Sellers jumped on board positive early action once again today, with accelerating red ink going into the close run on increasing volume. Officially, the Dow industrials fell 0.8% on NYSE volume of 5.5 billion, while the NASDAQ dropped 0.5% on 2.1 billion. The leadership profile remains positive, with 448 stocks making new highs versus 90 making new lows.
The short term momentum oscillators remain negative, non-confirming the bullish stance of the AlphaKing Trading Indicator for the NASDAQ (while the Russell 2000 AK Trading Indicator remains negative.) We have no new trades at this time.
Yesterday we wrote: “Today’s rally pop and reversal looks like completed corrective waves, and if so the red ink blood-letting should start early tomorrow.” Today the stock indexes delivered on that plunge-set-to-land promise. Selling should accelerate from here, with any stabilizing bottom laying very far below current levels. Any push above today‘s high would blow this, and all, bearish potential out of the technical waters, thus the trend is now the bears to lose.
401K investors should be invested in a money market fund.
Kevin Wilde, Chief Trading Strategist AlphaKing.com.