Stock Market Forecast: Wild Choppy Moves

One-sided S&P 500 session, perhaps a bit too much – the bulls are likely to face issues extending gains when VIX is examined. The stock market sentiment remains mixed. One could easily be pardoned for expecting larger gains on yesterday‘s magnitude of the dollar slump. And long-dated Treasuries barely moved – their daily candle approximates nicely the volatility one as both give the impression of wanting to move a bit higher while their Thursday‘s move was a countertrend one.

Not even value was able to surge past its Wednesday‘s setback, which makes me think the bears can return easily. At the same time, tech stepped into the void, and had a positive day, balancing the downside S&P 500 risks significantly. The very short-term outlook in stocks is unclear, and choppy trading between yesterday‘s highs and 4,550 shouldn‘t be surprising today.

At the same time, precious metals could have had a much stronger day. But the sentiment was risk-off in spite of the tanking dollar and doubted yields as the rising tech and gold at the expense of silver illustrate. Miners recent outperformance was absent just as much as commodities vigor with the exception of copper. And it‘s more celebrations in the red metal following its steep and far-reaching correction, that‘s the part of missing ingredients as much as fresh inflation fears (yes, adding to the risk-off mood, inflation expectations declined yesterday).

All in all, it looks like a case of abundance of caution prior to next week‘s Fed, compounded by sluggish incoming data, where just cryptos are ready to move first.

Let‘s move right into the charts (all courtesy of www.stockcharts.com).

S&P 500 and Nasdaq Outlook

S&P 500 decisively reversed upwards, but the daily indicators barely moved – the consolidation doesn‘t look to be over.

Credit Markets

HYG entirely reversed Wednesday‘s plunge. But the low volume flashes amber light at least – the bulls are likely to stop for a moment.

Gold, Silver, and Miners

 

Gold upper knot doesn‘t bode as well as it did the prior Friday, and the same goes for miners. Moreover, the yellow metal‘s strength was sold into, making it short-term problematic for the bulls.

Crude Oil

Crude oil held $81 on not too shabby volume but the bulls are still on the defensive until $84 is overcome. When XLE starts outperforming VTV again, the outlook for black oil would improve considerably. Natgas falling this steeply yesterday isn‘t inspiring confidence either.

Copper

Copper finally reversed, and the upswing is a promising sign even though I would like to have seen higher volume. Again, the red metal remains well-positioned to join in the commodities upswing once the taper announcement is absorbed.

Bitcoin and Ethereum

Bitcoin bulls are pausing while Ethereum ones keep running – cryptos are providing an encouraging sign (to be taken up by real assets) going into the Fed next week.

Summary

Choppy trading in stocks is likely to continue even though 4,610s are closer than a break below 4,550s at the moment. Much nervousness in the markets before the coming Wednesday – cash is being raised while the dollar suffered in spite of daily move up in yields. Risk-off hasn‘t clearly retreated as seen in sectoral performance and VIX. It’s time to be cautious while waiting out this soft patch in commodities that are most likely to return to scoring gains, accompanied by the retreating dollar.

 

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