Red Cross

A gap up and grind into the resistance of 2681-3, a flush down into 2665 and a bounce into the close.
Something for everyone.

Chart of S&P 500 for 08 May 2018

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Hodie

Hodie
aperuit nobis
clausa porta
quod serpens in muliere
suffocavit,
unde lucet in aurora
flos de Virgine Maria.

Today
was opened unto us
a shut-up gate.
For the serpent drew it tight,
in woman choked –
yet from it gleams within the dawn
the Virgin Mary’s flower.

Hodio apercuit nobis, Psalm antiphon for the Virgin by Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1163-1175

An S/T Buy Signal at 2649 as the market takes another quick look at 2615 (the 200 day moving average) and moves rapidly higher.

A move up above the recent declining resistance line and (perhaps) a sign that the market is now able to move higher.

And with a very strong upward move in the T volume oscillator, it appears that a new T structure is emerging.

Chart of S&P 500 for 06 May 2018

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The Force

May the Force be with you

Star Wars, 1977, Dir: George Lucas

Another Sell Signal recovery as the market takes another look at the 200 day moving average.

S/T SELL Signal still active but position neutral, for now.

Chart of S&P 500 for 04 May 2018

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Solaris

Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.

Stanisław Lem, Solaris, 1961

Market rollsover after the FED announcement initiating a Sell Signal at 2650 in a similar reaction to the previous announcement on 21 March. Continuing the theme of declining resistance to price and selling of strength.

Chart of S&P 500 for 03 MAy 2018

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Berlin

The market opens lower, triggering a Sell Signal at 2640 and probes 2626 before powering back into the close at 2654, cancelling the Sell Signal at even and showing support below the rising line from the April low.

The Osc oscillator makes a weak Buy Signal, echo-ing the triangulation in price.

The market is flattening off, and at some point, perhaps soon, it will make a decision on future direction.

Chart of S&P 500 for 02 May 2018

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Beltane

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, 1608

A Mayday alert as the market opens up, takes a look at 2682 and moves lower, again, triggering a cover signal at 2656 and selling into the close.

Still trapped within the triangular 'holding pattern' and unable to break above declining resistance as the volatile chop continues.

And today is an echo high.

Chart of S&P 500 for 01 May 2018

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Walburga

The end of April and the beginning of the summer months.

The open gap up is not held and the market looks back at 2659 for support. Consolidation at the highs and finding some resistance here.

Market in equivalence holding above support lines but just below an important major pivot level.

Still in a holding pattern and a move up from here would release a significant amount of energy. A move downwards from here would again re-focus the market on the recent lows and the possibility of a deeper low.

What happens next will be important.

Chart of S&P 500 for 30 April 2018

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Liberalis

A strong bounce underway, with a gap and go day, pushing up through the Buy Signal level at 2662 and making a high on the day at 2676.

A dead cat bounce perhaps, and some residual projections for highs from the recent structures, the possibility of a small T centred on Tuesday's sell off, adn some end of month re-balancing.

Strength above 2680 would focus the market on challenging the recent high and weakness below 2640 would suggest more work to do below.

For now, a Buy Signal is active.

Chart of S&P 500 for 27 April 2018

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Object Shelter

An early flush to 2612 is bought back up and the market continues to stabilise throughout the day.

Sell Signal still active below the current price, but with the 2 spikes down the market appears to be holding up above 2635, for now.

Although weakened by Wednesday's heavy selling there is the possibility of some residual projections for highs towards the end of the month, perhaps a dead cat bounce prior to a more significant move down.

Chart of S&P 500 for 26 April 2018

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Elbe

Overnight the market rises towards the Buy signal line and opens at the important 2680 level. Failure at this level and then subsequently also at 2660, initiates a sell sequence that ultimately finds the market 60 points lower, before a short-covering rally into the close.

An S/T Sell Signal is triggered at 2644, and a cover recommended at the or prior to the close as it is likely that the market will attempt to recover from the selling.

Yesterday's move down displays similarities with 02 February and 19 March with the market penetrating the Mid-channel in a decisive manner after a sequence which looks a bit like a megaphone – range expansion and dropping away.

On those 2 occasions we saw a bit of a bounce followed by a much deeper and significant low, presumably as the market resolves the problem that it is having with the current price level, and of course providing those with deep pockets the opportunity to buy at bargain prices.

And so, I suspect that we shall see some kind of bounce or recovery that those who didn't sell yesterday will sell into. Failure of that will trigger further selling, and then maybe we will see another move down to the lower extreme and to the pivot level at 2538.

The last few days selling comes at the recent projections for highs from the recent T structure and DB structure and the size of yesterday's move suggests that those structures are now complete and we should therefore look for a new structure to emerge.

Some strong target support lies in the 2510-2530 level and also in the 2530-2460 level, where the market may need to establish a deep low to form the next new large T structure.

Chart of S&P 500 for 25 April 2018

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