Stocks Hit An Air Pocket… Again!

Stocks got their first little taste of pain yesterday as we close out this half cycle.
Full cycle losses in the coming bear market will extend to at least 60% in my estimation.
But it remains to be seen if this new decline is the beginning of something greater.

The DOW was down more than 250 points today in a possible series of 1,2 waves. It is too early to say just yet, but If I were a bull, I might ask this question: why do stocks nose dive, when everything is supposedly so great?
It has got to be a head scratcher!

In general, there are now warning signs flashing red in both current market internals, and investors risk appetite, as evidenced by the spike in yields in high yield credit. Couple this with the extremes sentiment, and the advanced state of the Elliott wave pattern in the DOW, and you get a big picture of a market that is turning at down at a large degree of trend.

I have maintained over the last month, that now is the time for caution and not speculation. When the crowd has all run to one side of the boat. There is only one outcome, the boat is going to tip over!

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My Bias: market topping process ongoing
Wave Structure: Impulsive 5 wave structure, possibly topping in an all time high.
Long term wave count: Possibly topping in wave (5)

Last night I spoke of a possible bearish Elliott wave signal in place off the high. Today’s market hit an air pocket right at the open! The price was down 263 points at the low of the session.

The price has rebounded again this evening, so it is unclear yet if the structure will develop into a larger five-wave pattern to the downside.

I have labelled the chart with the bearish interpretation, which views the decline as a series of 1,2 waves to the downside.

For tomorrow; wave (ii) grey sits at 23574.73, this level must hold for the bearish interpretation to hold.

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