Market selloff reaffirms developing negative cycle

Stock index, chart, technical analysis

Market Overview – What We Know:

• Sharp losses in major indexes Wednesday underscored tentative “neutrality” of market prior to decline and developing negative tone on larger Intermediate Cycle.
• Trading volume on NYSE relative to Tuesday’s activity rose 30%. Average Price per Share declined $4.62 to $59.79 (Tuesday’s AVP at $64.41 may have been a typo, but we have no way of corroborating that data).
• Minor Cycle remains negative until S&P rises above upper edge of 10-Day Price Channel (1427.82 through Thursday).
• S&P pricing has closed in on long-term uptrend line (last near 1380) stretching back to October 4, 2011 when S&P hit intraday low at 1074.77.
• To reverse Intermediate Cycle to positive S&P 500 would need to rally above upper edge of 10-Week Price Channel (1451.21 through November 9).
• Major resistance and point to overcome to re-assert long-term uptrend in S&P 500 remains at 1474.51 created on September 14.
• Daily MAAD was net negative Wednesday with 20 issues lower and none positive. Daily MAAD Ratio slipped back into “Oversold” territory (.74).
• Daily CPFL was negative Wednesday by 2.50 to 1 with Daily CPFL Ratio holding near “Neutral” (.93).

Market Overview – What We Think:

• Wednesday’s sharp losses after several days of hesitation in face of apparently “Oversold” readings simply underscored historical evidence that “Oversold” early in larger cycle decline (intermediate in this case) may not be all it seems.
• Weakness amplified developing influence of larger Intermediate Cycle that has turned negative, but that still remains moderately “Overbought.”
• With S&P prices near an uptrend line stretching back to October 2011, we could see some rebounding in the sessions just ahead on the Minor Cycle, but given Tuesday’s losses and new intermediate negative, that is only a 50/50 bet.
• We continue to believe Intermediate Cycle uptrend begun in early June is over and September 14 intraday highs (1454.71—S&P 500) will not be seriously challenged for foreseeable future.
• How new intermediate-term negative plays out could determine staying power of Major Cycle trend which is challenged in terms of “Overbought” conditions and lack of solid indicator underpinnings.

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