Stock selling Wednesday amplifies short-term negative tone

Stock index, chart, technical analysis

Market Overview – What We Know:

• More selling developed in major indexes Wednesday as further confirmation of new negativity on Minor Cycle developed.
• NYSE trading volume declined 3.5% and Average Price per Share sank 71 cents to 61.29.
• Intermediate Cycle remains positive on all cycles and S&P 500 must sink below lower edge of 10-Week Price Channel (1381.86 through October 12) to suggest negative reversal.
• Daily MAAD was negative Wednesday with 4 issues higher, 15 lower, and 1 unchanged. Indicator was last positioned right at rising uptrend line of shallow MAAD advance in effect since June low. Daily MAAD Ratio remains “Neutral” to slightly “Oversold” (.85).
• Daily CPFL was negative by 2.4 to 1 Wednesday with Daily CPFL Ratio toward“ Oversold” (.77).
• Cumulative Volume (CV) in both S&P 500 and S&P Emini remains weaker than index pricing on both Daily and Weekly trends.

Market Overview – What We Think:

• Renewed selling Wednesday in all indexes on heels of Tuesday’s sharp losses in NASDAQ Composite appears to have paved way for possible topping action of Intermediate Cycle rally underway since early June.
• In wake of market weakness, nothing but strength in S&P 500 back above September 14 intraday high (1474.51) would re-assert intermediate-term advance.
• On downside, S&P 500 must sell below rising uptrend line (last near 1420) with follow through weakness below lower edge of 10-Week Price Channel (1381.36 through 10-12). Selling below latter point would almost certainly terminate four-month-old rally while suggesting new Intermediate Cycle negative trend.
• Indicators such as Daily Most Actives Advance/Decline Line (MAAD) continue to suggest market has gotten ahead of itself.
• In background it’s important to keep in mind fact market is entering time of year that has proven to be historically vulnerable -- think 1929, 1987, and 2007.

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