Not much to say tonight so I am going to keep it very short tonight.
As expected, the sharp sell-off at the close yesterday carried over into
today’s trading. As a result the S&P experienced its largest loss since
August 9th.
Tomorrow brings a bit of positive sentiment in an otherwise historically
dismal week (look at Aug 27th post). However, we could see a test of the 1425
area in the S&P before a short-term bounce occurs so who knows if the
psitive seasonality takes hold. As I always say, historically biased seasonal
conditions are, in most cases, never a reason to place a trade. Although, when
coupled with other technical indicators, seasonal factors can be a worthy
compliment to making an well-informed trading decision.
If the S&P does not test the 1425 area tomorrow I would expect to see it
on Thursday. According to the Stock Trader’s Almanac the “next to the
last day of August the Dow and S&P were only up once in the last ten years”.
Furthermore, on this particular trading day during the last 21 years the Dow and
S&P have only been higher 28.6% and 38.1%, respectively. Of course, I want
to see how tomorrow plays out, but if we indeed get a nice rally seasonal
conditions could once again play a factor in the price action of the market.
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Overbought/Oversold for August 28, 2007
SPY - 35.8 (neutral)
IWM - 33.1 (neutral)
DIA - 37.1
(neutral)
QQQQ - 38.7 (neutral)
GLD - 47.9 (neutral)
OIH - 49.3
(neutral)
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