SP500 penetrated recent temporary support at 1500 and is now in a pending stop position. ND100 finally had a strong set back under the lower band and oversold. DOW also penetrated recent temporary support at 13500 and is also in a pending stop position.
Temporary Support Penetrated
Last trades update
| Index Market |
Current Price |
2 weeks Change |
# cycles completed |
| SP500 |
1453.70 |
-81.58 |
3 |
| ND100 |
2034.30 |
-160.29 |
3 |
| Dow |
13043 |
-764 |
3 |
SP500 Last Comment
SP500 penetrated 1500 temporary support and entered another bear market. At this time SP500 hit a pending stop point at 1455 which means that we now expect a short term recovery of about 3% that should kick in in the next 1-3 days. Once that occurs we will then have another set back that could get lower than 1450 and retest next support level at 1410. If somewhere in the week we go under 1400 we may hit the extreme oversold which always triggers a violent reversal. SP500 is near oversold level with an RSI at 35. We are now in a 4th week of downtrending market. 1410 is now our first support and should not be penetrated for a long while.
1410 is now our first support. 1380 is now our next support.
ND100 Last Signal Comment
ND100 went down sharply last week way under the lower band. It is now oversold with an RSI at 35 and a band offset of 1.14. We now expect like other markets a short term recovery probably followed by another set back that could bring it lower than current position.
We can consider that our first support is now at 1850, our next support at 1710 and the next one at 1450.
DOW Last Signal Comment
DOW like SP500 penetrated recent temporary support at 13500 and is now oversold with an RSI at 35 as well. DOW is in a similar position as SP500 technically. DOW also is on a pending stop trigger point which means that we can now expect a short term recovery of about 3% in the next 1-3 days. Like SP500 DOW is not very far either to reach an extreme oversold level which would be somewhere under 12500 in the next week.
Our first support is now at 12845 and our next support is at 12050.
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| Date |
Market |
Trade Type |
Description |
Symbol |
Strike Price |
Month |
Margin |
Amount |
Current |
Profit |
| 2007/10/11 |
SPX |
PUT Uncovered |
Sell PUT uncovered September SPX |
SXY |
|
December |
14000 |
560$ |
2100$ |
-1440$ |
| 2007/10/11 |
RUT |
PUT Uncovered |
Sell PUT RUT November |
RUT |
|
December |
7000 |
360$ |
1000$ |
-740$ |
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Economic Current Conditions
Table of Economic Numbers
| Economic Info |
October 2007 |
September 2007 |
August 2007 |
July 2007 |
June 2007 |
May 2007 |
April 2007 |
March 2007 |
February 2007 |
January 2007 |
December 2006 |
November 2006 |
| PPI |
|
+1.1% |
-1.4% |
+0.6% |
-0.2% |
+0.9% |
+0.7% |
+1.0% |
+1.3% |
-0.6% |
+0.9% |
+2.0% |
| Core PPI |
|
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
+0.1% |
+0.3% |
+0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
+0.4% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+1.3% |
| Retail Sales |
|
+0.6% |
+0.3% |
+0.5% |
-0.9% |
+1.5% |
-0.2% |
+1.0% |
+0.5% |
0.0% |
+0.9% |
+0.6% |
| CPI |
|
+0.3% |
-0.1% |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
+0.7% |
+0.4% |
+0.6% |
+0.4% |
+0.2% |
+0.5% |
0.0% |
| Core CPI |
|
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.2% |
+0.1% |
+0.2% |
+0.4% |
+0.2% |
+0.3% |
+0.2% |
0.0% |
| Housing Starts |
|
1.19M |
1.33M |
1.367M |
1.47M |
1.474M |
1.506M |
1.491M |
1.51M |
1.40M |
1.64M |
1.57M |
| Building Permits |
|
1.126M |
1.326M |
1.389M |
1.41M |
1.501M |
1.429M |
1.56(M |
1.53M |
1.568M |
1.60M |
1.51M |
| Employment |
+166,000 |
+96,000 |
89,000 |
+68,000 |
132,000 |
+190,000 |
+88,000 |
+177,000 |
+113,000 |
+146,000 |
+206,000 |
+132,000 |
| Durable Goods Orders |
|
-1.7% |
-5.3% |
+6.1% |
+1.9% |
-2.8% |
+1.1% |
+3.4% |
+2.4% |
-7.8% |
|
+1.9% |
| Durable Goods Excluding Transportation |
|
|
|
+3.7% |
|
-1.0% |
|
+1.5% |
-0.4% |
-3.1% |
|
| New Homes Sales |
|
-4.8% |
-8.0% |
+3.7% |
-6.5% |
-1.61% |
+16.2% |
+2.6% |
-4.0% |
-6.6% |
+12% |
| Existing Homes Sales |
|
5.04 Millions |
5.48 Millions |
5.75 Millions |
5.76 Millions |
5.99 Millions |
6.01 Millions |
6.15 Millions |
6.68 Millions |
6.46 Millions |
6.22 Millions |
6.28 Millions |
| ISM Index(Manufacturing) |
50.9 |
52.0 |
52.9 |
53.8 |
56.0 |
55.0 |
54.7 |
50.9 |
52.3 |
49.3 |
51.4 |
49.5 |
| ISM Services |
55.8 |
54.8 |
55.8 |
55.8 |
60.7 |
59.7 |
56.0 |
52.4 |
54.3 |
59.0 |
56.7 |
58.9 |
Factory Orders |
|
+0.27% |
-3.5% |
+3.4% |
+1.0% |
-0.5% |
+0.5% |
+3.1% |
+1.0% |
-5.6% |
+2.4% |
+0.9 |
GDP(Gross Domestic Product) Numbers
| 3rd Quarter 2007 |
2nd Quarter 2007 |
1st Quarter 2007 |
4th Quarter 2006 |
3rd Quarter 2006 |
2nd Quarter 2006 |
1st Quarter 2006 |
4th Quarter 2005 |
3rd Quarter 2005 |
| +3.9% |
+3.8% |
+0.7% |
2.5% |
2.0% |
2.6% |
5.6% |
1.7% |
4.3% |
Inflation Numbers
Year to year inflation according to core CPI is now at 2.2% and CPI at 2.7%.
In the last 2 weeks we had several major economic news. See the table above for all numbers.
Employment came in for October at 166,000 way over expectations. ISM manufacturing for Octobe rat 50.9 under expectations. ISM services for october came in at 55.8 above expectations and Factory orders for September came at at +0.27% lower than expected. Finally GDP for 3rd quarter came in at +3.9% higher than expected as well.
Generally speaking last economic numbers are still excellent expecially with the employment results and ISM services results not to mention excellent GDP growth. So as expected FED lowered lower rates .25 at 4.50. We do beleive with recent market turmoils that we will have another .25 rate cut in december.
The SP500 PE ratio is at 17.08 according to June results. We are near undervalued level which would be at around 1370. Remember that when the last major economic cycle that started in march 2003 the PE ratio was at around 16. So we are in the middle of the range (16-20) with the best period of the year kicking in.