Monday’s move higher for the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP: .INX) was impressive. The move was lead by tech, following speculation around Apple’s upcoming event in March.
The rally marks a strong Friday-Monday reversal that caught bears flat-footed, just as they thought bad news (Jobs data and Boeing) would bring more downside.
As I mentioned in my February 28 article, trading timeframes were still favorable for bulls:
“The S&P 500 index will complete bar 7 of a 9 Demark sell setup this week. A new high next week (or the week after) is necessary for this setup to complete. This could imply the beginning of a pullback and an uptick in volatility by the end of March.”
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S&P 500 “Weekly” Chart
When consider risk/reward, we have to understand our personal timeframes, along with the timeframe that we are doing our analysis.
In this case it is a “weekly” chart with an intermediate term timeframe. The S&P 500 is on the final bar of a DeMark sell setup 9 that should produce a reaction before the end of March. That reaction will be a pullback and we’ll need to use shorter-term indicators to gauge how that shakes out (at that time).
The move higher has right-sided the market and has the indicators pointing to a probable “low” in place. When this move higher ends, we should see a 2-3 week period of volatility.
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