11/15 Indicators

The markets this morning...

Stocks

sym	phase	trend	adx		200/50	40/10
SPY
QQQ
VIX

SPY (S&P 500) is trading within a sideways channel in force since early August to Oct. 3.

QQQ (Nasdaq 100) remains within an uptrending channel that began Aug. 9.

VIX (fear index) is trading within a sideways channel that began Aug. 9.

Bonds

sym	phase	trend	adx		200/50	40/10
TLT
JNK

TLT (Treasury long-term debt) is trading above a downtrending channel that began Oct. 4.

JNK (corporate high-yield debt) is trading below an uptrending channel that began Oct. 4. The chart has some abiguities, but the exit appears to mark a downtrending channel from Oct. 27.

Tangibles

sym	phase	trend	adx		200/50	40/10
USO
GLD
JJC

USO (crude oil) is trading within an uptrending channel that began Oct. 4.

GLD (gold) is trading within a rising channel that began. Oct. 4.

JJC (copper) is trading above a declining channel beginning Oct. 31.

Global

sym	phase	trend	adx		200/50	40/10
UUP
EEM

UUP (U.S. dollar) is trading within an uptrending channel that began Oct. 27.

EEM (emerging markets) has broken below an uptrending channel that began Oct. 4. the chart is a bit muddy, but the break seems to be a transition to a downtrending channel from Oct. 27.

Indicator Exchange-Traded Fund Symbols:
EEM - emerging markets
GLD - gold, a counter-directional proxy for inflation fears.
JJC - copper, a proxy for industrial actrivity.
JNK - high-yield corporate bonds
QQQQ - Nasdaq 100 index
SPY - S&P 500 index
TLT - Treasury long-term bonds
USO - crude oil
UUP - U.S. dollar index, against a basket of currencies; largely a dollar-euro proxy
VIX - fear index, implied volatility of the S&P 500

Key

• phase: 20-day price channel phase, with green for bull trend, red for bear trend and yellow for neutral trend.
• trend: Price direction, green for higher highs and higher lows, red for lower highs and lower lows, yellow for sideways, and grey for neutral or ambiguous.
• adx: Average directional index location, indicating the strength, or the temperature, of the trend. Orange for 40 or greater, aqua (light blue) for 25 and up but below 40, magenta (light purple) for 20 and up but below 25, and brown for anything below 20. (Mnemonic: Orange for the overhead sun, blue for the surrounding sky, magenta for sunset on the horizon and brown for the earth.)
• 200/50: The moving average cross, green for the 50-day ma above the 200, red for below and yellow for closely aligned.
• 40/10: The moving average cross, green for the 10-day ma above the 40, red for below and yellow for closely aligned.

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