Stock Market in Potentially Explosive Position

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See the chart for notes.  The Dow (and other indexes) is in a potentially explosive downside position.  Using a "stop" order to short on a break below last week's low may be the best strategy in this case.  A stop would be placed above the highs of the rebound off of last week's low.

Of note, but not shown here, there has been a dearth of "smart money" buying occurring over the last week or two compared to the buying that occurred at the June low.  So with the market at obvious trendline/chart pattern support, the smart money is not buying aggressively.  This is suggestive to me that a downside continuation will occur, and probably sooner rather than later.  The next obvious chart support is the June low if a sharp breakdown does occur.

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If the SPY is at a new corrective low by Tuesday afternoon, that keeps the shorter-term price logic clearly down.  So again, entering short (if triggered by Tuesday) on a stop below last week's lows would be my preferred strategy.

The hourly MACD crossed into a sell Friday afternoon.  Since the Sept high, these signals have been good indications of renewed selling and have not developed divergence prior to price move to new lows.  That is typical behavior of a trending type move.  So again, a quick move to new lows would be further indication of a predominant downward price psychology.

While the markets may seem oversold, it is important to consider multiple time frames.  While the daily time frame reading are nearing typical oversold readings, intermediate sentiment readings are not yet at a point that screams of an imminent rebound.  And weekly, monthly, and quarterly indicators all are overbought and turning down.  The weekly stochastics and MACD indicators are not oversold at this point. In fact the weekly MACD has just crosssed down after a bearish divergence, which is typical indication of a larger degree trend change and impending sizable move.  So understand that there is plenty of room to the downside here for prices.