Stock market erodes lower, remains short-term oversold

Stock index, chart, technical analysis

Market Overview – What We Know:

• Major indexes sold marginally lower Thursday as selling pressures persisted, albeit at somewhat diminished pace. Composite market volume was up slightly.
• Flirting with new short-term low Wednesday, Daily MAAD improved slightly Thursday, but nonetheless remained within range of June 4 low when S&P 500 hit 1266.74.
• Minor Cycle remains negative until S&P rises above upper edge of 10-Day Price Channel (1455.44 through Friday).
• Wednesday’s selling put S&P 500 below uptrend line stretching back to June low and trailing 200-Day Moving Average.
• To reverse Intermediate Cycle to positive S&P 500 would need to rally above upper edge of 10-Week Price Channel (1455.44 through November 16). Major resistance and point to overcome to re-assert long-term uptrend in S&P 500 remains at 1474.51 created September 14.
• Daily MAAD recorded 11 issues positive and 9 negative Thursday. Daily MAAD Ratio remains “Oversold” (.66).
• Daily CPFL was negative Thursday by 1.76 to 1 with Daily CPFL Ratio deeply  “Oversold” (.41).

Market Overview – What We Think:

• If there is an ominous chart out there right now, it’s our Daily MAAD indicator that has not only been prescient in terms of market direction since the September 14 S&P high (1474.51), but its breaking of the June 4 short and intermediate-term low Wednesday is certainly not an indication of market health, considering the fact Daily MAAD is now at a level equivalent to an S&P price of about 1260.
• It’s a good bet with prices near-term “Oversold” and closing in on the Major Cycle uptrend line (1315) stretching back to March 2009, some bargain-hunting will probably develop.
• But problem is that if market does not rally as “Oversold” conditions correct back toward Neutral,” pricing could be setting up for another downdraft within context of  new Intermediate Cycle negative. Selling in face of apparently “Oversold” readings simply underscores historical evidence that “Oversold” early in larger cycle decline (intermediate in this case) may not be all it seems.
• 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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