32nd day of QQQ short term down-trend; go with the trend; Dow 30 and S&P500 indexes looking weak

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The GMI is back to 1.   It does not pay to try to ride counter-trend bounces.   Better to be short or in cash.   Since the current short term down-trend in the QQQ began on April 16, the QQQ has declined -4.8%.   During that time 77% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks have declined.   However, 14 stocks did rise 5% or more.   What are the chances one would have known to just hold or buy those 14 stocks?   Almost 5x as many (61%) of the Nasdaq 100 stocks declined 5% or more.   Those are pretty bad odds for profiting by going long.   During this period, QID rose almost 9% and SQQQ almost +13%.   Again we learn that the best approach is to buy a leveraged ETF that tracks the Nasdaq 100 index as soon as a change in the short term trend is identified. When the next QQQ short term up-trend begins, I will buy QLD or TQQQ and announce it in a post.

Meanwhile, this weekly chart of the Dow 30 shows that the index is below its 30 week average (red line) a possible sign of a beginning Stage 4 decline.   The S&P500 index has a similar pattern.   Only the QQQ remains above its 30 week average, reflecting greater relative strength in the nonfinancial tech stocks. If the QQQ comes back below its 30 week average I will start to go to cash in my university pension.

 

1 thought on “32nd day of QQQ short term down-trend; go with the trend; Dow 30 and S&P500 indexes looking weak”

  1. MACD on monthly chart for each index is showing a divergence. Price is increasing as the macd is making lower highs on the histogram. This is very omnimous for the next year. I will continue to trade any intermediate or short term opportunities.

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