The Tears of a Clown $SPY $IWM $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider | December 12, 2013

MMMP: Up 16.6% since Sept. 1st.
SPY: Up 10.5% since Sept 1st.
DIA: Up 8.1% since Sept 1st.

Now really, would you bother to try to pick bottoms or go short as we end 2013 with a great 4 month …


Sister Suzy Sitting on a Thistle $SPY $IWM $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider |

All I want for Christmas is my rally back! Instead, the volume indicator I waited for showed itself with a vengeance, posting a significant distribution day in volume in all indices. We saw and noted the reversal candles in the …


Sister Suzy Sitting on a Thistle $SPY $IWM $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider | December 11, 2013

All I want for Christmas is my rally back! Instead, the volume indicator I waited for showed itself with a vengeance, posting a significant distribution day in volume in all indices. We saw and noted the reversal candles in the …


In The Key of A-Flat $SPY $IWM $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider |

Flat has several meanings. 1. Smooth and even, without marked lumps or indentations. I wonder how many can say that about their equity after Tuesday’s session? 2. Lacking interest or emotion; dull and lifeless. That’s a yes! 3. In or …


In The Key of A-Flat $SPY $IWM $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider | December 10, 2013

Flat has several meanings. 1. Smooth and even, without marked lumps or indentations. I wonder how many can say that about their equity after Tuesday’s session? 2. Lacking interest or emotion; dull and lifeless. That’s a yes! 3. In or …


The Color Neutral $SPY $IWM $QQQ $DIA

Mish Schneider |

Red and green are not only the colors of the season, but also those of my radar screen. Not much in the way of volume either, which means the first day of the second week, of the last month of …


The Color Neutral $SPY $IWM $QQQ $DIA

Mish Schneider | December 9, 2013

Red and green are not only the colors of the season, but also those of my radar screen. Not much in the way of volume either, which means the first day of the second week, of the last month of …


Blow-Off Valves Release Excess Boost Pressure to the Atmosphere $SPY $DIA $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | December 8, 2013

­We ended Thanksgiving week thinking that volume would be the main indication for when this market could see a significant enough top to make that claim, as opposed to the orderly and healthy correction that the first week in December …


Blow-Off Valves Release Excess Boost Pressure to the Atmosphere $SPY $DIA $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider |

­We ended Thanksgiving week thinking that volume would be the main indication for when this market could see a significant enough top to make that claim, as opposed to the orderly and healthy correction that the first week in December …


"Don't Lean On Me Like I'm Your Crutch" $SPY $QQQ $IWM $DIA

Mish Schneider | December 6, 2013

Theory of a Deadman-Crutch

All the four indices had inside day trading ranges (when the range is literally inside the trading range of the day prior). What does this mean? Pause in the action-breath held before the jobs report-you do …