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Dec
22

Tuesday was the Third 30:1 Up:Down Volume Day in the Last Month

Posted by on Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 am

Tuesday’s market internals were massively lopsided, with upside volume on the NYSE coming in over 30 times downside volume. That’s a pretty outrageous ratio, topped only by the fact that Tuesday was the FIFTH 30:1 up:down volume day in 2011. We saw…
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Dec
21

QQQ Volume Over its Upper Bollinger Band

Posted by on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 at 12:09 am

QQQ volume came in over two standard deviations above its 20-day moving average Tuesday (aka upper bollinger band). It’s usually an intermediate-term…
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Dec
20

First Down Week in December

Posted by on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 1:30 am

Volume associated with declining issues accounted for 90% of total NYSE volume, making the third 90% down volume day just this month. That’s extremely unusual considering we’ve never seen more than one 90% down volume day in December in the last fifty years. Clearly this is not your typical year…
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Dec
13

Low-Volume Selloff Ahead of the Fed

Posted by on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 at 1:54 am

Pre-FOMC selloffs have been pretty reliable buy points for a 1-2 day trade. Over the last 30 occurrences stretching back to the early 80′s…
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Dec
05

Bullish Seasonal Pattern Involving Two Down Days to Start the Month

Posted by on Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 6:20 pm

The S&P500 started out December with back-to-back down days. Whenever this occurs, note the previous…
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