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Put on a Happy Face!

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I'm bearish. Really bearish. Big surprise, eh? But, honestly, the charts are looking sensational.

The one bullish chart, $SOX, seems to have had its run. And the one risky chart, $TRAN, looks kind of Fib-bound to me, and is approaching (at best) its next resistance level.

I'm pretty excited about where things stand now for the bears. Take that as a contrary signal if you must, but that's what I'm thinking. 

IWM Returns

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There's been chatter in the comments section lamenting the relatively infrequency of my IWM musings, now that OIH and company have pushed it aside. Well, let me throw you guys a bone:

As you can see, the Fibonacci is doing a yeoman's job of keeping the bulls at bay. There was a bit of a violation of this line a number of days ago, but it was swiftly tamped down.

This morning's lame-o consumer sentiment numbers snuffed out an early rally (I'm only typing this 40 minutes into the trading day, so keep that in mind). I suspect the bulls – like Bill Clinton, shown below – may soon be asking themselves, "what am I getting myself into???"