Last week ended bullish - above the 50 ma, bullish hammer on the weekly chart, still well below the daily upper Bollinger Band. I think this week should stretch upwards a bit more, hugging the purple channel on /ES and squeezing out shorts. I also think we're close to a turn downward, but last weeks failure to make any real bear tracks means (to me) that we've got a little more upside to go - possibly to the .618 or even the .658 around 2920 - 2970 on SP futures.
I've posted two possible scenarios - green (12345 up) and red (ABC down). SPY will have it's own analysis (related to this, of course) but I'll post that once I see how futures go tonight/tomorrow.
If we fall, how low? Well it's hard to say at the moment. As I've said, I don't see a larger crash just yet. I think the near term target is still 2635 area. If we crack below that - 2420 looks like strong support. Below that, we probably test the lows.
I will update a longer term chart this week.
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The last few days I've been looking at articles from April 1930 which near the end of the rebound for the 1929 crash. That rebound took approximately 6 months.
I know the Fed/Government took quick action recently and things can go very differently from crash to crash. I don't expect a repeat of 1929. It's still interesting to read about what was happening at the end of the rebound of a major crash and see if there are any similar developments, both financially and psychologically.
As I read about this time in 1930 it is obvious that the economy seemed to be in much BETTER shape than now. I copied these quotes from from futurecasts.com/Depression_descent-beginning-'30.htm - very much worth a read. The whole site is well done if you are interested in market history.
"Total NYSE stocks reached just under $80 billion by April 10, 1930, making up about 73% of its losses since its September, 19, 1929 highs. The Big Board had surged about $30 billion in five months, a gain of about 65%. "
"Unemployment was reaching worrying levels. Where on average it only took mere weeks for the unemployed to find new work during 1929, it now took several months."
"There were great expectations of a quick business revival in the spring of 1930. Credit was ample and available at low rates. Bank rates had been cut sharply by the Federal Reserve Bank and all the major European national banks. Private interest rates had been cut even faster and sharper as people with money found it increasingly difficult to profitably employ it. Not only were business risks rising, the profit inducement to borrow was clearly declining, making the availability of money at sharply declining interest rates increasingly irrelevant."
"Business failures were up sharply - the most since 1922."
"This was the "spring rally" of 1930. The stock market remained determinedly over optimistic - bouncing back vigorously after each selling climax - rising in expectation of each possible trade turning point - and falling back only when disillusionment became inevitable."
If you've got anything to add, I'd love to hear it.
Good luck to all,
Sunship