Earlier we observed how divergences eventually bear fruit and often in a dramatic way. Has the day arrived, asks Ian Murphy of MurphyTrading.com?
Composite plunged below zero yesterday and Pessimism shot up to almost 25%, meaning a quarter of all US stocks made a new 20-day low. The S&P 500 (SPX) was down 0.87% during the session but recovered much of the lost ground coming in to the close.
A selloff is not guaranteed at this point, but I would not open new long positions on the S&P 500 until this situation gets resolved, especially with the Fed minutes due today at 2:00 ET.
Surprisingly, volatility remains calm with just a little rise in the nine-day reading (black line). The commonly used 30-day VIX is still flat (red line).
Finally, the FBD Strategy has not triggered a new entry since this day last week, and I see this as an informal market internal indicator. If 1000 highly liquid stocks are unable to provide a single candidate which is bouncing off a lower low pattern, things are not bullish.
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