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Margin Call Selling Tempers the Bull Charge

In theory, we should run higher for the next two weeks. But I didn’t like today’s action, with regards to the breadth. Just 73% of stocks were up and the bulls lost some of their mojo towards the close, ceding almost 100 Dow points to late day margin call sellers.

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Either way, I’m in it to win it for at least another 10 trading days. I will start to unwind my SPY position next week, so I have a vested interest in seeing the market rally.

To accomplish that end, without question, we need to see crude run like a crazy machete wielding mad man in the middle of the desert. If not, then we’ll give back today’s marginal gains and resume the death march towards elysium.

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6 comments

  1. nocturne

    Didn’t care much for the oil action today. PJ traders need to save oil. ..

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  2. frog

    If McClellan is right, you can hold your S&P’s ’til the end of Feb., Fly. Of course, he’s not always right.

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  3. it is showtime

    If we go lower again, can you use the word careen in your title

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  4. sia

    Did you even sleep last night?

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    • frog

      I hope Fly didn’t sleep last night. Severe insomnia for folks who work in the market, is an indicator of a market bottom.

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  5. probucks

    Nothing to celebrate yet Todays upswing still printed an “inside candle”. Not a HUGE fan of Japanese candle-stick theory but it has merit and should be considered when positioning.

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