| trend | adx | psar | pps | macd | macd trend | sto | sto trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY $114.18 | ||||||||
| VIX 30.78 | ||||||||
| TLT $94.64 |
The fear index (VIX), which measures the volatility of blue-chip stocks, is up by 15% or so. Treasury long-term bonds (TLT) are also up by more than a percent.
The French President, Sarkozy, has threatened to pull out of the euro as a dig at the Germans.
It's as through the Greek bailout agreement of last weekend never happened.
I live on the Pacific Rim, and I truly don't understand why the markets, or anyone, care about Europe. The Europeans have been nothing but trouble since 1914. Arguably, 96 years of seeing markets and lives battered by crazed europaranoiacs is enough, already.
Indicator 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
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Skynet Panic of May 6
Panic Looks Like This
Skynet Panic Poisons Technical Tools
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
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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