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Small Cap Stocks Have Taken A U-Turn

Published 09/30/2020, 12:30 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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After yesterday’s baseless mega-rally, it was a relief to see a bit of red this morning. Looking at the small caps, there has been a strong burst since early Friday morning, which appears to have taken a U-Turn at the horizontal I’ve drawn in the middle of the chart, which constitutes the base of the head and shoulders pattern from last week.

RTY 1 Hr Chart

Looking back farther, at a 4-hour chart, you can see the uptrend from March broken, with a topping pattern being hammered out since then. We had a break below this pattern last week, but evidently the misplaced faith in yet another multi-trillion dollar “stimulus” package goosed things higher. I’ve here to tell ya, this once-great republic of ours is going to stimulate itself into oblivion.

RTY 4 Hr Chart

The ES is sporting a similar setup: that is, an ascending trendline from March (now broken) and a fairly recent topping pattern forming over the past couple of months.

ES 4 Hr Chart

I’ve got 48 individual stocks sold short, and 2 ETF shorts: those are EWZ (Brazil) and Utilities (XLU, shown below). I also have January 2021 puts on XLU, which I find to be a captivating pattern.

XLU Chart

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