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T2108 Update: Bears Beat Back Black Friday

ByDr. Duru
Published 12/02/2013, 02:14 PM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM
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T2108 Status: 51.2%
VIX Status: 14.2
General (Short-term) Trading Call: Aggressive traders should short the S&P 500 on a fresh close under 1800.
Active T2108 periods: Day #109 over 20% (overperiod), Day #17 under 60%, Day #22 under 70%

Commentary
Day #1 after Black Friday and the bears have already scored some progress. Last week, I described Black Friday as the last possible stand for the bears for 2013 and updated the analysis showing the surprising correlation between post-Black Friday trading and weeks and months of trading afterward. With the S&P 500 (SPY) closing below the low of Black Friday trading, the immediate bullish possibilities are over as quickly as I contemplated them.

Next step for the bears is to close the S&P 500 below 1800. Such a move will greatly increase the likelihood of a notable pullback. As I noted in an earlier post, the first close below even numbers (00s) this year has preceded a pullback.

Although the S&P 500 was down only -0.27%, T2108 managed to plunged from 56.8% to 51.2%. The VIX also popped 3.9% to a 6-week closing high. So, once again, a bearish divergence may be developing. Past bearish divergences have proved tricky to play. The last one took almost two weeks to develop and led to just a one-day swoon. If T2108 plunges again tomorrow (Tuesday, December 3), quasi-oversold conditions may nullify, even reverse the bearish momentum. The chart below reminds us what happened after the last quasi-oversold trade.
The S&P 500 fails to deliver a bullish signal for the post-Black Friday trade
As always, time will tell.
Daily T2108 vs the S&P 500
Black line: T2108 (measured on the right); Green line: S&P 500 (for comparative purposes)
Red line: T2108 Overbought (70%); Blue line: T2108 Oversold (20%)
Weekly T2108
Be careful out there!

Full disclosure: long SSO puts and calls

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