Last week US equities closed at ~4320 and sitting at the top of a potential support zone (4150-4300). The question was whether we would see support at this level (and a bounce) or whether we would see a continuation of the short-term downtrend that we have been in for the past couple of months. The […]

We finally got that inevitable breakout from the pendant pattern that has been setting up for a month or so – resulting in a 3% downside move in US equities over the past week and leaving us sitting at ~4300 in the SPX (S&P 500 Index) and at the top of a potential support zone: […]

It was a relatively quiet week in US equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing down slightly on the week after an end of week selloff on Friday: This still leaves us within the boundaries of the pendant pattern defined by uptrend and downtrend channels with no clear indication of future market direction. […]

It was a weak performance in the US equity markets after the Labor Day week-end with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) down ~1.5% from last week’s close: This leaves prices in a pendant pattern bounded by the upper 2 SD boundary of the short-term bearish channel (blue line) and the lower 1 SD boundary of […]