3 Key Signals for Predicting to Which Side the Market Will Break
Michele Schneider | Oct 03, 2023 12:11AM ET
If you are finding yourself fluctuating between bullishness and bearishness, then congratulations!
Hopefully, that also means you are waiting for certain signals to help you commit to one way or another.
- As we wrote over the weekend, how the junk bonds (high-yield high-debt bonds), do independently, and how they perform against the long bonds (TLT).
- How the retail and transportation sectors do (along with small caps) as they represent the “inside” of the US economy.
- How DBA (ags) and DBC (commodity index) do relative to the strong dollar and higher yields.
However, junk still outperforms long bonds at this point, which says risk on-but a cautious risk on with junk gapping lower and taking out summer lows (but holding March lows at 72.61).
Now, must clear last Friday’s highs. And hold June lows. Plus, XRT outperforms SPY right now.
Transportation (IYT) is now underperforming SPY. Although consolidating after braking under the 200-DMA (green), it looks vulnerable.
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Could that change? A move over 235 would be a good start.
Trading slightly below the July 6-month calendar range high, we anticipate DBA can continue higher, especially if the price retakes the 50-DMA (blue line).
DBC fell right onto support at its 50-DMA. Momentum also fell into support. Furthermore, DBA also outperforms SPY.
This certainly makes the case for higher commodities and inflation as a trend again, especially if long bonds, and the dollar soften.
h2 ETF Summary/h2- S&P 500 (SPY) There are multiple timeframe support levels round 420-415
- Russell 2000 (IWM) 170 huge
- Dow (DIA) 334 pivotal
- Nasdaq (QQQ) 330 possible if can’t get back above 365
- Regional banks (KRE) 39.80 the July calendar range low
- Semiconductors (SMH) 133 the 200 DMA with 147 pivotal resistance
- Transportation (IYT) 237 resistance 225 support
- Biotechnology (IBB) 120-125 range
- Retail (XRT) 57 key support if can climb over 63, get bullish
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