Want the Good News or Bad News First? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 13, 2012

We came back from vacation to one of the toughest weeks I can remember. Warning phase, it was a stock pickers, hit and run market leaving both bears and bulls holding the bag way too often. I began the week …


Inside and Narrow $QQQ $IWM $SPY

Mish Schneider | May 10, 2012

Most notable feature of the day is the second inside day in NASDAQ (QQQ). With its completely neutral slope on the 50 DMA the warning phase has not accelerated, but at the same time is no longer considered "weak". So, …


Inside and Narrow $QQQ $IWM $SPY

Mish Schneider |

Most notable feature of the day is the second inside day in NASDAQ (QQQ). With its completely neutral slope on the 50 DMA the warning phase has not accelerated, but at the same time is no longer considered "weak". So, …


Down and Dirty: $SPY $QQQ $IWM $DIA

Mish Schneider |

S&P 500 (SPY)  officially oversold on the daily indicators. Warning phase gathering momentum. Would prefer to sell rallies

Russell 2000 (IWM) Inside day meaning, in the current warning phase, should see some buying come in over today's high, but if …


Now What? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider | May 8, 2012

The initial weakness in the day certainly no surprise, but the real question is whether the end of day rally and hammer candle left in S&P 500, NASDAQ and the DOW is a reversal with more upside to come given …


Now What? $SPY $QQQ $IWM

Mish Schneider |

The initial weakness in the day certainly no surprise, but the real question is whether the end of day rally and hammer candle left in S&P 500, NASDAQ and the DOW is a reversal with more upside to come given …


Weak Warning Phase $SPY $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider |

With all indexes in weak warning phases (exception is Russell 2000 which is in a strong warning phase), unless market bounces back above the 50 DMA, perhaps the recent rally and subsequent failure sealed the fate for a top in …


Weak Warning Phase $SPY $DIA $QQQ

Mish Schneider | May 7, 2012

With all indexes in weak warning phases (exception is Russell 2000 which is in a strong warning phase), unless market bounces back above the 50 DMA, perhaps the recent rally and subsequent failure sealed the fate for a top in …


Good News Seems Unlikely

Mish Schneider | May 4, 2012

Today, Thursday, was another example of how a good gap down is the often the best way to prevent a down day. As you may recall the market did NOT gap down, and that's exactly my point from yesterday. Today, …


The Gap Down Saved The Bulls

Mish Schneider | May 3, 2012

There's nothing better to ferret out the resolve for the bulls and frustrate the bears than a divergent gap down in the major indexes. The divergence was the fact that the QQQ and IWM gapped below their prior day low …