GMI: 0; GMI-S: 25; Bounce or turn?

@ 6:49 am

The GMI remains at zero, although just about all stocks advanced on Thursday– 97% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks, 96% of the S&P 500 and 100% of the Dow 30 stocks.  The GMI-S rose to +25 solely because the indexes closed above their 10 day averages. Still the market has a long way to go to turn the GMI positive.  Gmi0615 There were 12 new highs and 50 new lows in my universe of nearly 4,000 stocks.  Only 27% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks closed above their 30 day averages, and 22% are above their 10 week averages.  Only 36% of stocks are in a bullish up-trend.  Thursday was the 25th day of the QQQQ down-trend.

The IBD 100 stocks as of 5/15 had another strong day.  Ibd0615 96% of the IBD 100 advanced, compared with 90% of my universe of stocks.  And 96% of the IBD 100 closed higher than they opened.  70% of the IBD 100 are now in a bullish up-trend.  The two IBD 100 stocks to hit a new high Thursday were GYMB and XPRSA.  Most of the strength came with regard to the short term averages.  Thus, 37% of the IBD 100 stocks are now above their average close for the past 10 days (10 day average).  However, only 9% are above their average closes for the past 30 days, a key measure of strength.  Just 9% of the IBD 100 list on 5/15 closed Thursday above their close on 5/15.

Only time will tell whether this rush to buy is more than a brief bounce from the string of down days.  Most bottoms take time to form, with at least one re-test of the lows.  I only know a turn after a new trend is established. For now, the trend remains down.

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GMI: 0; IBD 100 stocks bounce most

@ 6:26 am

The GMI remains at zero.  Gmi0614 For the first time since June 1, the majority of stocks in all three indexes advanced–  63% of the Nasdaq 100 stocks, 61% of the S&P 500 and 83% of the Dow 30 stocks.  There were still only 4 new highs and 245 new lows in my universe of nearly 4,000 stocks.  Only 13% of stocks are in a short term up-trend, and only 14% closed above their 10 week averages. Wednesday was the 24th day in the current QQQQ down-trend.

The comparison of my universe of stocks and the IBD 100 shows a striking difference in performance on Wednesday.  The IBD 100 stocks have been underperforming for weeks.  On Wednesday, however, Ibd0614 85% of the IBD 100 stocks advanced, compared with 57% of the stocks in my universe.  86% of the IBD 100 stocks closed above their opening price……

Usually after a severe down-trend, people are more comfortable wading into the conservative blue chip stocks;  83% of the Dow 30 stocks rose on Wednesday.  The fact that most of the very oversold IBD 100 stocks also rose suggests to me that this rise may only be a dead cat bounce.  The technical damage to the markets has been extensive and the markets would have to rise a lot more before the down-trends would be reversed.  Time will tell if that will happen.  Until then, I trade consistent with a continuing market down-trend.

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GMI: 0; Down-trend continues; All stocks are bad, but

@ 12:01 am

Not much new on Tuesday.  The GMI is at zero.  More stocks advanced than on Monday; 35% of the Nasdaq 100, 22% of the S&P 500 and 23% of the Dow 30 stocks.  Only 9%of the Nasdaq 100 stocks are now above their 30 day averages.  Gmi0613 There were only 13 new highs and 292 new lows in my universe of nearly 4,000 stocks.  The QQQQ is now in its 23rd day of a decline.  My stats are now around the levels last seen in October, 2005, when that decline was ending.  It remains to be seen whether we are near a bottom or at the beginning of a major decline.

The IBD 100 stocks again fared worse than my universe of stocks.  Ibd0613_1 5% of the IBD 100 stock posted on 5/15 rose on Tuesday, compared with 17% of my stock universe.  However, one bright spot was that 16% of the IBD 100 stocks and 23% of my universe of stocks closed higher than they opened the day.  There were almost no new highs in both groups of stocks.  Three times as many stocks in my universe are within 5% of a new low than a new high (20% vs. 6%).  Only 15% of the stocks in my universe closed above their 10 week averages, a new low since I began recording this statistic in 2005.  Almost all of the IBD 100 stocks closed below their 10 day, 30 day and 10 week averages.  Still, twice as many IBD 100 stocks remain in a bullish stage 2 up-trend (53% vs 26%).

I remain in cash and/or holding puts on some weak stocks.  The Dow could rally some 240 points before I would consider that a new up-trend had begin.  The markets remain in a confirmed down-trend.  By now, everyone should see through the widely proclaimed conventional nonsense that stocks have intrinsic value.  Stocks are only worth what someone else will pay for them.  And each person’s assessment is driven more by mob psychology and greed and fear, than by rational logic.  How else can you explain why a stock like GS can release great earnings and be punished like it was on Tuesday.  In a down-trend, all events are seen through a dark glass that is perceived to be half empty.  Everyone sells quickly because they think that the next guy will sell. As William O’Neil says, all stocks are bad unless they are going up.  But I say that "bad" stocks can make a trader a lot of money if s/he shorts them correctly. (My TC2005 scan of the market found 232 Submarines and only 2 Rocket stocks on Tuesday evening.)

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