This was, by all measures, a wonderful week. We picked up a pile of points being long the “Buy for a Trade” range that we established in the shaded green zone (see chart below). Cramer was taken down a few notches by the transparency/accountability rules of The New Reality (thank you Jon Stewart). And, generally speaking, the world just seems like a better place…
As volatility (VIX) has broken down, and volume accelerated, what we have accomplished this week is the formation of what I see as a very trade-able Bear Market range. In Bear Markets, rather than the Fast Money Bull ones, you simply buy low and sell high. No, you don’t need Donny Deutch’s mauve dress shirt and Charlie Gasparino’s IQ (check them out yapping at each-other on CNBC right now) to figure this out. Maybe the next bull market begins when GE’s financial comedians are off the air – definitely not now.
In the chart below I have shifted our buying range up to the 656-710 SP500 zone. The dotted white line at 710 is what we call the Shark Line – bad things happen to traders, depending on their being long or short, above/below that line. This week, the Shark ate the shorts.
The dotted red line up at 765 in the SP500 is the immediate term Trade line where the Bear Market Rally is Bloated. As we approach that pain threshold for the consensus short sellers (like we did this morning), I’ll be making sales. I re-shorted the Dow (DIA) this morning. I have dropped my Asset Allocation to US Equities down from 24% on Monday, to 4% today. On the way back down to 710, I might buy things back, but patiently…
Have a great weekend,
KM
Keith R. McCullough
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
As volatility (VIX) has broken down, and volume accelerated, what we have accomplished this week is the formation of what I see as a very trade-able Bear Market range. In Bear Markets, rather than the Fast Money Bull ones, you simply buy low and sell high. No, you don’t need Donny Deutch’s mauve dress shirt and Charlie Gasparino’s IQ (check them out yapping at each-other on CNBC right now) to figure this out. Maybe the next bull market begins when GE’s financial comedians are off the air – definitely not now.
In the chart below I have shifted our buying range up to the 656-710 SP500 zone. The dotted white line at 710 is what we call the Shark Line – bad things happen to traders, depending on their being long or short, above/below that line. This week, the Shark ate the shorts.
The dotted red line up at 765 in the SP500 is the immediate term Trade line where the Bear Market Rally is Bloated. As we approach that pain threshold for the consensus short sellers (like we did this morning), I’ll be making sales. I re-shorted the Dow (DIA) this morning. I have dropped my Asset Allocation to US Equities down from 24% on Monday, to 4% today. On the way back down to 710, I might buy things back, but patiently…
Have a great weekend,
KM
Keith R. McCullough
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
