T2108 Update – July 19, 2011 (Bears Losing Their Advantage)

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 56%. VIX Status: 19.2. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 soared today from 42% to 54% and completely erased yesterday’s losses. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6%. The previous … Read more

T2108 Update – July 18, 2011

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 42%. VIX Status: 21.0. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 dropped from 54% to 42% as the regularly scheduled selling resumed in the stock market. T2108 remains on … Read more

Boring Week Waiting for RIM’s Buyback, But A Big Move Is Brewing

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) The management at Research In Motion (RIMM) disappointed this past week as it appears they failed to launch the long-awaited buyback. Who can blame them? It was a week of dour headlines filled with yet … Read more

T2108 Update – July 15, 2011

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 55%. VIX Status: 19.5. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 nudged upward to 54% from 51%. As I guessed yesterday, the oversold stochastics on the S&P 500 were … Read more

T2108 Update – July 14, 2011

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 51%. VIX Status: 21. General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 dropped to 51% from 61%. My favorite technical indicator spent the previous three days bouncing in a tight … Read more