On Monday we showed you why blatant wave patterns on four different time frames pointed lower.
On Tuesday, price showed you why this remains a frustrating and indecisive marketplace. Instead of
taking the opportunity to continue south, the indices again decided to rally to stay in the violent but
eastbound seven week range its been in since August. This marks the ninth huge swing in the past
seven weeks, and it’s making for an incredibly exhausting process as we debate the possiblity of
truncations here and deep retracements there. This is a really tough pattern no matter how you slice it.
Every single move has possessed impulsive attributes at some point in its progression, but it never
lasts for long. All we can do is be aware of how this is going to resolve (once it finally does) by
understanding all possible labelings. That’s the game plan again tonight. We’ll look at every single
labeling that needs to be considered after this latest swing. We’ll again come to the conclusion that this
market is headed lower because that’s the only sensible resolution. In the meantime, we have to go
neutral on our near-term stance because these swings are just too much to sit through. On any larger
time frame, we remain bearish because the pattern on any larger time frame remains bearish.