Was That Smoke & Mirrors?

Did you see the Dollar rocket higher 1.38 and not  send Gold, Silver, and the Miners to their knees? Silver and Miners actually closed higher, so that was like a crazy illusion.  And then AMZN reported a profit and shot up $70 in after hrs, MCD, GOOG,  and MSFT are up big in after hrs after the markets already broke out higher today. Lets check out the action...

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SPX -  The SPX , DJIA, and NASDAQ broke out today, but the BIIB, IWM & IWC  lagged seriously. 

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Slight Variations

Did you read my Tuesday report and the Wednesday report? Not much has changed in the way of expectations really.  We could say that we are  just seeing a slight variation of the same theme.

Wednesday morning I pointed out the resistance above at the close on Tuesday for the   NASDAQ, SPX, IWM, etc.   Even though the Futures were Green, I thought that we would drop later in the day.

NASDAQ Tuesday OCT 20

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The Coin Toss

Many sectors of the market look ready to break one way or the other. Can we gain an edge as to which way they will go, or is it just a coin toss? Lets take a closer look.

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This was the NASDAQ at the close on Monday. It was pushing against resistance in various forms.

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Notice what seems to have showed up by the close today...

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Mixed Reviews

Mondays show opened up to mixed reviews.

SPX -  SO far we have seen a nice move up from the double bottom lows, but there is some resistance slightly overhead.

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So here is where the reviews get a bit mixed...

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Growing Patterns

Week in review, lets see how things are growing...

 

SPX - Are we setting up for a back test and rejection?  Or are we about to break through?

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Lets look at some clues...

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Whats Up?

I'll tell you whats up. The SPX , DJIA, NASDAQ, IBB, IWM, SOX, USD, OIL, OIH, XLE, SILVER,  all closed higher and GOLD & GDX were for  up for most of the day too.  Yes, it was Green just about everywhere except for NATGAS.  Lets discuss the points of interest.

This is basically what the SPX, NASDAQ, DJIA, IWM, etc.  all looked like.

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Running

Some of the 'set ups' mentioned last week are running now, other stocks that ran recently have pulled back and may be currently setting up to make another run higher.  Lets discuss this after our market review. Something interesting may be happening there too.

From yesterdays report, we saw this in a few sectors

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Now we are getting a little follow through to the downside

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This caught my eye however...

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Just A Little Change

The markets didn't move in quantum leaps yesterday, but there was a little change in how we may want to view things.  Lets discuss what stayed the same and what may have changed.

IWM - We saw a reversal at a point of resistance

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Moment Of Truth Time?

I was a little surprised to see the dollar down and also see the $CRB, $GDX, and $OIL down too.  They've all had nice moves out of their lows, and now it looks like it may be the moment of truth. Time to see if it was just another bear market rally or could it be the start of something more?

WTIC - From the weekend report. I had been expecting the 200sma to offer resistance and a quick dip lower.

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There are a couple of other factors in play that I am watching too at this point.

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Lets Look At The Big Picture

Every now and then I like to step back for the weekend report and take a look at the Big Picture. I have been reporting for months that I see big picture changes in many sectors starting to take shape.  Lets see if they are advancing or falling apart.

The SPX is approaching resistance. Will it halt the rise, or possibly just give it a pause like we saw in 2011?

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Lets look for some clues...

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