Thursday, April 22, 2010

4/22 Morningline: Stocks and Bonds

Blue chip stocks (SPY) opened 0.7% below yesterday's close but remain within a sideways range stretching back more than a week.
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stosto
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SPY $119.28
VIX 18.10
TLT $90.99
At 9:48 a.m. Eastern

The VIX, which measures SPY's volatility, opened 7% above yesterday's close. Person's Proprietary Signal switched into bear phase on SPY in a two-day whipsaw. The macd and stochastic deteriorated sharply.

Treasury long-term bonds (TLT) are trading just above yesterday's high. The exchange-traded fund rose sharply yesterday, setting a higher high and higher low and is trading at the bottom of price congestion (resistance) set in mid-March.

The movements, down for SPY and up for TLT, are continuations of price direction during trading after market close on Wednesday.

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Abbreviations:
psar - Parabolic Stop and Reverse
adx - Average Directional Index
pps - Person's Proprietary Signal
ma20 - 20-day moving average
macd - Moving Average Convergence-Divergence
mfi - Money Flow Index
sto - Fast Stochastic


Exchange-Traded Fund Symbols:
EEM - emerging markets
EUR/USD - euro/dollar currency pair
GLD - gold
JNK - high-yield corporate bonds
SPY - blue-chip stocks
TLT - Treasury long-term bonds
USD/JPY - dollar/yen currency pair
USO - crude oil
VIX - fear index


About the glance: The colors indicate the state of each signal.

  • trend: Determined by the 5-day moving average, green for up, red for down, yellow for sideways
  • adx: orange for above 30-up, blue for 20-down, purple for in the middle. Red is most prone to whipsaws
  • psar, pps, macd: green for bull mode, red for bear
  • sto: green for overbought, red for oversold, yellow for the neutral zone.


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