50-day “droughts” before and after a 52-week high in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have marked several major tops. It has now been 64 days…
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Stock Options Hedging Reaches 6-Year High
We posted a chart a week ago on the recent high level of equity put option volume relative to call volume on the International Securities…
The Junkie Market, Part lll-Too Many NYSE AND Nasdaq Highs & Lows
This brief post will serve as the coup de grace for our “Junkie Market” series. By that, we are referring to days on which there are…
Equity Options Traders Head For The Hills
The ISE Equity Call/Put Ratio has been under 100 for a record 3 consecutive days. As we have mentioned frequently, the task of weighing positive…
The Summation Of All Fears
This negative breadth signal has an ominous long-term track record. Yes, this is another post about the market’s deteriorating breadth situation. We can’t pick the…
It’s Bounce Or Else For This Key Stock Market Gauge
We’ve used much of the space here in the past several weeks pointing out the deteriorating breadth conditions in the U.S. equity market. The trend…
Add Junk Bonds To The Growing Pile Of Concerns
This week’s Charts Of The Day and blog posts have had a heavy bearish bent to them. That isn’t by design. We just go where…
The Thinnest New High In Stock Market History
When we posted yesterday’s piece on the stock market’s weak internals (If Beauty’s On The Inside, This Market Wins The Ugly Contest), we weren’t sure…
If Beauty’s On The Inside, This Market Wins The Ugly Contest
We talk often about the importance we place on solid internals when gauging the health of the stock market. The more stocks that are advancing…
The Junkie Market: Too Many Highs And Lows?
Most market participants have probably heard of the oft-ridiculed indicator known as the “Hindenburg Omen” (HO). If you are not familiar with it, there are several…