricing inwards real depression correlations, reflecting a relatively differentiated, rotational environment. We had a decent sized driblet inwards implied correlation yesterday, such large drops take away hold by as well as large been bullish 3-5 days out. I'll hold upwards sharing to a greater extent than query on implied correlation inwards coming days. The index symbol is $ICJ.
Thursday, Nov 5th
* Yesterday's postal service noted concerns over risk/reward as well as Wednesday's merchandise offered a pullback, equally nosotros closed with fewer than 50% of SPX stocks higher upwards their three-day moving averages. We closed close levels that take away hold been associated with short-term buying opportunities (see nautical chart below) as well as take away hold bounced higher overnight, then buying weakness that holds higher upwards the overnight lows as well as at to the lowest degree testing the recent highs is a reasonable strategy.
* Yesterday's movement higher inwards rates inwards the wake of the Fed chair's statements contributed to USD strength, commodity weakness, as well as weakness inwards stocks. That blueprint is worth keeping an oculus on going forward. When markets merchandise thematically--multiple property classes moving inwards a coherent pattern--that merchandise is by as well as large supported yesteryear large institutions as well as volition take away hold only about legs, short-term. Only watching the musical instrument you're trading loses a lot of information.
* I'm too increasingly cognizant of how many directional moves teach off the dry soil during European as well as Asian hours. Indeed, the median movement from opened upwards to unopen inwards SPY has been close the same equally the overnight movement during 2015. Anyone limiting stock index trading to U.S. hours effectively cuts the chance laid inwards half.
Wednesday, Nov 4th
* Stocks by as well as large continued their clit on Tuesday, moving to novel highs for this move. I used the occasion to take away hold profits. It's non that I intend the bull run has ended for good. Rather, I'm non inwards dear with the risk/reward hither after a enterprise movement higher. Specifically, nosotros are non entirely overbought on my breadth measures (more than 70% of stocks higher upwards their curt as well as medium term moving averages), but yesterday displayed waning breadth relative to Mon for the SPX shares.
* With observe to breadth, it's noteworthy that nosotros registered 410 stocks making fresh three-month highs yesterday, which is soundless below the publish of novel highs seen final week. One argue I'm non overly concerned yesteryear this seeming breadth difference is that then few stocks are making fresh 3 calendar month lows--only 65. Returns inwards SPY tend to hold upwards best when the publish of stocks making novel lows are real high as well as real low. You need to run across an increasing publish of shares displaying weakness earlier the marketplace position equally a whole turns over. We're non seeing that then far. What we're seeing is a rotational market, with formerly weak sectors, such equally liberate energy shares, forthwith perking up.
* Below is a nautical chart of breadth for the SPX stocks. It captures the percent of stocks trading higher upwards their 3, 5, 10, as well as 20-day moving averages. (Raw information from Index Indicators). Note that after a breadth thrust higher next the tardily September lows, we've by as well as large stayed higher upwards 50%. Pullbacks inwards the breadth mensurate take away hold been practiced entries on the long side. As long equally nosotros teach dips inwards the breadth mensurate occurring at successively higher toll lows, I consider the uptrend to hold upwards intact.
Tuesday, Nov 3rd
* Yesterday's postal service noted the possibility of broadening buying inwards stocks as well as that is just what nosotros got, with little caps catching upwards to larger caps as well as SPX making novel highs for this move. Indeed, yesterday was a poster tyke for an upside tendency day, with a skewed positive distribution of NYSE TICK values through the day. Here's a post that outlines 4 keys to an upside tendency day. Recognizing those days relatively early on inwards the session tin ship away hold upwards real valuable.
* Below y'all tin ship away run across the breakout inwards the cumulative uptick/downtick trouble (red line; 9/25/15 - present), which represents upticks minus downticks for all stocks, all exchanges. As long equally we're making novel highs on that measure, I top on to thin to the long side.
* H5N1 breakdown of upticks vs. downticks for yesterday's merchandise institute that what was then meaning close the tendency twenty-four hours was the close full absence of selling pressure, rather than a huge jump with buyers. (This was too evident inwards yesterday's relatively small-scale volume). Indeed, since 2012, I've seen entirely 21 days with similar levels of depression selling. Five days later, SPY was upwards 17 times, downward 4 for an average gain of +.51%, though, interestingly, at that topographic point was no item border for the side yesteryear side day.
Monday, Nov 2nd
* Stocks experienced a tardily twenty-four hours selloff on Fri as well as extended the selling overnight earlier stabilizing a bit. We top on to run across large cap shares (SPX) brand higher lows as well as higher highs and, then far, the recent selling does non modify that pattern. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 Index of little as well as midcap shares has shown relative weakness, but all of that powerfulness hold upwards business office of an extended, flattish correction (see below). Should little cap clit bring together the larger caps, inwards keeping with year-end seasonals, nosotros could run across a melt-up inwards stocks. I don't listen many people talking close that possibility. My chore equally a trader is to hold upwards aware of a diversity of scenarios as well as the testify that would back upwards each; non to impose my predilection on markets. I take away hold been operating with an supposition that we've already seen a momentum peak for stocks, but I'm opened upwards to revising that view--and renewed involvement inwards smaller caps would sure as shooting spark such a revision.
* On a 6 calendar month as well as one-year basis, raw materials shares--stocks related to the commodity sector--have been the weakest yesteryear quite a margin. Interestingly, however, over the yesteryear month, those raw materials stocks take away hold been marketplace position leaders, per the nautical chart below from the first-class FinViz site. Commodities are sensitive to patterns of global growth, then I'm watching those--and commodity related sectors such equally XLB as well as XLE--quite closely.
* Today's early on merchandise promises to hold upwards dominated yesteryear the payrolls data. Trade overnight slowed downward ahead of the release, but I await it to generate a practiced bargain of activity, given the focus on whether the Fed volition hike rates inwards December. What I'll hold upwards looking for out of the release is how rates, the dollar, as well as stocks respond--and whether they movement thematically, inwards sympathy. Any early on movement is to a greater extent than probable to hold upwards sustained if it's business office of a thematic macro trade.
* That beingness said, I don't take away hold a dandy bargain of conviction going into the report. I idea the inability to sustain an overnight bounce yesterday was significant, equally was the bounce off the morn lows. All inwards all, we're overbought longer term, oversold shorter term. I would need to run across yesterday's lows concord on whatever selling clit per unit of measurement area inwards guild to hold upwards a buyer.
* Most people are familiar with VIX, the mensurate of volatility implied yesteryear options markets. Fewer people rail implied correlations: the correlations reflected inwards options pricing. While VIX has non moved tremendously from the kickoff of the calendar year, the implied correlation with stocks has collapsed. We're pricing inwards real depression correlations, reflecting a relatively differentiated, rotational environment. We had a decent sized driblet inwards implied correlation yesterday, such large drops take away hold by as well as large been bullish 3-5 days out. I'll hold upwards sharing to a greater extent than query on implied correlation inwards coming days. The index symbol is $ICJ.
Thursday, Nov 5th
* Yesterday's postal service noted concerns over risk/reward as well as Wednesday's merchandise offered a pullback, equally nosotros closed with fewer than 50% of SPX stocks higher upwards their three-day moving averages. We closed close levels that take away hold been associated with short-term buying opportunities (see nautical chart below) as well as take away hold bounced higher overnight, then buying weakness that holds higher upwards the overnight lows as well as at to the lowest degree testing the recent highs is a reasonable strategy.
* I'm too increasingly cognizant of how many directional moves teach off the dry soil during European as well as Asian hours. Indeed, the median movement from opened upwards to unopen inwards SPY has been close the same equally the overnight movement during 2015. Anyone limiting stock index trading to U.S. hours effectively cuts the chance laid inwards half.
Wednesday, Nov 4th
* Stocks by as well as large continued their clit on Tuesday, moving to novel highs for this move. I used the occasion to take away hold profits. It's non that I intend the bull run has ended for good. Rather, I'm non inwards dear with the risk/reward hither after a enterprise movement higher. Specifically, nosotros are non entirely overbought on my breadth measures (more than 70% of stocks higher upwards their curt as well as medium term moving averages), but yesterday displayed waning breadth relative to Mon for the SPX shares.
* With observe to breadth, it's noteworthy that nosotros registered 410 stocks making fresh three-month highs yesterday, which is soundless below the publish of novel highs seen final week. One argue I'm non overly concerned yesteryear this seeming breadth difference is that then few stocks are making fresh 3 calendar month lows--only 65. Returns inwards SPY tend to hold upwards best when the publish of stocks making novel lows are real high as well as real low. You need to run across an increasing publish of shares displaying weakness earlier the marketplace position equally a whole turns over. We're non seeing that then far. What we're seeing is a rotational market, with formerly weak sectors, such equally liberate energy shares, forthwith perking up.
* Below is a nautical chart of breadth for the SPX stocks. It captures the percent of stocks trading higher upwards their 3, 5, 10, as well as 20-day moving averages. (Raw information from Index Indicators). Note that after a breadth thrust higher next the tardily September lows, we've by as well as large stayed higher upwards 50%. Pullbacks inwards the breadth mensurate take away hold been practiced entries on the long side. As long equally nosotros teach dips inwards the breadth mensurate occurring at successively higher toll lows, I consider the uptrend to hold upwards intact.
Tuesday, Nov 3rd
* Yesterday's postal service noted the possibility of broadening buying inwards stocks as well as that is just what nosotros got, with little caps catching upwards to larger caps as well as SPX making novel highs for this move. Indeed, yesterday was a poster tyke for an upside tendency day, with a skewed positive distribution of NYSE TICK values through the day. Here's a post that outlines 4 keys to an upside tendency day. Recognizing those days relatively early on inwards the session tin ship away hold upwards real valuable.
* Below y'all tin ship away run across the breakout inwards the cumulative uptick/downtick trouble (red line; 9/25/15 - present), which represents upticks minus downticks for all stocks, all exchanges. As long equally we're making novel highs on that measure, I top on to thin to the long side.
Monday, Nov 2nd
* Stocks experienced a tardily twenty-four hours selloff on Fri as well as extended the selling overnight earlier stabilizing a bit. We top on to run across large cap shares (SPX) brand higher lows as well as higher highs and, then far, the recent selling does non modify that pattern. Meanwhile, the Russell 2000 Index of little as well as midcap shares has shown relative weakness, but all of that powerfulness hold upwards business office of an extended, flattish correction (see below). Should little cap clit bring together the larger caps, inwards keeping with year-end seasonals, nosotros could run across a melt-up inwards stocks. I don't listen many people talking close that possibility. My chore equally a trader is to hold upwards aware of a diversity of scenarios as well as the testify that would back upwards each; non to impose my predilection on markets. I take away hold been operating with an supposition that we've already seen a momentum peak for stocks, but I'm opened upwards to revising that view--and renewed involvement inwards smaller caps would sure as shooting spark such a revision.
