{"id":32661,"date":"2016-01-19T21:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T05:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=32661"},"modified":"2016-01-19T22:04:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T06:04:55","slug":"t2108-update-160119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2016\/01\/19\/t2108-update-160119\/","title":{"rendered":"T2108 Update (January 19, 2016) – And Now the Waiting As the VIX Coils Its Springs"},"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 occasionally posted on twitter using the #120trade hashtag<\/a>. T2107 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 200DMAs)<\/p>\n

T2108 Status<\/strong>: 9.3%
\nT2107 Status<\/strong>: 12.9% (a fresh near 7-year closing low)
\nVIX Status<\/strong>: 26.1% (high of the day was 27.6, right under the 2012 intraday high
\nGeneral (Short-term) Trading Call<\/strong>: bullish
\nActive T2108 periods<\/strong>: Day #8 under 20%, Day #11 under 30%, Day #27 under 40%, Day #31 below 50%, Day #46 under 60%, Day #387 under 70%<\/p>\n

Commentary<\/strong>
\nT2108 closed at 9.3% on day #8 of this oversold period. Traders positioning for the next (relief) rally have been holding their collective noses<\/a> for a third day now as the trading action continues to stink – to use a technical term. Three out of the last four trading days have ended with T2108 in single digits. Using the historical data I laid out last week<\/a>, this scenario suggests that this oversold period could reach for a 15-day span…just in time for the next meeting of the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n

While T2108 closed with a marginal gain, the S&P 500 (SPY) struggled mightily to close flat for the day. I am not calling this a bullish divergence because the change in T2108 is so small relative to the size of this bearish trading action.<\/p>\n


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The S&P 500 (SPY) is struggling mightily to hold support from the August Angst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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As the reality of an extended oversold period has sunk into my consciousness, I pulled the trigger on precious few trades. So now comes the time for waiting: I am waiting for a signal from the volatility index, the VIX. The last element of the T2108 trading rules is to make a move once volatility “spikes.” Given my current aggressive positioning, it makes little sense to continue accumulating until the nature of trading changes in my favor. A spike in the VIX could and should signal the imminent end of this oversold period.<\/p>\n

I now define a spike as a move well above the upper-Bollinger Band. The VIX put on such a show during the flash crash of the August Angst. It is a moment when panic and fear ramp to climax levels; the ultimate peak of seller’s exhaustion. I like to buy into such spikes; more conservative traders can wait until the VIX completely reverses the gains from the spike and start accumulating from there. (Note that during the August Angst, the S&P 500 still soon retested its lows after the volatility spike completely reversed).<\/p>\n


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I am scratching my head wondering why\/how the intraday high from 2012 is STILL delivering overhead resistance to the VIX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Incredibly, despite all this persistently bearish trading action, the VIX STILL cannot crack resistance from the intraday high from 2012. This loitering around such an important resistance level makes the VIX start to look like a coiled spring. So now I wait…<\/p>\n

As promised, I wrote an update to “How The S&P 500’s Current Breakdown Increases The Odds Of Further Selling<\/a>.” I called it “The S&P 500’s Latest Breakdown Echoes The Warning Signal From The August Angst<\/a>.” Basically, if current support on the S&P 500 cannot hold firm, the “200DMA signal” suggests we could be in for a 2000 or 2008 magnitude sell-off albeit dragged out over time. Interestingly, Jim Cramer made the same argument tonight on Mad Money<\/a> using the work of famed Fibonacci technician Carolyn Boroden. Similarly, she agrees with T2108 technicals that an oversold bounce of notable size appears imminent. This is some SERIOUS bear\/bull tension!<\/p>\n


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