The Weekend Review of the Markets: No Looking Back

Happy weekend, traders. In this weekend’s article, we’ll look at the local price action of the S&P 500, consider some bearish and bullish alternatives in general, look at the long-term picture and we’ll look at some developing structures on some assets.

In Thursday’s update, I discussed my creeping doubts about a more bullish outcome in the short-term because of the NDX’s nasty stank price action. Its smashed appearance on Thursday called into question an impulsive leg up and I offered an alternative that looked for lower prices on Friday, and that turned into an understatement.


The Bearish Alternative

As things stand now, we face a bear flag on the SPX that looks like this:

SPX

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The Weekend Review of the Markets: The Three Coming Errors

In this weekend’s article, I will examine a few of the things I have been discussing about the situation locally, and then I will turn to a discussion about the long-term picture. In that discussion on the long-term picture, I will lay out “Three Coming Errors” that I expect market participants to make over the coming 6-9 months, and I believe those 3 errors will govern the structure that unfolds ahead of us. I’ve hinted at some of these here and there, but I wanted to organize them together into a cohesive picture where you can see them laid out in clarity.


Let’s look at some things.

The S&P 500 has been in something sort of bull flag-like, and it’s broken out:

SPX

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The Weekend Review of the Markets: Have the Bears Got the Bulls Right Where They Want Them?

We have been monitoring this long, sideways range on the S&P 500. After first probing through the top of the range, the SPX found support on the 89-week SMA and catapulted itself higher, overshooting the rising wedge that had begun to form:

SPX

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