Update

Two weeks in a tight range, holidays:) Everybody celebrating their huge gains in 2017:)))
This decline on Friday makes the short term pattern ambiguous.... either we have a-b-c last two weeks and one final high or the correction has begun. I can find arguments for both cases. The next 1-2 trading days will show the exact short term pattern. Do not worry there will be enough opportunities to take profits or short if you want:) enjoy the holidays!!!!

I am using the time to prepare the long term update, which I will post on second of January. I am almost ready with it and interesting is I see every asset sending the same message - expect intermediate term bottom/top(NATGAS and PM already reversed, the others need a few days to a few weeks). I do not think stocks will escape "gravity" and trade on their own.

Weekly preview

Short term view - one more high, it is a bull market what can go wrong:)
Intermediate term view - intermediate term top wave 3 expected soon.

Higher as expected and then levitating around this levels whole week. Nothing much new holidays - no reversal signature so far... it is a bull market so I will assume there is one more high. As a side note very often the reversal begins with long sideway move which looks corrective and suddenly accelerates in the opposite direction. So if you are a short term trader be cautious, there is indexes which are in a correction already like DAX,EEM,SOX.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - close to a top the pattern always gets ambiguous will we see one more wave higher or not. So far there is nor reversal pattern so I assume this is another wave iv. Reversal only if the price accelerates below 2675 and drops to 2660 or lower.

Intermediate term - in the final stages of wave 3. Fibo retracement 23,6% around 2540 and 38,2% around 2440 are shown on the chart.

Long term - one more correction and a rally before turning very bearish. The next wave lower will show us if the move from the Feb.2016 is over or not. I think it is not.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - the same like last week, not signaling an imminent plunge lower, but some of them look tired and do not follow the price.
McClellan Oscillator - above zero with divergences.
McClellan Summation Index - neutral, since the November low is not really moving up with the price.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - buy signal.
Bullish Percentage - still strong buy signal.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - short term divergences and below 75.
Fear Indicator VIX - small divergence and intermediate term it looks like rounding bottom.
Advance-Decline Issues - in the middle of the range. A/D cumulative is struggling and look like it is topping.


HURST CYCLES
Day 26 of the 40 day cycle.

Week 5 of the 20 week cycle.

Weekly preview

Short term view - final high next week and then lower.
Intermediate term view - intermediate term top expected, topping for a few weeks and a bigger decline in January.

The indexes made new highs as expected, we saw the last waves iv and v from the chart on Wednesday, NDX made finally higher high.... the price action looks like intermediate term top to me. I am out of bullish counts and patterns... the indicators look bad, cycles pointing to a high, market breadth is ok probably because we will see topping and the profitable sell opportunity will be later in January.

For those who trade PM/miners - a low was expected around the end of the year when the stocks make an intermediate term top. I think we have an intermediate term low this week. The next long term update is in two weeks, but a thought it is better to post a chart timely:) See the last chart HUI.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - when this move makes final high I do not know how to count more impulses. I do not have more bullish counts and patterns.

This is 15min CFD chart - I will be surprised if we do not see one more high on Monday. I am not sure if the cash index will follow or not, but keep it in mind. Personally I trade CFD on the indexes.

Intermediate term - quick drop to support and MA50 around 2600 then test of the high, which should last several weeks. RSI does not look good with intermediate term and short term divergences.
Primary scenario at the moment is the top of wave 3 from Feb.2016.

Long term - one more correction and a rally before turning very bearish. The next wave lower will show us if the move from the Feb.2016 is over or not.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - look tired, but not signaling an intermediate plunge lower. I suppose the sell signal with really big profits and low risk will come in a few weeks.
McClellan Oscillator - slightly above zero with divergences.
McClellan Summation Index - neutral.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - buy signal.
Bullish Percentage - still strong buy signal.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - short term divergences and below 75.
Fear Indicator VIX - small divergence and it looks like rounding bottom.
Advance-Decline Issues - turned sharply lower and currently in the middle of the range. A/D cumulative is struggling and look like it is topping.


HURST CYCLES
Day 21 of the 40 day cycle.... time for mid cycle low next week.

Week 4 of the 20 week cycle.

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
We have finished combo 13 on the weekly chart. Waiting for sell signal - a price flip.

HUI Chart
Right on time as cycles said we are seeing intermediate term low around the end of the year. I think this is not a major low, I see a rally for a few months, but the pattern is just huge sideway W-X-Y.

Update

Move higher as expected and now I am out of bullish counts:) last possibility is one more small iv and v to finish 5 green.

Weekly preview

Short term view - still missing the impulsive price action lower, I think we will see one more high.
Intermediate term view - close to intermediate term high and topping process in December.

We saw higher high with an exhaustion gap on Monday and a pull back... so far so good, but I do not see impulsive price action lower and looking other indexes short term up is expected. Intermediate term this should be the top of wave 3 from the Feb.2016 low.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - the price action so far looks corrective not impulsive... I suspect bigger wave iv and one more high.

Intermediate term - the same like last week topping expected in December. Primary scenario the top of wave 3 from the Feb.2016 low.

Long term - one more correction and a rally before turning very bearish. The next wave lower will show us if the move from the Feb.2016 is over or not.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - some are turning lower, but other like McClellan Summation Index will look better if we see continuation for another 2-3 weeks higher.
McClellan Oscillator - moved above zero, more divergences?
McClellan Summation Index - buy signal.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - buy signal.
Bullish Percentage - still above 70, no sell signal.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - around the 75 level, divergences before reversal?
Fear Indicator VIX - I expect more higher lows.
Advance-Decline Issues - weak plunged lower close to the zero level.


HURST CYCLES
Day 16 of the 40 day cycle.

Week 3 of the next 20 week cycle.

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
After finished sell setup we have several days closing in the red... we will have confirmed sell signal when we see price flip on the weekly chart and this is close below 2585-2575 area for the next two weeks.

Weekly preview

Short term view - final wave higher.
Intermediate term view - now very close to intermediate term top, overall we should see topping process in December.

1-2 i-ii looked like the less likely scenario, but it has played out. I have suggested another one because RUT was already in iii of 3, Europe reversed long time ago, EM and tech were tired and reversed this week.... John Doe suggested that this is "rotation happening into the 'biggest' beneficiaries of U.S. tax reform" It makes sense last final hooray riding the news.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - last week too many options were possible, but now the pattern looks clear like 1-2 i-ii impulse with the last wave 5 running. The indicators say this is the more likely scenario.
Alternate the move could be finished, I have seen so many times the last missing 5 of 5 of 5 never appearing I would not be surprised.

Intermediate term - classical overthrow above the trend line and last blow off. Overall December looks like topping process up and down. First next week the current wave from mid November should be finished, then lower to test MA50, then higher to test the top and the trend line... I do not expect some serious sell off before January.

Long term - one more correction and a rally before turning very bearish. The wave lower will show us if the move from the Feb.2016 is over or not.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - are bullish it will take time for topping and reversal which fits with the cycle and my expectation for a choppy December. The only warning signal is VIX, the indexes are exploding higher and it spikes higher to 12 instead of plunging to 9.
McClellan Oscillator - above zero, but with intermediate term divergence.
McClellan Summation Index - buy signal.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - buy signal.
Bullish Percentage - buy signal.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - managed to move above 75.
Fear Indicator VIX - higher low despite the euphoria, first warning sign. I think we will see a series of higher low before a strong sell off.
Advance-Decline Issues - heading higher for the overbought level.


HURST CYCLES
Day 11 of the 40 day cycle.

Week 2 of the next 20 week cycle.

Here is top-to-top analysis. If it is right this should be 18 month cycle high.

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
Another sell setup finished on the daily chart and we have now 9-13-9 from the August low.

Update

Bigger impulse, this is the top of wave 3.
Interesting Emerging markets do not follow, European markets do not follow, tech stock do not follow, VIX with a spike higher....

Update

It is not an ED it is a simple impulse... RSI says this is wave 3 there should be one more move lower and higher. NYSE,DJ,RUT have the same pattern.

Weekly preview

Short term view - next week the indexes should be lower.
Intermediate term view - the last wave higher from the August low is running.

The indexes are higher as expected.... currently I see corrective waves up and down so I suspect some ED is running.
Last week I have mentioned that cycles do not fit and relabel will be needed... I think we saw a stealth 40 week cycle low. You can see it if you loot at market breadth (McClellan Summation Index) and the price just moved sideways for 4 weeks.
I have mentioned a few times that the move from the August low does not fit in the pattern... so there is an option that the move from the Feb.2016 is topping and this is wave 5 and not 3. This is shown on the daily chart, the Fibonacci measurements fit way too good to ignore it.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - so far the move looks like a-b-c and the suspected pattern is ED. As long as the support area and MA200 hold it is ok... below this levels it is dangerous for the bulls.
Around tops the patterns is always not clear - alternate options are this is the top or sharp sell off to 2560 for flat correction or 1-2 i-ii and acceleration higher(not very likely).

Intermediate term - I want to see the histogram and RSI resetting higher before another turn lower. The bearish option is shown in red... Fibo way to perfect to ignore it.

Long term - even if this is the top it will be tested so no change, one more correction and a rally before turning very bearish.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - McClellan Summation Index very bearish for weeks suggesting that we are seeing important low(40 week cycle low), but Bullish Percentage never gave sell signal and price has not followed lower. Now most of the indicators are turning higher so I think cycles and market breadth are hinting move higher for a few weeks.
McClellan Oscillator - above zero for a while.
McClellan Summation Index - turned up and a buy signal.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - in oversold territory.
Bullish Percentage - positive, buy signal.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - weak below 75.
Fear Indicator VIX - will we see the first higher low?
Advance-Decline Issues - turned up and moving higher.


HURST CYCLES
Day 6 of the 40 day cycle.

Week 1 of the next 20 week cycle if I am right about the 40 week cycle low.

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
We a have a finished sell setup on the weekly chart and four weeks sideway move. For the next week price flip is a close below 2587.

Update

I think since the end of October all this corrective waves are one much bigger ED than I thought.

NYSE and DJ look a little bit different so alternate the ED could look this way. It will take more time, but at the end it is the same story. I suspect stealth 40 week cycle low last week so spending time a few weeks higher is in fact what I want to see.... and you will have your Christmas rally:) the last high before puking hard lower.

Weekly preview

Short term view - a little bit lower and then higher.
Intermediate term view - the move from the August low is topping. When it is over a few weeks lower for 40 week cycle low.

SP500 moved lower as expected, but I can not see an impulse and I warned about the short term low. The pattern which makes sense at the moment is wave 5 from the August low. I looked at different indexes they all have different patterns, but the common is more to the upside no matter corrective move or higher highs.
The bigger picture has not changed the market is topping and correction for a few weeks is expected.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - I do not see a way to twist this move lower as an impulse. The most likely scenario is wave 5 from the August low. The Fibo measurements are ok - wave 3 with max extension and wave 4 with 0,236 retracement which is expected when you have extended wave 3. In the update I have shown this area around 2565 - it was tested 4 times and we have false break lower... as long as this level holds and we do not see a clear move lower and close below it, close below the trend line and MA200, expect more to the upside.
RSI broke the trend line higher which means the move lower is over. In a bearish scenario it is wave 2(red) or x double zig-zag. Even in this case the support level should hold and the top should be tested.

Intermediate term - the indicators plunged lower, but the price has not followed. The histogram is below zero for a month... this is not the way a reversal and a sell off begins. I think it is more likely to see the indexes at least for a few days higher, RSI testing the trend line, the histogram around zero or above, before another move lower.

Long term - no change, one more correction and a rally. For now the plan is that this is the high of wave 3 from the Feb.2016 low. When we see the move lower we will know if this is the right pattern.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - look bearish, pointing lower for weeks. The price is not following so far which fits with the cycle picture - any correction should be short living 2-3 weeks.
McClellan Oscillator - spending a lot of time below zero already and now trying to move into positive territory.
McClellan Summation Index - sell signal .
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - sell signal, reached oversold levels.
Bullish Percentage - flat for a long time right above 70.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - tested the middle of the range, one more high with divergence?
Fear Indicator VIX - jumped to 14 now I expect a higher low.
Advance-Decline Issues - I think it is topping.


HURST CYCLES
Day 17... confusing, if the indexes make higher high relabel will be necessary.

Week 13 of the 20 week cycle. It should turn lower for 2-4 weeks soon.

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
We a have a finished sell setup on the weekly chart and four weeks sideway move. For the next week price flip is a close below 2581.

Update

The indexes are moving lower, but the pattern is a mess. There is serious battle around 2565 and four candles with long tails.... the futures are testing the level again.
There is two options - the price accelerates lower to the lower support level/MA50 or short term bottom and higher probably until Thanksgiving. RSI sharply lower around 50 and far away from the trend line, in Europe the indexes finished impulse lower and testing MA50..... the odds are higher that this is a short term bottom.
If we do not see a move below 2565 and SPX closing below 2565 near the low for the day... than we have a short term bottom.

With no clear impulse I see two options either a-b-c for wave 4 and 5 higher(green) or diagonal for 1/A and testing the top 2/B(red).

Weekly preview

Short term view - lower, target around support 2545 and MA50.
Intermediate term view - the odds are very high that the move from the August low is over and probably this is the top of wave 3 from the Feb.2016 low. I expect lower for a few weeks and 40 week cycle low around mid December.

SP500 levitated for another three days, but broke lower as expected. In the last 5 weeks we saw two EDs lasting two weeks each. The index gained 1,5% for this time.... this does not look like strong bullish action more like exhaustion.

The signs are not very good for the bulls - EW two EDs in a row, the indicators spent the time building divergences and not resetting lower, market breadth is bearish, the new 40 day cycle made higher high as expected but with 1/3 behind us instead to be the strongest part all we see is marginal high and sideway move, TomDemark finished sell setup on the weekly chart.
I can not present bullish arguments at the moment.... except faith - the market will always move higher and never correct.
This does not mean the indexes will crash and burn just purge some greed. Short term we have MA50 support on the daily chart and in a few weeks 40 week cycle low sometimes in December.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - looking at the daily indicators and the 40 day cycle with 1/3 behind us another high unlikely. The European indexes already with impulse lower the US indexes still need to confirm a reversal, but I think they will move lower .

Intermediate term - another finished ED and RSI/MACD divergences. The move from the August low should be over.

Long term - no change, one more correction and a rally. For now the plan is that this is the high of wave 3 from the Feb.2016 low. When we see the move lower we will know if this is the right pattern.

MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - look bearish, pointing lower, with sell signals since last week.
McClellan Oscillator - spending a lot of time below zero already.
McClellan Summation Index - sell signal.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - sell signal.
Bullish Percentage - sell signal with small divergence and below MA10, but still above 70.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - sell signal below 75.
Fear Indicator VIX - extreme complacency again, double bottom?
Advance-Decline Issues - cumulative A/D with divergence and pointing lower.


HURST CYCLES
Day 12 of the 40 day cycle. On Friday SP500 closed below MA10 and the trend line, which means the odds are higher that the current 40 day cycle made a top and turned lower.

Week 12 of the 20 week cycle. It should turn lower for 2-4 weeks. Average length is 14-18 weeks. With the previous one 18 weeks long a shorter one 16 weeks will look better. This means mid December and time for Christmas rally:)

Tom Demark SEQUENTIAL AND COUNTDOWN - this technique spots areas of exhaustion.
We a have a finished sell setup on the weekly chart, but no price flip so far. For the next week price flip is a close below 2575.