vs. SPY

A few interesting pictures 'vs. SPY'... Gold miners have risen vs. SPY since early September. Treasury bonds, hated by absolutely everybody (except maybe readers of this website) in September have…

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Who Was Lying?

We wondered in a post this morning whether USD or some anti-USD markets were off base as all items were firm. Answer: Uncle Buck had stepped off sides and afoul…

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SPY Looks to Fill Lower Gap

The gap resides at the 62% retrace of the 'V' shaped spike that went too far, too soon to be sustainable. Now, if this market has near-term upside (I've been…

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The Men Who Stare at Charts: i SPY

i Spy a logical buy point and took a new and fairly sizeable (proportionally) position in SPY this morning. Also, both shorts are now covered; NFLX and SMH. SPY is…

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vs. SPY, Global Edition

A look at some daily charts of global markets/ETFs vs. SPX/SPY. Same rules apply as with the US sectors; it's not TA, it's a gauge of relative trend. In this…

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Call Me Boring, But…

Those who don't like my writing style may already call me boring (or worse), but as far as stock holdings go I willingly take on that description.  If you're looking…

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SPY 60 Min. Looks to Fill the Gap

Gee, go figure.  There is the gap up (as was noted in pre-market) and sure enough, there is the orderly looking flag down to potentially fill said gap.  It's better…

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SPY: Gappy Not So Happy

From yesterday's Happy Gappy day trader post... "Even still, who’s to say today’s little expression of joy is not a gap to be filled quickly on the downside?" Boink, in…

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SPY: Happy Gappy

Follow me if you will once again into the world viewed by a day trader.  This is their world I assume, because they have to watch this stuff all day…

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NFTRH; EEM/SPY Ratio Begs a Re-Think

As you may know, I have been bearish the Emerging Markets due to the big picture monthly chart breakdown by the MSCI EM index and iShares ETF.  But in pulling an EEM/SPY chart I found this bottomy looking thing…

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SPY Parameters Updated

A simple progress report on SPY's bounce.  The initial rally today put SPY back above the resistance line roughly equivalent to SPX 1975, which was Resistance #1 to the bounce…

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