{"id":21989,"date":"2014-03-17T21:39:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T04:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=21989"},"modified":"2014-03-17T21:41:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T04:41:47","slug":"t2108-update-140317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2014\/03\/17\/t2108-update-140317\/","title":{"rendered":"T2108 Update (March 17, 2014) – Dance With Overbought Conditions Not Quite Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page<\/a>. You can follow real-time T2108 commentary<\/a> on twitter using the #T2108 hashtag. T2108-related trades and other trades are posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag<\/a>)<\/p>\n

T2108 Status<\/strong>: 67.9%
\nVIX Status<\/strong>: 15.6 (a drop of 12.2%)
\nGeneral (Short-term) Trading Call<\/strong>: Short (fade rallies)
\nActive T2108 periods<\/strong>: Day #175 over 20%, Day #21 over 60%, Day #4 under 70% (underperiod)<\/p>\n

Reference Charts<\/strong> (click for view of last 6 months from Stockcharts.com):
\nS&P 500<\/a> or SPY<\/a>
\nSDS<\/a> (ProShares UltraShort S&P500)
\nU.S. Dollar Index<\/a> (volatility index)
\nEEM<\/a> (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets)
\nVIX<\/a> (volatility index)
\nVXX<\/a> (iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN)
\nEWG<\/a> (iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund)
\nCAT<\/a> (Caterpillar).<\/p>\n

Commentary<\/strong>
\nThe market is not dead yet.<\/p>\n

T2108 enjoyed a healthy rebound today to 67.9%, already under the nose of overbought conditions all over again. The S&P 500 (SPY) almost gained 1% in a display that demonstrated buyers are not nearly as exhausted as I thought<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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The S&P 500 jumps but does not break a very short downtrend<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The volatility index, the VIX<\/a>, got smashed, falling 12.2% to 15.6. Yes, you guessed it, the VIX tagged the 15.35 pivot perfectly at its low for the day. This abrupt drop in volatility reminded me how effective it should be to hedge my ProShares Ultra S&P 500 (SSO) puts with puts to fade ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Fut ETF (UVXY). What seems to be developing is a propensity for volatility to hop, skip, and jump all over the place. If so, swing traders should get prepared for ever shorter holding times for trades.<\/p>\n

Per rule and the current trading call, I faded today’s rally by doubling down on my SSO puts. I piled on by buying a fresh tranche of UVXY shares, just a small number of course. I believe I scored a minor moral victory by closing the day flat on those shares. With the Federal Reserve on tap along with chair Janet Yellen publicly speaking this Wednesday, anything can happen with the market this week. I am expecting a good swing in either direction that should allow me at least one small window to get out with some profit with better risk\/reward than the last round with UVXY shares. I will then go back to fading volatility according to regularly scheduled programming (this time as a hedge as stated above). <\/p>\n

Quick follow-up on Friday’s chart reviews<\/a>:<\/p>\n