US Equity markets remain in the sideways consolidation channel that they have been in for the past 3 months – between 7300 and 7600 in the SPX (S&P 500 Index): This is not a good scenario for momentum trading since it can result in a lot of whipsaw trades – so I am being cautious […]

US Equities, as represented by the SPX (S&P 500 Index), continue to oscillate in the 7300-7600 range and closed the week ~1.5% lower than last week’s close at ~7460:

This week saw a bounce off the 50-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) line and a continuation of the bullish trend for US Equities as prices remain in a 4-month uptrend channel in the SPX (S&P 500 Index):

After last week’s brief period of euphoria, with investor’s thinking that the problems in the Middle East might be over, this week saw a return to reality with a ~2.4% drop in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) and a continuation of the sideways consolidation that has been building over the past two months: