Like a Hot Knife Through Butter

What began as a choppy trading session, took new life early in the afternoon when buyers stepped in and pushed the major averages higher.

The Dow and Nasdaq settled above their 200-day averages for the first time in about a month, but the S&P 500 remained well below its 200-day average. The consolation here is that it did manage to close well above the 1100 mark, which had been very tough resistance until today

Oddly, the European bank stress tests did not move the market in either direction when the news was first announced. Of 91 banks involved in the stress test, only 7 failed.

Exactly why the market moved higher when it did remains unclear to me. But I'll take it any way I can get it.

Here's today's charts:

NAMO.jpg

Nothing bearish about these two signals.

NAHL.jpg

Looking good here too.

TRIN.jpg

TRIN remains on a buy, but TRINQ did flip to a sell.

BPCOMPQ.jpg

BPCOMPQ looks like it may be in the early stages of a bullish move higher and remains on a buy.

So we have 6 of 7 signals on a buy, which keeps the system on a buy.

I believe today's action spells trouble for the bears and suspect we have a fair amount of upside left in this Intermediate Term move. I'm holding tight to my 100% S fund position. See you later this weekend when I post the tracker charts.
 
The seven that did fail were light - only off by a smidge. Industrial manufacturing is picking up on a global basis and top line revenues are rising. Here comes Dow 10,600.
 
It all moved up about an hr later.

My guess was it took a few minutes for the news to get digested. Saw headline "Major German lender Fails" but most banks pass. Once that was diciphered...Markets shot up...tweaked down...then shot up again towards the bell...along with an afternoon sell-off in bonds...usually a good couplet.

Went from 100% G to 50 I, 25 S and 25 C yesterday anticipating a breakthrough resistance. Used your writeups as a support tool for decision.

Thanks:)
 
As much as it was about Euro banks, there was this significant piece of info:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703294904575385120617510164.html
Wall Street Exhales After Sidestepping Pay Czar's Wrath
Wall Street took the latest government report on its pay practices in stride Friday, saying it would review U.S. pay czar Kenneth R. Feinberg's suggestions about compensation while privately expressing relief that the report wasn't tougher on them.
 
Who the hell wants a Pay Czar.
I don't want any Czars.

In fact, Americans tend to do bad things to Czars - or equivalents.

And, who the hell is Feinberg or the moron who appointed him. This Pay Czar (meaning me since both of these chaps are being paid by me) should be on the unemployment line.

Anyway, the SS look good. Folks are starting to invest into a future of Black Swans with clipped wings:p.
 
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