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Friday, October 04, 2019

A Macro-To-Mini View Of US Major Indices

Each candle on the first chartgrid of the /ES, /YM and /NQ Emini Futures Indices and RUT Index represents a period of one year. (Note that I would have shown the /RTY Emini Futures, but it only had 3 years' of data, so I've shown the RUT instead).

The horizontal white line that cuts through each candle is a one-period moving average (H+L+C). Friday's closing price on the current year's candle is above this moving average. They are also above the moving average on both 2018 and 2017 candles. 

However, in the case of the RUT, the price is only slightly above the highest moving average on those two candles, so it's important that it holds above the highest at 1476.42 if we're going to see higher prices from here. 


Each candle on the next chartgrid of the /ES/YM and /NQ Emini Futures Indices and RUT Index represents a period of one quarter.

On a quarterly basis, and looking forward to the end of Q4, this H+L+C moving average for the Q3 candle is as follows:
  • /YM = 26461 = support
  • /ES = 2929.92 = support
  • /NQ = 7687.17 = support
  • RUT = 1524.37 = resistance

So, these three support levels for the /YM, /ES, and /NQ will need to hold to confirm a sustainable push for higher levels through to year end from here.

In the case of the RUT, it will have to retake and hold above its resistance level to convince traders to buy with conviction until then.


To gauge possible direction and volatility on a shorter daily timeframe, take a look at the following three ratio charts of SPX:VIX, NDX:VXN and RUT/RVX.

SPX:VIX ratio:
  • price is trading under the bearish influence of a recent moving average Death Cross formation and is just beneath this crossover
  • the RSI is just below the 50.00 level
  • the MACD and PMO are both trading under bearish crossovers
  • near-term support is 150 and resistance is 200

NDX:VXN ratio:
  • price is trading under the bearish influence of a recent moving average Death Cross formation and is just above this crossover
  • the RSI is just below the 50.00 level
  • the MACD and PMO are both trading under bearish crossovers
  • near-term support is 300 and resistance is 400

RUT:RVX ratio:
  • price is trading under the bearish influence of a recent moving average Death Cross formation and is below this crossover
  • the RSI is just below the 50.00 level
  • the MACD and PMO are both trading under bearish crossovers
  • near-term support is 60 and resistance is 80

To support higher prices from Friday's close, watch for the:
  • the RSI to retake and hold above 50.00 on all three ratios
  • SPX:VIX and RUT:RVX to pop and hold above the Death Cross levels
  • the NDX:VXN to hold above the Death cross level
  • the Death Cross to reverse and form a bullish Golden Cross on all three ratios
  • the MACD and PMO to reverse and form bullish crossovers on all three ratios

Otherwise, we may see traders continue to take some profits to year end in a series of tepid rallies, producing, either, further chop in a sideways direction, or, serious profit taking occur on some kind of negative catalyst...pushing the SPX to a low of 2400, or lower, as I described in this recent post.




With the US Unemployment Rate now at 3.5% (a low not see seen since 1969), it appears that there may be good reason that a strong economy may hold, at least, until the end of the year...and tip the odds in favour of a higher year-end close for these four US Major Indices.

Bottom Line: Keep an eye on the above three timeframes, price levels (index and ratio) and technical indicators to gauge possible short/medium/long-term direction and volatility for Q4 of 2019.