The stock market, like a newly activated cellphone, searches for its satellite signal but day-to-day is dysfunctional.
In the spring if MACD is still on a buy signal when the calendar exit day arrives the exit is delayed until MACD triggers its next sell signal.
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Rose's sell signal came on April 7, one day before the solar eclipse and represented a change from the astrologically inspired buy signal last Oct. 22.
Noon: That explosion you just heard is the Noon Day Gun being fired atop Signal Hill.
But for a potentially constructive technical signal, watch for the five-day line to cross above the 15-day.
Technology and the Russell 2000 both lagged yesterday and reversed hardest towards the end of the day, giving a sell signal.
And its day seems almost over, when a signal comes over the radio.
Yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury notes fell to their lowest levels of 2011 Thursday, sticking below 3% in a signal that risk aversion is the order of the day.
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Not only has my seasonal strategy not yet triggered a re-entry, but my non-seasonal Market-Timing Strategy remains on an intermediate-term sell signal, and some significant support levels like 200-day moving averages, and trendline supports, have been broken.
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Very short-term, the April gold contract has climbed above its 20-day moving average, which is a minor bullish technical signal.
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The FOMC announced QE4 last week on December 12 and the highs that day could be the highs for the highs for December and signal that the Santa Claus rally has indeed stalled, and the market focused back to the cliff.
Earlier in the day, the Fed got what amounts to an all-clear signal to lower rates without having to worry about near-term inflationary consequences.
Overnight action saw the December Comex gold futures contract push through short-term resistance from the 20-day moving average, which is a minor near term bullish technical signal.
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Also in traditional technical analysis, the bearish signal is stronger when a stock closes at or near the low of the day, which is the case in Apple stock.
If the bulls were able to rally above the 20-day moving average early this week it would be a short-term bullish signal and would suggest a minor bottom could be in the works.
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However, the European Union, which is holding a two-day summit in the Finnish capital Helsinki, has said it will send a strong signal to Russia that its assault on Chechnya was unacceptable.
To test the idea on a grand scale, researchers at Wageningen University and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute acquired the signal strengths from 2, 400 links operated by T-Mobile NL, over two 12-day periods in 2011.
It was revealed that police did not check the hospital's CCTV footage on the day that Mr Fenton went missing, and they did not attempt to trace his mobile phone signal for almost 12 hours after they were called to investigate.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), after closing above its 8-day on Friday on above-average volume, saw another push higher of more than 3% until it reached some resistance at the 50-day MA. The stock closed on highs yesterday, and typically this is a bullish signal for traders to look for follow-through.
If the 9-day RSI can turn solidly higher and push above the 30% level that would be a buy signal.
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By Monday afternoon, as gusts gained speed to signal the storm's approach, stock exchange officials won approval from the SEC to remain closed for a second day.
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