Intraday Commentary ~ 06/15/2009

3:54pm
As we close about 923.. there is still a possibility of us gapping up a little higher tomorrow to levels of 93.30 on the SPY before we head back down. I bought some SSO a few minutes ago to hedge myself for a possible bounce before we continue our way lower. Since 923 has not broken though, we are still uncertain of where this market will go, but you have to give bears the benefit of the doubt.  

2:52pm
Citigroup could be pushing lower in the next few weeks as a strong ascending support has broken over the last few days of trading:
C60 

2:17pm
I have taken profits on my DZZ trade from a week ago… this was a nice 4.5-5% profit for this trade. It is hitting up against the 21.40 resistance, I think you can buy it on a little bit of a pull back.  
 

1:58pm
I like AMZN short at around 82.10 (that’s where I went short)… it seems to be consolidating for a potential fall in the upcoming days.. make sure you put a stop somwhere in the 82.40s.
30 minute AMZN chart:
amzn30 

1:46pm
VIX today shoved through important resistance and now is headed higher (wedge formation resistance broke!)
Vix60 
 

1:42pm
GS rose to retest the 144.40 level yet again as resistance, and ever since rolled over… the SPY now sits below 92.80, if we can close under here this maybe the start of the B wave of the Primary 2, or the 5th wave of P1. I really like shorting the overbought tech here because i think it could suffer greatly from the  inflated prices on hopes of a recovery. 

12:01pm
The move higher here is a on lower volume, but if it can be sustained we might get a small inverse H&S on the 10 minute:
spy10minutes 

11:53am
hitting up against the 923 SPX level for  a 3rd time, this time it might break.. guys we are in a potential reversal day, the volume is definetly there! and I think you should start looking at shorting Real Estate and Financials.  Also short Overpriced tech, I.e. AMZN, AAPL. 

 

11:18am
We are testing 92.80 on the SPY for a second time! The dollar is strengthening dramatically, gold has broken it’s head and shoulders and will be confirming it today on a daily chart. These are classic signs of a reversal.. if this market can now break  923, we will be heading much lower. Next support level is at 914.5-915.  

10:43am
A nice little intraday trade, is taking potentially a long here with a stop underneath and unloading at 93.20.  

10:38am
GS is breaking down to new lows here and is only going to find support around 142.70, and then strong support at 141 ish for a head and shoulders pattern to form on a 30 minute. The SPX is following GS down and is getting really close to testing that strong 923 Support. Take Profits at that level, there is no way we can shoot straight through it, it will take at least three tries.  

9:51am
Manufacturing index fell by almost twice as bad as they expect it.. and we broke the 932-933 support very easily.. the next strong strong level of support is 92.80 on the SPY or 923-924 on the SPX. If we break this, we will confirm a new move lower (lower lows, lower highs), on strong volume.  GS was the reason we were able to see a possible reversal coming and I suggest you keep looking at it! 144.40 is strong support, a break of that will shove it down to 141 ish.  
  

7:44am
I might not be here for the open, but it looks like we are starting our decent today. Everything seems to be in-line with a sell off. We broke the 932-933 level in the futures and will have to look for the 929-930 as we open. Gold is  0.6% lower, oil is over 1.2% lower and the dollar is incredibly strong. These are signs as a full on reversal as long as this can persist at the open. Some pretty strong technical levels were broken this morning, and volume was definitely there.  

10:11pm (sunday)
It is a little early to tell but futures are trading around 936 now , which means that the push higher that we had right at the end of the day above resistance is, in a way, insignificant.  We will have to watch out for incredibly strong support at 932-933 tomorrow and resistance at 944 on the SPX. As of now, the dollar has gained some strength and as we know, this means the markets could fall as commodities sell off. Oil is down a little lower and Gold is falling slightly, extending it’s loses from friday. There will be a lot of data this week though, from housing to CPI and we will have to keep track very closely. What are your thoughts on Housing? Have we bottomed or not?

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