Technicals say any stock market bounce corrective not reversal

Stock index, chart, technical analysis

Market Snapshot for session ending 5-15-12:

Market Overview – What We Know:

• Further losses surfaced in major indexes Tuesday as Minor and Intermediate Cycle negatives solidified.
• Short-term trend as measured by MAAD Daily Ratio was toward deeply “Oversold” territory (.36), however.
• MAAD Daily Ratio was last plotted at .50 and level that could precede near-term bounce. Intermediate Cycle is also negative.
• Trading volume on NYSE rose 8.2%% Tuesday and Average Price per share declined another 32 cents to 56.38. Highest recent average price occurred on March 15 at $61.48.
• All indexes remained below lower edge of 10-Week Price Channels, a strong indication trend since last October has ended.
• Normal 40% to 60% pullback of advance since October in S&P 500 could put index toward 1283-1213.
• Daily MAAD hit another short-term low Tuesday and was last at level equal to mid-January point when S&P 500 was quoted toward 1280.
• CPFL was negative Monday by 1.63 to 1 and remains below April 9 short-term high.
• Cumulative Volume (CV) in both S&P 500 and S&P 500 Emini futures contracts both reached new short-term lows Tuesday.

Market Overview – What We Think:

• More weakness on short-term trend extended index price negativity Tuesday, but with a caveat -- short-term “Oversold” readings could lead to near-term bounce. At this point, such a bounce is probably inevitable.
• We suspect any near-term retracement, however, will prove to be short-lived and will do little more than erase “Oversold” levels while resetting market for another down leg within context of intermediate negative.
• Preliminary best guess on how far this intermediate correction will carry would be toward 1283-1213 if normal 40% to 60% pullback develops.
• Until proven otherwise, we must regard net selling as no more than corrective action within framework of Major Cycle positive.
• We cannot, however, disregard fact that majority of our key indicators did not confirm market strength into recent highs and that more weakness could bring market pricing into line with those indicators.

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