Market breadth jumped. For the first time in 4 months, the S&P 500's McClellan Oscillator is above 50 We've seen 11 similar cases before, and 10 of those 11 saw $SPX higher a month later. Average gain +3.2%
S&P 500 is up 6 days in a row, with a total gain of +6.9% This only happened 9 other times, and $SPX was consistently higher 6-12 months later. Average maximum drawdown in the next year was 9.3%
From the AAII Sentiment Survey: Cash Allocations is at 14.19%. Investors are holding the least cash in 4 years. This happened 3 times in the past 20 years: late-2017, Jan 2020, late-2021. Each case preceded significant market volatility and losses for $SPX
31% of NASDAQ 100 stocks are now oversold (RSI below 30), the most since April 2025's crash.
Software stocks led the way down.
Can they bounce and lead the way back up?
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Capitulation in Bitcoin $BTC? Yesterday saw:
- record Put Volume in Bitcoin etf $IBIT
- record volume (shares traded) in $IBIT
- Bitcoin sentiment at a 3 year low
Software stocks collapsed and Defensives soared.
Many traders are betting on Software to bounce and Defensives to pullback.
Software etf $IGV Call volume hit a new record high today, while Consumer Staples etf $XLP Put volume soared
Bitcoin is in a bear market, and its weekly RSI is extremely oversold (below 30)
Bitcoin was this oversold only 4 times before.
In every instance, Bitcoin was higher 4 days later, with an average gain of +16%
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Bitcoin is getting crushed.
Bitcoin's RSI is below 21, the most oversold since 2023.
Similar oversold conditions saw Bitcoin rally 9 out of 10 times the next day. Median gain was +3.3%
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Highlighting how unusual yesterday's breadth was:
The NASDAQ 100 fell -1.7% yesterday, but more NASDAQ stocks went Up than Down!
This mega tech selloff only happened 4 times before, and each instance was followed by more losses in the next 2 months.
Small sample size, but something to think about. H/t @CyclesFan