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The Pulse Of The Market

@smtraderca · Cautious pullback

bearishSPX, NDXmedium conviction

Reference SPY ($761.69)

I hope you have picked up the cautionary messages as you were read through this weekly review. It appears the market is preparing for additional pullback. The market internals are flashing signs of weakness. All the major indexes other than SPX and NDX are in a near term downtrend pattern.

Named tickers: SPX, NDX

Graded on the SPY, QQQ, and DIA average, plus VIX.

Posted Sunday, September 20 at 12:52 AM ET inside the collect window.

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Dispute this grade

SPY S&P 500 ETFFriday session close, Monday noon, then the official closes
Fri refMon openMon noonWed closeFri close
  • Fri ref761.69
  • Mon open766.25
  • Mon noon770.73
  • Wed close767.81
  • Fri close771.35

Weekend reference is the prior Friday Yahoo Finance regular-session close for SPY, QQQ, DIA, and VIX. Monday's gap uses the regular-session open. Monday noon is the open of the 12:00 PM ET 5-minute bar. Wednesday and Friday use the official daily close (4:00 PM ET, or 1:00 PM ET on an early close). A closed session or a close that is not due yet is left blank.

Settled grades

The words do not change. Each settled horizon rescores this call against recorded prints measured from Friday's regular-session close.

  1. Friday close to the open

    Monday open

    9:30 AM ET

    Mon openSPY($766.25)+0.6%against call

    Rank 1 of 2

    Market+0.77%against callsigned -0.77% · VIX +1.01%

    • Direction vs the market3/50
    • Levels · none named4/20
    • Specificity5/15
    • VIX factor6/15
    Open the Monday open board

  2. Open of the 12:00 PM ET 5-minute bar

    Monday noon

    12:00 PM ET

    Mon noonSPY($770.73)+1.2%against call

    Rank 1 of 2

    Market+1.28%against callsigned -1.28% · VIX +0.47%

    • Direction vs the market0/50
    • Levels · none named4/20
    • Specificity5/15
    • VIX factor3/15
    Open the Monday noon board

  3. Same week, at the close

    Wed close

    4:00 PM ET

    Wed closeSPY($767.81)+0.8%against call

    Rank 1 of 2

    Market+1.08%against callsigned -1.08% · VIX +2.50%

    • Direction vs the market0/50
    • Levels · none named4/20
    • Specificity5/15
    • VIX factor9/15
    Open the Wed close board

  4. Same week, final close

    Fri close

    4:00 PM ET

    Fri closeSPY($771.35)+1.3%against call

    Rank 1 of 2

    Market+1.59%against callsigned -1.59% · VIX +0.41%

    • Direction vs the market0/50
    • Levels · none named4/20
    • Specificity5/15
    • VIX factor3/15
    Open the Fri close board