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I'll level with ya: it's very tough to think of topics to discuss when you've got a market that is completely inert. You think it's a drag to watch it? Try writing about it!
Having said that, here are my favorite ETFs these days. Some look bullish, some look bearish – – I'll leave it to you to figure out which direction makes the most sense!
Monday's Dow Change:
+1.36 points!
Tuesday's Dow Change:
-1.43 points!
I'm not sure how much more of this I can stand! W00t!
$VIX is at levels seen during prior major turning points…..
And the Broker/Dealer index is approaching a major descending trendline.
If the $SPX pushes above 951.69, there are a series of smallish hurdles that are above it. I've tinted them below.
I think the highest the market could possibly go is around the 1150-1200 zone, circled beneath. I remain bullish on commodities, but not much else.
Grumble. There's a circuit provider named YIPES whose problems apparently have caused the data feed to stop. Which means MarketMatrix and ProphetCharts aren't flowing quotes. So everything is frozen in time as of 12:47 EST.
It'll be an interesting experiment (unwelcome, however) in how things go "unattended", because, as a trader, I have absolutely nothing to do based on this circumstance except to let the chips fall where they may. We've got our engineering team on the case, although I'm not sure how much they can do if YIPES is the problem. Ugh.
