U.S. Stocks are 2nd Most Overbought In History Everyone knows that, as a whole, the U.S. stock market is overbought. At the moment it doesn’t…
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Stock Option Bulls Go Streaking
One method of analyzing stock market sentiment is by measuring activity in the options market. The benefit of this type of analysis is that, contrary…
Yesterday Was One of the Ugliest “Up” Days in History
At yesterday’s close the major averages, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite, were all in the green. However, despite the fact that…
String of Low Volume New Highs A Short-Term Concern A couple weeks ago, we commented that the waning volume accompanying the rally off the October…
Low volume in Nasdaq bounce a red flag
We seldom consider volume metrics when analyzing the stock market. Frankly, we have found little evidence that the level of volume has a meaningful impact…
High-volume breakdowns lead to nearby bottoms — after a flush
Yesterday, the S&P 500 accomplished a rare feat. It touched a 6-month low (before recovering) on the heaviest volume day in a year on the…
Is the volatility spike over — or just beginning?
Unless you have been in a bunker hiding from ebola, you’ve no doubt noticed the pick up in volatility across basically all asset classes. In…
Amid heavy selling, a light at the end of the tunnel
On September 26, we wrote a post titled “90% Down Volume Days Have Been Good Buy Signals…With One Catch” looking at the phenomenon of 90%…
Despite yesterday’s rally, New Lows made 52 week highs
In the midst of the moonshot stock rally yesterday, something unusual happened. The number of New Lows on the NYSE (and Nasdaq) expanded to a…
Nasdaq Divergence Suggests More Weakness But Bottom Near
Yes, yet another divergence post. We’re trying to stay away from them but some developments are just too noteworthy to ignore. Yesterday, we looked at…