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Ugly Market…

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This market is now so ugly it needs "double bagged"!  But, at this point I still have too believe that we will see 11,000 DOW this week, as the bears are now dead and bulls have little resistance to stop them.  This pushes the coming fall out to next week... or the following week, or the following month, or the following year, or after I'm dead and buried.  Maybe it will correct in my next life?  I'm hope I'm reincarnated in the bankster family... as then I'll know where the market is going.

Writing about this market lately has been extremely challenging as nothing is happening.  Maybe the ADP jobs number will give us some excitement tomorrow?  But, after that... it's back to being boring for the rest of the day.  Thursday should be just as boring as most traders will leave early for the 3 day holiday weekend.

However, the market is looking really tired now, as each day is having pops and intraday drops... indicating that retail traders are buying the news, and the big institutions are selling on those pops.  I have no doubt that we are still within spitting distance of a big dump in the market, but it seems that it can drink a few more beers before it pukes its' guts out.

And believe me... this market is seriously drunk now.  It needs too throw up before I do!  Reading the comments from yesterdays' post had me agreeing that someone needs to puke now... and I rather it be the market then my fellow traders.  So hang in there gang... just a few more spins on the merry go round before the fat pig loses it.

Red

Waiting Again…

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As every minute tick's by, another grain of sand falls inside the hour glass we call the Stock Market.  Eventually, the sand will all be gone and so will the rally.  But when you ask?  The only people that can answer that question are the insider's in Goldman Sachs and the Government... which are basically the same entity now anyway.

I'd love too tell my fellow bears that the market is going down hard this week, but it's not likely to happen.  That jobs report on Friday is probably horrible... which is why they didn't move it up to Thursday, or out to Monday.  They want to give the Obama Gangster Gang (OGG from now on... kinda cool, isn't it?) the long 3 day weekend to lie, steal, cheat, manipulate, fabricate, and spin the bad news into something positive, so the market won't tank on Monday.

With that said, I still think we will see some selling next week.  Don't know how much, as we might only get to 1150, and reverse back up?  Hard to say on that one.  It's again... all about volume.  Big volume equals big institutions selling... and that means we are going down further as small moves down aren't enough profit for them.  They need 5-10% corrections to make it worth their time on swing trades.

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Of course they still have Hal (their top secret computer trading program) that manipulates the market up and down daily to steal money from the day traders, by front running the market.  Yes, it's illegal... but who cares?  They are doing "God's" work, and seeing what trade orders that are coming down the pipeline, just split seconds before they are executed (allowing Goldman to place their orders ahead of them, at a lower price), is perfectly OK in their eye's.

What's the big deal anyway?  Stealing a few billion dollars a year from dumb Americans who are too busy watching American Idol and Jerry Springer, isn't really a crime... now is it?  Besides, they won't miss it... just keep them high on legal drugs that the doctor prescribes for every little ache and pain they get from such a tough life of sitting in that uncomfortably arm chair... pressing buttons on the remote control, causing their fingers to go numb as they get brainwashed from the bought and paid for media telling them that it's safe now to go spend again.

Yes, my dear readers, it's now safe to go back into the market and spend your last dime on some new electronic toy like the Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod, and iUnbelievably that the public is so iStupid!  Needless to say... the market is likely to trade sideways to higher all week, and will probably hit 11,000 on the Dow.

Next week will have a lot of earnings coming out, and could be the bad news we are looking for?  But, you must understand that the OGG isn't the only one that can lie and fabricate numbers... so can the CEO's of those companies announcing earnings.

A correction down to that fake print area around 1075 spx is coming... but when?   Thinking outside the box, and trying to think like the OGG, would have me tanking the market in the summertime, and rallying into the fall/winter season.  This is the opposite of what most people are expecting.  I think we can all agree that if everyone is expecting something to happen... it won't.

So, what if we sold off in April and rallied back in May and June to put in a double top, or maybe a lower high?  Then sell off early throughout July and August... pass Stimulus package TWO in September, and rally the rest of the year.  Just trying to think like the OGG...

What would Jesus do? What would the OGG do?

Red

Weekend Update…

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What can be said that hasn't already been said?  The market is insanely overbought now, and way too many indicators are rolling over now and pointing down.  The MACD Histogram's on the daily charts are pointing down, and have crossed over the zero line on many different indexes.  The MACD averages are rolling over and touching, or have already crossed over it.

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So yes... we should correct down next week, but will we?  Friday is a holiday next week and the market is closed.  That means only 4 trading days... and yet the government is still going to release the jobs report on Friday.  Why didn't they move it up to Thursday?  Does that mean that the number is horrible?  Probably so...

Regardless, unless the big institutions start the selling, any retail selling will be bought up on light volume.  That doesn't mean I don't think we won't sell off some next week.  I could easily see the 1150 spx support level being tagged sometime next week.

However, breaking that support level and heading on down to the support area around 1115 spx, is probably not going to happen next week... UNLESS, some big political news happens to scary the market!  That's really what we bears are hoping for, isn't it?  It's sad that they won't let the market trade up and down fairly, so both bulls and bears could profit.  If that happened, then we wouldn't look forward to some war to break out, country to go bankrupt, or terrorist attack to happen.

Instead, they manipulate the market to such extremes that the only way it will fall is on some horrible news like that.  I really don't want to profit from something so negative, that could have people dying, just for the market to sell off.  Why can't they let it happen naturally, from bad earnings, jobs reports, etc... so that the market could actually be valued fairly is beyond my understanding.

Yes, I know they want to steal everyone's money, and make all the profit they can.  However, it could still be done without creating chaos, and putting innocent people on the streets by bankrupting the company they work at, just to eliminate the competition like Goldman did to Lehman brothers.

The point I guess I'm getting too, is that I don't see a big sell off without some really bad news (possible war event,  another country bankruptcy announcement, terrorist attack, swine flu, Greece defaults, you name it?).  The first level down is of course the 1150 area, then 1115 area, and finally the 1075 area... where I caught a 107.38 spy fake print and Sundancer caught a 107.82 spy fake print.

Ultimately, I think we are headed there... probably within the next month.  But, the government is smarter (more evil and corrupt is more accurate of a word), then I am... which means they could manipulate this market sideways in a choppy fashion throughout the next 6 months or so, and finally crash it in the fall.

A move down to 1115 might be all we bears get from them, as the weekly chart is still pointing up.  It needs to rollover soon, if we are to state that 1180 is the high.  If we manage to take out the 104 (spy) level, then I think the weekly chart will roll over and the market is done!

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That stupid fake print tells me that we won't take it out, but instead rally back from that level and either put in a new high in the summer months or trade sideways in a range until this fall.  It's a really tough market to forecast, as it doesn't follow any patterns that can be tracked accurately.  Of course that's the way they want it... as we'd all be rich if it were easy to forecast.

So, let's not get our hopes up until volume comes back into the market.  That's unlikely to happen next week, as most traders will be waiting for the job's report on Friday.  Again, I do suspect that we will hit 1150 next week, as many traders will take some profit ahead of the report.  Plus, the end of the month and quarter window dressing is now over, and the big institutions can dump the shares they just bought, (so they could report to their clients that they owned them... as their clients will assume they have owned those companies for the entire 3 month quarter, but we know they only owned them for a few days).  That's window dressing my friends... clean up your house before the relatives come over for one day, and trash it the rest of the year!

Anyway, let's hope for something bad for the market too be announced... but not bad for people of course.  I don't want innocent people too be hurt or die for the bears to profit a little... but I wouldn't shed any tears for the thugs in Washington DC, or banksters!

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Red

Is The Dam Overflowing?

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Signs are clearly pointing to a top being in within a few days at most.  The high today of 118.17 could very well be it?  The Dam is overflowing now and will soon explode, as the water of worry will spillover into the happy little town of the bulls below.

When that happens, you will see a stampede of bulls as they run for the exits... but fortunately the bears can swim.  The news out today wasn't actually bad, and some of it was good... at least on the earnings of some companies.  That sparked the early gap up and rally, as some good earnings and a small relief of debt worries of Greece eased fears.

But, it was short lived as the dollar didn't sell off as expected when Germany said it would help Greece out as a last resort.  That scared those bulls who went long before the open.  They were expecting the usual sell off in the dollar to occur, as Bernanke and gang are so punctual in doing it all the time.

It scared them I believe, and so the bulls sold off hard into to close.  Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that tomorrow will bring more selling, as Friday's are rarely bearish.  Another flat day with light volume is more likely.  If however, we do get a close below today's close... then Monday should bring some selling.

That channel must be broken first of course, and it could happen tomorrow?  I would be shocked if it did though, as this market has been so heavily control the last year that a failure tomorrow could indicate that they are losing that control... and that would be really bad for the market.

I would like for it to be another controlled sell off to either the 1115 spx area, or preferably to the 107 spy area where those fake prints are.  Then a slow grind higher in the summer months to form a nice rounded top on the market, with a really large sell off in the fall.

It's really what I expect to happen... which means it won't occur of course.  Hold on... let me call my friends at Goldman Sachs.  Opps... I don't have any friends there.  Well I guess we'll just have to play it day by day, and not worry about next month, or year.

So, for tomorrow I expect the market to remain in the channel.  If it doesn't by some odd reason, and it closes below the channel, then we will need another conforming close below it on Monday before I'd be comfortable saying "the bear is back".  Remember, Monday's are almost always bullish... so don't fall into a bear trap on Friday.

What we need is a large down day with large volume.  We barely went over 200 million shares today on the spy.  I'd like to see 300 million, as that's a clear sign that the big institutions are selling... which means they plan on taking it down further.  That's when I'll believe that "the bear is back"

Regardless of whether it happens tomorrow or not... we are close, as the dam is hemorrhaging now.

Red

Lighting Is Coming…

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At this point it seems that every normally bullish trader is bearish, but not willing to go short until they see the big institutions go short first.  Can't say I blame them, as they've seen all the bears squeezed into absurdity.  The bulls are probably just sitting in cash, and still in some safer long plays (assuming you can find some?).

Where does the leave us?  Once again... in the eye of a storm.  Yes, the market is waiting for some big news to cause a sell off, or big rally (doubtful on that though).  The housing market is still in terrible shape, but it doesn't seem to matter to the government, as they have other plans.  What they are... is the real question?

They will tank this market eventually, but when... that's what we all want to know.  Will it be on the jobs numbers tomorrow?  We did have a down day today, even though the volume was light (only 179 million on the spy).  That should tell you that they are struggling to keep the market up.  If they can't close it up with low volume, what's going to happen when the first thug panics and the high volume comes in?  (I mean banker of course).

The dollar exploded up today, which is another clue that the market is closer then ever to a nice correction.  The euro is also tanking, and the Greece debt is still a problem.  Portugals' credit was downgraded today too.  Everything is pointing to a sell off, as there really isn't any good news out there to report.  But, the media just does their usual spin on all the news realized, making it look like roses (but it smells like bull crap too me).

I just can't find any good news to justify going higher. Going long now is like playing a game of Russian Roulette... you're only click away from death, just like the market is now. As you pass the gun around, someone is going pull the trigger, and there's going to be a real bullet in the chamber.

But for now... we must wait to see who shoots themselves first? Will it be Obama with something he says, or maybe Bernanke speaking? Or, it could be some news event... but the storm is coming soon, make no mistake about that. I can see the dark clouds in the sky now.

Red

Bewitching Hour…

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Ever since the March 6th, 2009 low, the market has routinely triggered the computer buy programs at 3pm-3:30pm, and today they were triggered again.  It's so common now that you can set your watch to it.  Every time there is extremely light volume, it seems that some buy program hits at the last hour of the day.

Of course they activated the computer buy programs at 3pm today, and squeezed the bears once again.  Being a bear in this market should be classified as "suicidal", as they are being hunted to extinction.  I would tell you again how massively overbought this market is and should correct back down, but again... it's worthless right now, as the bulls control the tape.

So, I looked around and found a bullish chart (found on the chart pattern trader).  It was really hard to find one, as most charts are bearish, but the weekly chart has room to go higher.

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As you can see, the MACD just crossed above the zero line last week, and in positive territory now.  If you ignore the "overbought" condition, and just look at this chart... you would be bullish.  Of course charts are really worthless right now, as the Obama gang isn't allowing this market to sell off any right now.

So, we wait... until Obama gives the big boys the "Go Ahead" to take some profit.  Of course some news event will be blamed for it, so keep your eyes open.  I doubt it will be the jobs numbers as the new Census Jobs created will probably cause the numbers to beat estimates... which could cause us to rally more.

The Greece ordeal could blow up anytime between now and eternity... meaning you can't count on that one to crash the market.  I don't know what the event will be, but I'm sure it will be during a light volume session or holiday weekend... to catch the bears sleeping of course.

Maybe I should forget charting and go back to just bitching about corruption?  Hell... I never started this blog by posting charts or making technical analysis... why start now?  I'll just rub my crystal ball and tell you that nothing is going to bring the market down without volume... which will come from some bad news event.

Red

New Heatlhcare, Positive Or Negative?

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Looks like Obama will get the health care bill passed after all (even if the Republicans don't like it).  Will it be good for the public or bad?  I've heard nothing but bad, but I truly don't know until it's out and in the system.  Let's hope it's a positive, as all American's need it.

I'm not going into a long post tonight as it's been a long day for me, and my brain isn't working too well.  I will say that today appeared to be a simple "fake-out" move, as so many people expected the market to sell off on the health care bill, which of course means the market will do the opposite.

The big institutions knew that many traders went short on Friday, expecting the bill to pass, so they had to rally up and squeeze them out.  Now that doesn't mean that the market is going to dump tomorrow.  The institutions will first squeeze out the shorts, if they didn't do so today, and then a sell off should happen.

Besides the short squeeze, the market was also propped up for the passing of the bill.  It wouldn't look good on Obama if the markets dumped on the very day that the bill passes.  They don't want it to appear obvious do they?  Of course not.  But if the market dumps later this week, then they can blame it on the jobs report or something... but not the health care bill.

It's just a game of "slight of hand" that they play.  Regardless, I still believe it will fall this week.  I think the target for the coming fall is around the 107.38 spy level, as that where I caught a fake print back on March 6th, 2010.  Sundancer caught one at 107.82, so somewhere in those areas is where the likely move down will end, or pause.

Of course this isn't going to happen overnight, as the 1150 spx level must be taken out first, then the 1115 spx will be the next major level.  It's coming though... I'll really be interested to see if the month closes out above or below the 1115 level.  That should tell us a lot about the future direction of the market.

Red

Weekend Update…

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It's all about the Health Care plan now, as the market will likely react unfavorably to it passing.  Obama is dead set on screwing the middle class with this piece of crap bill.  It's going to cause premium rates go up for all customers as providers will be forced to cover everyone, including those with prexisting conditions.  Common sense tells you that insurance providers will raise rates across the board to pay for those people.

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It's not fair to the healthy people to be forced to pay higher rates, but Obama is dead set on passing it.  Wall Street won't like it, and we bears are likely to see the correction that should have happened last month.  Because of all this manipulation since last year's low, Obama and the gang will likely cause the Great Depression 2, with a stock market at 3,000-4,000 Dow within the next 2-3 years.

I hope I'm dead wrong on that, but all the charts point to that area as the finally low, before any real recovery can happen.  If they would have stayed out the market, we might be recovering right now.  This process of slowly pulling the band-aid off the wound is more painful, and will do more damage, then to just pull it off quickly.  If will would have had Ron Paul as president, he stated that he wouldn't have bailed out the banks, and he would have most likely shut the Federal Reserve down.

That would have been the best thing to do, as the market would have probably put in a lower low then the March 6th, 2009 low, and then traded sideways for the last year building a solid bottom.  By now we could actually have been just starting a healthy rally.

Shutting down, or bankrupting the 5-6 largest (and crookedest) banks, along with the Federal Reserve would have actually made every American the equivalent of $10,000,000 dollars richer as that how much debt would have been erased from the system.  Basically, that's because the banks have stolen Billions of hard working American's money through the various bailout programs.  I didn't see my bailout money... did you see yours?

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We really didn't stand a chance in the rigged election either as McCain would have also bailed out the banksters.  (So, I'd be all over him too if he had won).  Trying to get a politician into office that's "Honest" and has "Integrity" is almost impossible.  They usually don't have the funding to get noticed, and even if they do win some how, the crooked politicians won't work with them.  Nothing will ever get done, until you get enough honest people to overpower the dis-honest ones.

So what about the market?  I'd post some charts of the likely direction, but it's really worthless to do so until this bill gets passed... or not?  If it doesn't get passed, then you can expect more of the same old slow grind sideways to higher, as the big institutions aren't allowed to sell their shares until Obama and gang give them the OK.

If the bill passed, as I expect it to do so, we should certainly see another 10% correction... at the minimum.  Since it will be spring/summer soon, the market could then turn and go back up higher during those slow months.  I think the real fireworks are going to happen this coming fall/winter, as I don't think they will be successful in holding it up during that period.

But, for next week... assume the bill passes, we should see some selling.  Until that happens, I'm not wasting time posting charts.  I will say that 1150 area needs broken first, then 1115 area, and finally the double bottom area around 1045.  If will break that, then I don't see us going higher in the summer months.

So, I do believe that a correction is coming, but whether or not it's the start of the much anticipated "P3" or just another 10% correction is yet to be known.  Just for clarification, when I say 10%, I mean a correction similar to the one's we've already had... which haven't actually made it all the way down to exactly 10%.  Each one stopped just shy of a 10% correction.  If we do go all the way to 10% this time... the bear market might be back?

If you're a beaten up bear like me, you start becoming more cautious of making correction predictions, as I've been wrong so many times.  I know that every time I chart out a most likely path for any forecast correction, I get my foot stuck where the shine doesn't shine.  I'm going to be a lot more nimble now.

Of course that's exactly how they plan it... keep whipping the dog until all you have to do is pick up the newspaper and the dog will obey.  The government has succeeded in beating up every last bear to the point that they are either broke, just too scare to go short anymore, or have converted to being a bull.  I must admit, I'm too scare to go short... until I see the big institutions participating.  Without them selling, no down move will stick.

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So, I'm expecting some selling next week... but I'm not shorting until I see how Wall Street reacts to the health care news.   There are many reason for the market to fall.  Not only is the market worried about the health care plan, but the Greece problem hasn't went away either.  The dollar is looking bullish too.  And I believe oil is also ready to fall.

There's also talk of raising the capital gains tax, which will drive money out of the stock market and into tax exempt investments, like municipal bonds, etc...  The longer this market stays up, the further it will fall.  That's the really sad part for the average non-trading American, as all this manipulation is going to wipe out what little savings they have left.

You have 33 states with unemployment over 15%, and at least 5 states are ready to go bankrupt.  There are so many reason for this market to tank, that I couldn't even list them all.  The more the government intervenes, the worst it will be.  If we had a truly free market, the bad apples would have already been removed from the basket, and some sort of real recovery could have already began.

But, we live in corrupt world where the rich get richer by stealing from the middle class to bribe the poor to vote them in office, or the candidate they support.  If you're poor you'll be fine as the government will give you your monthly payoff.  If you're rich you'll continue to sell your soul to stay that way.  And if you still have a job, then you're somewhere in the middle... regardless of how much you actually make, consider yourself a "middle class" American.  Meaning that your role in the Matrix is to work every day to serve others.  Kinda sucks, doesn't it?

But, at least you have the illusion of freedom.  You feel some what free... right?  Of course, you know that you're really not free... for if you were, you could pick up and go anywhere, anytime, and stay as long as you want too.  But, with a mortgage, wife, 2.5 kids, car payments, car insurance, health insurance (which will increase shortly), and who knows what other bills... you really aren't that free after all.

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So we gamble in this casino game called the stock market, thinking that's it's not actually gambling because we can use some form of technical analysis to logically predict where the market is going... only to realize that the market doesn't operate on logic, but instead it operates with the sole purpose of taking your money.  Kinda like Vegas... isn't it?  Well, at least you could get free drinks in Vegas...

Red

Total Control…

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The Obama gangsters have succeeded in controlling this market every step of the way, and today was no different.  Your mind is now being programmed to believe whatever lies they want to tell you.  Of course they want you to believe in a recovery of the economy, and therefore you should go out and spend the money you don't have, and invest the other leftover money (that you still don't have), in the stock market through your retirement plan.

However,  we no longer live in a "free society", where the stock market is actually traded freely with real buyers and real sellers.  Now we have a market that is totally controlled by Uncle Sam.  That means that you will be parted UN-voluntarily from your savings and retirement should you decide to believe what you've been told.

But before they can get you to believe in the brainwashing, they must keep other's from showing the truth about the economy by selling in masses.  They have succeed there as well... as they have them participating as planned too.

Big Institutions are now well trained dogs, that sit when they are told too.  Their master has told them to sit and wait... so that's what they are doing.  No amount of technical analysis, elliottwave, astro or moon cycle turn dates will work until the big institutions are allowed to sell (or buy) their shares.  The small traders can't push the market down without the big institutions... who aren't selling until they are free from their masters' lease.

That may be NEVER, as the government now owns a large portion of America and Wall Street is one of them!  Welcome to USSSR!  All Hail Obama!  America is the new Dictatorship, with Socialism in the market now instead of a Democracy.  We are now told what to buy, and not allowed to sell.

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It's all part of living in the Matrix.  There's a virus running rampant in this matrix, and it's slowing destroying everyone's livelyhood.  It's called the "Greed" virus, and it's spread too fast now, and causing glitch's in the system.  The Obama team is trying to mask it by installing the "Hope" anti-virus program.  But, the "Hope" program is actually a virus, not an anti-virus program... which will only make matters worst in the long run.

You see, what the people don't know is that the "Hope" anti-virus program was created by the same people who created the "Greed" program.  It's all just part of the game, to play "hide and seek" with no real intentions of finding whoever you are seeking.  But instead, just give everyone the "Hope" (illusion) of doing something to solve the problem.

Even if you don't want to play the game, you are force to play, as laws are passed requiring your 401k, or pension fund to be invested in the matrix, where the "Greed" virus can destroy it.  Just remember that the game is designed to take your money from you, so playing it is actually gambling.

In the past... before the massive printing of free money, starting after March 6th, 2009, you could have actually increased your odds of winning by card counting, or other number crunching.  But, like any good secret, once the casino discovers what you are doing... the rules change.  Yes, now you have multiple decks to count, making it impossible to win anymore.

So, here we are... playing a game called "the stock market".  A rigged game of course, but one you could predict fairly accurately in the past.  That's all changed now, as the casino owners didn't like seeing so many bears win.  Now you will either lose all your profit, (and maybe all your money)... or you will sit in cash, as NO real bear will ever go long in this market.

I'm on the "sitting in cash" side (albeit a much smaller sitting of cash... after a nice ass whipping from my master, not too long ago).  But I realize that I'm no different then many other traders out there... who have suffered greatly in this matrix.  The "Greed" virus attacks bears first of course, but when it's done... it will have destroyed the bears, bulls, and the "non-trader's" too!

In the end... everyone's clock will be cleaned!

Red

Reasons To Be Bullish…

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Reasons To Be Bearish...

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Lies, Lies, and more Lies... (Too many to list).

I think this time period will go down in history as the most manipulated time period ever in the history of the stock market.  I've been trading off and on since 1985.  Of course I don't trade for a living, but I've had about 4 different time periods in the last 20 years, that I traded actively in the market.  Each time, I learned more about the market.  In the last year or so, that I've recently been trading again, I've learned enough about technical analysis to profit nicely from trading, yet I haven't "profited nicely".

Why?  because they don't work anymore!  The manipulation being done by Obama and his gang of thugs is unprecedented in any previous time period in history.  You can't tell me that the massive up move from February the 5th is normal.  This market is so overbought that it makes absolutely NO logical sense, pattern, rhythm, or rhyme!  No one in their right mind would go long in this insane market!

Of course going short is just a crazy too...  You'll end up tied down to a table with ropes pulling your arms and legs off, by some bull as he slowly tightens them with one turn at a time.   Slow torture for the bears, and more crack cocaine for the bulls.

This is more insane then the "Dot Com" rally was!  Seriously... at least back then there was some hope or promise of a possible future superstar company that could get you rich.  Today... there's just bad earnings, horrible future outlooks, unemployment numbers off the charts, our national debt 10 times higher, and so much funny money in the system that a gallon of milk might cost $10.00-$15.00 in the near future... when inflation finally takes hold.

Did I miss anything?  Really... how can you be Bullish on the stock market, with the economy in the worst shape since the first Great Depression?  Everyday I see this market inch higher, and I'm just shocked!  How can it continue to go up?  I swear I think the market would rally if some large city in America was destroyed by a nuke or something.  The fracking media would find some way to spin it as positive!  WTF?  ... I get it, all those dead people would reduce the unemployment number, so let's rally some more!

Sheesh... just think how pissed I be if I had any short positions in the market right now!  I don't, as I'm sitting this B.S. out until the insanity is over.  I think it might be only safe to play individual stocks, that aren't as heavily manipulated, then to play the overall market right now.

I hope you guys that are day trading TNA and TZA are doing well.  I don't have the time to monitor the market all day, so I must swing trade.  This time of year is really busy for me, and that why I haven't had a chance to comment much.  But, it looks like you guys (and gals) are doing just fine without me.  Carry on the good work gang.

And keep you eye's out for another large fake print.  I do believe they will let their buddies know ahead of time before they tank the market.  At this point, I don't think I will take any short positions until I see a sign.  This is truly a "once in a lifetime" event (I mean the TOTAL Manipulation of course), and standing it front of it is suicide.  Eventually the money tree will die, and the market will then work on TA's again.

I know that I'm not the only person that thinks this way, as many others that I follow, and subscribe too (who aren't into conspiracies like I am), are now stating that "they never seen anything like it"!  Yes, this will go down in history as the time period where the government "Was" the stock market.

Don't forget that cash is a position... a safe position too!  I'm too stubborn to go long, plus that would be suicide right now.  I'm too scared to go short, as that would be slow torture again... which I'm tired of now.  It's better to just hibernate until something big happens.

Red

Manipulation By The Government…

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The light volume continues to allow the market to float higher as NO Big Institutions are doing any large selling.  Why?  Simple... they all owe a favor to Uncle Sam.  Put simply, I believe that Obama, Bernanke, and Geithner are sending a message to the big boys... which is "Don't Sell" until I tell you too.

Remember, the government and Goldman Sachs have a revolving door now.  And since Goldman and all the other big banks and institutions stole the tax payers' money, and used it to buy up their own stock... instead of getting it back out to the economy in the form of loans, they now have too listen to what Obama and the gang wants.

What do they want?  Probably to pass that worthless piece of crap health care(less) bill (The actual bill).  I don't know for sure of course, but Obama has been pushing it down our throats for quite some time now.  It's his baby, and he's not stopping until he screws every middle classed American.

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I thought Bush was bad, but Obama is worst.  It's not just the health care bill, it's everything... from this manipulation of the stock market to the outright lies on economic reports, and of the Billion's of tax payer dollars that was given to the crooked banks.  Sheesh... Bushs' biggest lie was the ol' "They got Weapons of Mass Destruction" speak.  He was too dumb to speak about the economy.

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Obama is the slickest crook since Nixon (well, I guess he wasn't that slick after all).  Of course Obama is really just a front man for the real people that run the country, behind the scenes.  I think most all elections are already planned out who is going to win, and become the next president... just like the cities are already picked out for the future Olympic games.

Regardless of who is running the country, the manipulation in today's market is absurd.  So trying to forecast this market is just as absurd.  I'll repeat it again... just to hear myself say it!  "This market is EXTREMELY Overbought and should sell off some very soon (like last week)".  Will it?  Of course not.  However, it should (might... maybe... LOL)  sell off after option expiration is over this Friday.  But a BIG Sell Off might not happen?  We'll just have to wait and see...

Red

Weekend Update…

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I guess we are back to the "Shoulda' Woulda' Coulda'" forecasts for the market now.  Yes, it should have already rolled over to the downside.  And it would have done so if we had any real volume in the market.  But, it also could still go higher?  There... now I've covered it all!  LOL!

As for next week... once again, it should roll over to the downside.  Will it?  Who knows?  This market is so controlled it isn't even fun anymore.  Any selling is quickly bought up by computer bot programs, and as long as the big institutions won't sell their shares, the little guys will never succeed in pushing this market back down.

It's truly up to the big institutions, as the selling will only stick when they start selling.  When?  I don't know, but we seem too be very close.  Too many signs of this damn cracking are appearing now.  Eventually one of those big boys will hit the panic button, and the rest will follow.

I heard somewhere that this last week ranked in the top 10 lightest volume weeks for the last 6-7 years.  And it's March!  WTF?  I'd expect it in the summer, or around a major holiday, but not during the month of March.  Man... when this market manipulation finally fails to work anymore... look out below, as this pit might be bottomless!

One of the signs that the market is cracking is the fact that both oil and gold sold off Friday, while the dollar was getting hammered.  Good ol' Ben was out in force on Friday, the dollar got kicked in the groins again.  The poor little dollar... you actually feel sorry for it.  It's the governments' punching bag it seems...

Also notice that the market did not rise proportionally to the dollar being sold.  The market actually ended down by a fraction.  It should have been up 100 points or more on the Dow, with the dollar getting sold off so hard.  It didn't... which clearly indicates that this inverse relationship between the two is struggling badly.  Eventually, it will cease to work, and the market will sell off with the dollar.  When?  Unknown... but these current observations are clearly pointing to a top in the market.

The VIX has also inched it way up, which is another indicator that we are nearing a top, or already at one.  Volume is all we need in the market.  Give me volume, and I'll give you selling!  It's really that simple!  The pit bulls (big institutions) are currently on their leash and sitting still as their master (the government thugs - Timmy, Benny and Obama) have told them to do so.  And for now, they are listening.  Soon they will get hungry, and break that leash.  Then the fun starts!

One more thing... let's also not forget that the Fed's are cutting back on their Quantitative Easing, as Obama stated recently that they will be trying to reel back in the money they've put out into the system.  Good Luck on that Mr. Dreamer!  Goldman already moved that money into the Cayman Islands...

I'd post some charts, but what's the point... the market is going to continue up, until they want to sell it.  Charts, Astrology, Moon Cycles, etc... don't affect a computer bot buying machine.  All that is calculated based on real people... that have emotions.  Machines don't have emotions, so a lot of the traditional ways to predict the market are history.

Welcome to the machine...

Let's hope that this isn't what happens to the stock market and the economy in the next few years...

Red

Sorry gang... I got really busy today, and didn't have time to do a Monday post.  Doesn't look like I missed anything anyway... I'll get one up Tuesday.  Meanwhile... make the market sell off, would you? LOL

Who Said Pigs Can’t Fly?

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I mentioned a few days ago that I expected the market to do one of two things... either rally up just shy of the double top at 115.14 spy, and then tank, or break above it to lure in retail traders to short at the double top.  It looks like we have the second scenario, as the market went through the previous high of 115.14 spy.

Since it is just barely above it now, I do expect a little higher push to squeeze out those new shorts at 115.14 spy.  I said previously that we could add .50 cents to 1.00 above the high, and that's still in play.  Think like the big institutions would.  Why would they tank the market now, and let all the retail traders make money with them?  They wouldn't, as they want to take the retail traders' money from them.

So how would you do that if you were a big institution?  I'd push the market up to the next major resistance level, somewhere between 116.10 and 116.35... which would have all those retail traders who went short at 115.14, bailing out on their shorts with a loss.  Many will even switch sides and go long... at which point they will sell it off hard.

So, unless some really bad and unexpected news comes out tomorrow, I hate to say it, but these pigs could fly for another day.  It's really a frustrating market, controlled a 100% by the government.  I'm sure they have supercomputers scanning the internet blogs, and reading the bullish or bearish sentiment.  They have the money to keep the market up, and all the inside information.  I only expect it to get tougher over the years.

I don't know what will be the reason to sell off the market, but it will probably come when you least expect it... like overnight.  Don't know how far it will go down either, but I'd expect that gap at 113 area to be the first stop.  But, for tomorrow, I expect more of same... more pigs flying.

Red

No Friday Post. The Weekend Post should be up by late Sunday night.

For your entertainment, and to just mess with your head some more (as if this crazy market hasn't already done that), here is cool trick...

If you take a look at the following picture, let me tell you .... it is not animated. Your eyes are making it move.   To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop moving.   Or look at the black center of each circle and it will stop moving.   But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you take your eyes away from it Weird ?

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Now go get drunk, and don't worry about the stock market for a day or two...  (or smoke some wacky weed if that's your thing.  Just enjoy life for a little while).

Grinding On Up…

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The market keeps on grinding it's way higher, as all the bears are gone (or dead), and the bulls aren't selling yet.  When will they dump the market?  When the last retail trader boards the bull train I guess?  Could we go higher?  Yes, of course we can.  Wouldn't it be poetic to top out at 116.66 spy, just like we bottomed at 666 spx.  Games people play... you got to love the irony.

Here's something that's funny.  Notice in the chart below that we actually bottomed out at 104.58 the same day the 20ma (blue line) crossed down over the 50ma (red line).  Now we are about to see the 20ma cross back above the 50ma... which is considered bullish, just like the cross down was bearish.  Yet, it seems to be too late when it crosses, as the down move was over by then.  Will the up move met the same fate?

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Of course I don't know the answer, but it seems too me that all this light volume slow grind higher, is designed to wear everyone out.  Let me tell you... it's working!  I'm worn out with all this crap.  And, I'm tired of writing about doom and gloom too.

I'd write about something positive if I could find some, but all the news on the economy is still bad. Cisco is coming out with a router that's supposed too be 12 times faster then standard routers.  Now that's exciting news!  Maybe I should go long on the stock now?  Yeah, and I'll long on BIDU too!  This market is so overbought that it looks like a 1,000 pound fat man.  How long can this last?  Not too much longer, as the damn is cracking.

Notice how the dollar was down today and so was gold.  Why?  Don't they usually trade the opposite direction of each other?  Yes, they do.  But, gold is a safety play too.  And when the people think that the market is safe now, and that they can make more money in stocks, they will sell gold and buy stocks... regardless of what the dollar is doing.  Now that tells me that we are so close to a top, that it's not even funny.

Add the large VIX buy on Monday, with the large sell block of Goldman on Tuesday, and today's gold action... and you have many clues that the top is in, or just a hair away from it.  Is it the final top?  I doubt it, but it should be good for a nice 5-10% correction before moving higher.  After that we could go up and tag the 50ma on the weekly chart.  Summer time is slow in the market, and that's when I'd expect a move up to that level... if it happens?

Ok, that all I can think of to say.  I'd complain some more about Goldman or how the market is extremely manipulated, but it wouldn't do any good.  Plus, Goldman isn't doing anything right now.  It's all the little retail traders that are pushing it up one dollar at a time.  And since the bears are all hibernating (or dead), the only way the market is going to fall is if the institutional bulls decide to dump their longs.  That's really what we are waiting for now. We need to see the first one sell, and then the others will join in too.

Unfortunately, we need some more bad news... really bad news, to get the selling started.  It would be easy to start a fight between all the big boys if we were in school.  We could just start a rumor about each of the baddest boys, and tell each of them that the other one said it.  They would all turn on each other, and the fighting would begin.  I remember girl's that used too do that all the time.  They did it to make the boys jealous.  Too funny it was, (and many year's ago).  If life were only that simple today...

Red

P.S.  Just for you Bear's out there...

Are We There Yet?

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Another light day as the market rose up slowly to reach 114.99... just shy of a double top at 115.14 (spy).  Will they get there, or will they start a sell off from this level?  Seems to obvious too me that everyone and their brother is waiting to sell their longs at 115.14, and go short... which is why it's unlikely too happen.

I think we will either start the selling from this level, or pierce through the top about another .50 cents to 1.00 (5-10 points SPX).  It makes perfect sense when you think about it.  If you sell at this level, the retail traders will be stuck in their longs, still waiting for the double top to get out.  They will also miss the chance to go short.

If on the other hand, the big institutions decide to take it to a double top, and allow the longs to get out and go short, I suspect that they will squeeze those new shorts by rallying higher to 116.00 or so.  Then, they will sell off the market... after the retail trader bails on his shorts and go long again.  Trapped again... that's how the big boys play the game.

So, tomorrow could either rally on through the 115.14 level, to put in a higher top (and then sell off), or just start selling off tomorrow.  We really need some news event to come out, so they can have something to blame it on.

Yesterday there was a large block of 3 million shares bought on the VIX, and today another large block (1.5 million) of shares sold on Goldman Sachs.  Someone knows something... that's for sure!  Since Goldman basically "is the market", the large sell order there is something worth paying attention too.  If they had an average price of $170 per share, that's $255 Million Dollars worth in one 10 minute period.

Combine that news with the VIX buy on Monday, and I think it's clear which direction they plan on taking the market.  When is the real question?  Will it happen tomorrow, or will they wait for the jobs info on Thursday or Friday?  I don't know, but the pressure is building up... that's for sure.

Do they have enough steam left for a quick head fake to 116.00 area, before the selling starts, or will it be from today's 114.99 high?  We'll see tomorrow I guess...

Red

Weekend Update…

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Is it over?  Is it finally over?  I mean the slaughtering of the bears last week of course.  Not quite yet, as the bulls are just too close to 1150 to stop now.  It would shock me if they didn't push up a little more and put in a double top.  After that, well that another story...

It should be quite obvious to everyone by now that the big institutions haven't been buying or selling while this light volume market floats up to the clouds everyday.  Why?  Because they already bought at the low last February the 5th.  They are now waiting for a final top to be put in before they unload again... to the unsuspecting public of course.

Look at this chart below (from Cobra's website) that shows where all the gaps are on the way up from that 104.58 spy low.  (He drew rectangle boxes to point them out).   Notice that there were also gaps on the way down from 115 to 104, and that all of those gaps have now been filled... except for one.  That area between 114.50 and the 115.14 high still hasn't been filled.  That's why the market will continue up on Monday or Tuesday most likely, and fill that gap.

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In the chart above, note that the closing price on January the 29th was 107.39 spy.  Remember that I was able to catch a fake print on February the 17th, showing 107.38 as the low of that print.  Odd huh?  Is that where we are heading next?  Or possibly a newer fake print I caught today (March 6th, 2010) of 105.47 spy.  Something is weird here.

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Maybe that print was always there, and I just missed it?  I don't know?  It's an old print now, as the date is from December 14th, 2009.  Here's another one when I go back 6 months on the chart (I only went back 3 months in the chart above).

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The low on November 18th, 2009 was 103.78 spy (that's the fake print number, not the real low for the day).  Again, maybe these prints were already there, and maybe they don't mean anything.  But, you should still keep those numbers in the back of your mind, as the previous major fake print of 1047.28 SPX did play out as the market dropped to 1044.50 just a month later on February the 5th, 2010.  Of course it pierced the fake print level a little, but the hard reversal back up... with very large volume, was a clear sign that the fake print was accurate.

Back to next week...

What will cause a sell off to happen, you ask?  How about some more bad news too be realized, so that the media will have something to blame the sell off on.  The big institutions are going to start unloading those shares soon.  When is still unknown?  Since they haven't participated in buying on the way up, it's unlikely that they will start buying now, so that the market can push though the double top resistance and start a new bull rally.

I guess it's possible, but highly unlikely at this point.  They have had plenty of bad news released in the last month to give them a reason to sell and take profits.  I think we are going down to the 104 level for a double bottom.  The 200dma is about there now, and probably will be at 104 by the time we get back down there.

How fast it gets there is really based on what level they want to close the SPY on by option expiration.  I'm not sure if they will take one week, two weeks, or the rest of the month?  Regardless, once they take it down to the level that have targeted (I'm only forecasting the double bottom area.  It could only go down to put in a higher low), I do believe it will bounce back hard.

From that point... I don't know?  Will the possible double bottom put in a solid support and allow a rally to go up and break the 1150 top?  Or, will we only bounce to some Fib level, and then fall back again... taking out the 104 level on that trip?

The weekly chart still hasn't had a cross back down on the moving averages.  The 20ma is still above the 40ma, which tells me that the trend is still up.  Also, the MACD is still putting in lower Histogram bars and they are still smaller, and rising to the zero mark.  Will they cross and and go positive, putting in a lower tower then from the March 2009 area?

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That will really depend on how much money the Fed's decide to pump back into the market.  Right now, they are trying to pull back the quantitative easing.   The average Joe trader doesn't have any money to put in this market, as they are probably trying to draw unemployment right now.  The crooked banks aren't going to use their stolen profits to pump the market up more.  So, that leaves the government.

At this point, the government is getting a lot of heat from other governments around the world, about the massive printing of the dollar.  That of course devalues it, and since other countries hold dollar denominated notes of some kind, they stand to lose billions as the dollar goes down.

Which leads me to believe that the government can't afford to put too much more money into the market.  That will put a topside limit on how high the market can go during the summer months.  How high you ask?  I can't answer that, as the top could already be in, or more stimulus money could push it up higher to 1300 or higher?  The 200 week moving average is at 1227.67 today, and then there is the peak in May of 2008 around 1320 area.  That would be the next level of resistance.  It's too hard too tell right now.

My personal feeling is that they will go down to sideways throughout the summer, not taking out the 1150 high, but not totally crashing below 900 either.  Then later this year, a big sell off.  The in-between area from Spring to Summer could go either way?

Ok, enough of the longer term picture...

Let's move on to next week.  Since there will probably be a ton of people waiting to go short at 1150, I don't think it will happen.  Instead, I see two possibly scenario's.  One, we go just shy of 1150, maybe to gap window on the 60 minute chart... which is about 114.50 spy, just a hair above where we closed on Friday.  Then the sell off starts, not allowing the retail trader to get in on a short position.  Or two, we go up to the 1150 level and pierce it by going a little higher.  Anyone who went short would get squeezed, which would be the fuel needed to push up another 10 points or so.

Either way, a sell off is likely to occur afterwards.  I really don't see the market getting through the double top, as a lot of bears are going to jump on at that level.  I think they will continue adding short positions on any pierce of that level too.  With that much selling pressure, and institutions wanting out of their long positions too, where is the money going to come from to rally higher?  Will Goldman buy at 1150?  I think not...

Most likely Goldman will be selling on every touch of 115, providing even more resistance to the unsuspecting retail bulls.  We could trade flat for a few days, bouncing up to 115, and down to 112.50 while the big boys unload their shares.  The problem with that idea is that they have very large positions, and when they really decide to sell their shares, the market will sell off hard.

However, it won't be the bears pushing the market down, it will be the big institutional bulls.  So, I can see some light at the end of the tunnel now, as I believe this bull train is coming to a stop.  Get your boarding tickets out bears, and be ready to climb aboard.  Next stop... Dark Territory.

Red

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Update for Monday...

No point making a special post for Monday as this was about the flattest day of trading I've seen in a long time, and nothing has changed.  The volume was the lowest all year, with only 106 million shares traded on the SPY.  Since Monday's are usually the most bullish day of the week, and the spy only moved up .01 cents, not making a double top as many people expected... I'd say that's pretty bearish.

A big move is coming... up or down, who knows?  I suspect down, but the market seems to fool me every time I say that.  So, I'll only forecast a big move  (I've ate enough crow to fill my belly for many weeks).

Red

Pop and Drop…

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We got our POP, now let's see if we get our drop over the next couple of weeks?  More on the weekend update.  Enjoy your weekend, as it seems the snow is starting to go away and warmer weather is coming back.  (Just be sure you show up to work for at least one hour per week, if it snows again... that way you will still be counted as employed, as far as the government numbers go).

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I'm looking for a pop and drop tomorrow, as the market needs to shake out the last bear standing.  Some better then expected, or not really so bad, jobs report should just do the trick.  Let's rally up to the 113.00-113.50 spy level, and close that 1127 spx gap, and be done with this stupid bull manipulated rally.  I'm over it!  Get it done, so the fun can begin!

Once the selling starts, I don't see another rally like this until we tag the 200mda... which should be at about 104 (spy) by now.  That would also be a double bottom.  It might take a few weeks to get there, but I fully expect a sell off to start next week.

That's it... no long drawn out post tonight.  Just a call for a top to be put in tomorrow, and then a sell off through all of next week.  That's what my crystal ball tells me, and that's what I'm expecting to happen.  Of course if I'm wrong, I'll just eat some more crow.  I'm actually getting used too eating crow, and it doesn't taste too bad anymore. (LOL)

Red  🙂

Falling Dollar…

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The dollar sold off today pretty nicely, but the market didn't rally by the same proportion.  Does this mean that the dollar and the market are finally starting to disconnect?  I not going to say that, but it does tell me that the selling of the dollar isn't causing the market to rally as much as it used too.

That's a clear indication that the market is exhausted, and ready to roll over.  Look at the selling in the afternoon when the dollar was still flat (after selling off in hard in the first hour of the day), and look at the market. You will notice that the dollar never really moved much the rest of the day, but the market sold off.

Even with the light volume that the market has had recently, it is barely able to stay positive today.  Meanwhile, the Nasdaq and the Dow actually closed lower.  However, I do believe it will go up to that 1127 level first, before any selling is going to happen.  That gap needs closed, and who knows if the market will ever get back this close to it or not?

Of course after a 10-20%, we could rally back up in the summer and make new highs... as anything is possible when you can print all the money you want, and fudge any economic reports.  But, that might not happen, as this market could continue down for the next few years.

Or, they really can stop "the great depression two" from happening... and I think I saw a pig fly by my window!  Never mind, that was just a dream... just like the government's plan to save the economy.  The only thing I see them saving is their retirement accounts, as they are making sure those get inflated by lobbyist donations before they leave office to go to work for Goldman Sachs.

Anyway, I'm drifting off subject, as I don't know what to tell you about tomorrow?  Probably another choppy day ending flat to down, while we wait for Friday's job's data.  That should produce a sell off if they are really bad.  Of course you can't really expect the government to release bad numbers, as they are quite easy to fudge (aka... Lie!).  On the other hand... what if they want the market to sell off, as they are already positioned short.  Just food for thought.

Red

Black Candle Tuesday…

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What do Black Candles on a chart mean?  Look at the chart below, and you tell me.  Look at what happened after each black candle occurred.  I can only find one time that a black candle occurred and the market continued in the same direction the next day.  That was the first week of November.  Notice that a black candle occurred after an up day, and the next day continued up too.  Other then that, every black candle produced a move in the opposite direction the next day.

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So, does that mean the top is finally in now?  Maybe?  Or maybe we just pull back for one day and then rally some more on Thursday and Friday.  There is some heavy resistance at 113.00-113.50 spy, and that might be the finally high, before a nice sell off.  Or, today could have been the high?  I think it's all about the ADP numbers out tomorrow morning.

And since they already released some rumors that the numbers aren't good, in an attempt to lower the market expectations, I think we are nearing an end of the crack driven rally these bulls have been on.  A turn is coming soon... if not tomorrow, then Thursday or Friday should produce a final top, and begin some selling.  Nothing goes up forever... not even bulls with unlimited funds.

Red

And here is a special song for the bulls (aka Johnny), entitled "Shooting Star" (Black Candle)...

Typical Bullish Monday…

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Well, it comes as no surprise that today up again.  After all, every Monday is now bullish... a new rule created by the people who control the market.  Of course we all know who that is... but I won't rant on them in this paragraph, I'll save it for another.

Did you notice that the dollar barely sold off any today?  With a strong dollar, and the market and the dollar still being on opposite sides of the coin, you would think that the market would have been held back from rallying... but the extremely light volume (147 million) allowed the market to float higher (despite the flat dollar).

It seems quite clear that the big institutions aren't selling or buying right now.  They are simply sitting on the sidelines and waiting for the retail traders to push it up to the magic level before they dump their stocks.  What is that magic level?  I don't know?  It could go back up to the 1150 area for a double top, before selling off.

Since all the bears are broke, and the institutions aren't selling, the only person left in the game is the retail bulls.  They will continue to buy, pushing up this market, until the big boys want to dump it on them.  If the retails get weak, the buy programs will come back in and bait the retails into buying some more.  Almost like a horse on a race track, with a carrot dangling just out of reach, in front of his nose.

Of course the bears can't even be found in this picture, as they are horses that have broken, bruised, or worn out body parts, locked up in the stall... trying to mend their injuries.  That's me of course... beaten, bruised, not quite broken yet, but trying hang on and get ready for next race.

So, what about tomorrow you ask?  I think we are going higher.  Yes, I know... why am I bullish now?  I'm not... but the charts are looking bullish too me.  I like being a bear, but the market is looking more and more bullish everyday now, and as much as I'd like to see a nice sell off, I think we have to go higher first.

Looking at the 60 minute chart below, I see that the RSI is now 66.63, which means that there is now "2 buys to every 1 sell" in the market.  Or 33 sellers to every 66 buyers.  That's a bullish sign on the 60 minute chart.  Notice also that the positive DI line is now on top, which means we are in a bullish mode.  The ADX line is still quite low, which means that there isn't much strength in this bullish mode.  But, as long as the market still has light volume, they can push it higher... at least for the short term.

Now, looking at the daily chart below, you can see that the RSI is only at 57.45... which means that it leaning bullish, but still could go either way.  The ADX line is now under 20, which tells me that a big move is coming soon, as it should curl back up and giving a lot of strength to whichever line is on top.  I believe that will be the negative DI line, as whichever one gets on top should stay there for a few weeks... and I don't see the bulls rallying up for another month.

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The monthly and weekly charts don't support a rally up to 1250-1300, which is where we should head if the positive DI line is on top when the ADX line starts to rally up (on the daily chart).  Those charts don't turn on a dime folks.  That's why I don't see this month closing higher.  Just look at that ADX line on the daily chart above, and notice how long the line spent above the mid-point level of 25.  I count about 4 weeks... which is about what I'd expect to happen again, once it breaks above that level.

So again, we could go up a little more tomorrow, as they control this market until big volume comes back in.  When will that happen?  Probably this Wednesday through Friday, as the economic news shouldn't be viewed too positively, but no one except those "on the inside" can really answer that question.

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