S&P 500 Update: October Correction or Bear Market For Stocks?

Still at cabin, hunting quite difficult with 75 degree temps and humid. Rained all day today.

A cold front is coming in tomorrow so I will finally get some time in the woods. The timing of my trip was not good considering the weather AND the stock market.

Clear panic later today as looks to be somewhat capitulatory. Extremely oversold, similar to August 2015, could see a bounce shortly. Will note some of the great rallies in a bull market start below the 200-day moving average.

S&P 500 “Daily” Chart with Fibonacci Levels

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s&p 500 index correction oversold fibonacci support levels chart_october year 2018

Will this support hold? If not, headed toward February lows?

S&P 500 “Weekly” Chart – Trend Line

s&p 500 index correction stock market trend support chart analysis_october year 2018

Headed to lower bollinger band? Best buys in a bull market are at/below weekly BB. Do not like 14W RSI below 50, where most damage takes place.

S&P 500 “Weekly” Chart – Fibonacci Levels

s&p 500 index weekly chart analysis_bearish divergence october stock market correction

Do not like the action here. Talked about this months ago. Clear H&S breakdown. High correlation with U.S. equity markets.

Germany ETF (EWG) Chart

ishares germany ewg stock chart bearish head shoulders lower_october 12

Do not like the sub 45% reading here. If does not recapture that level, trouble ahead.

S&P 500 “Market Breadth” Chart

october stock market correction chart market breadth bearish high stock below 200 day moving average

No sell signal here yet as long as downtrend continues.

Put-Call Trends

stock market correction put call indicator trends chart analysis october 12

Would have expected more fear here after the second bad day. No buy signal was generated early this year.

Put-Call Chart

equity put call ratio indicator spikes vs s&p 500 chart year 2018

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The author has a long position in Platinum at the time of publication.  Any opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author, and do not in any way represent the views or opinions of any other person or entity.