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Sentiment Report: Are There Still Too Many Bulls?
Last week, the market was in the most boring position possible. Stocks were consolidating and sentiment looked just a tad bearish. So there was no extreme in the technical position of the markets, and no extreme in sentiment either. That mad it hard to have a firm opinion on where things could go. We started […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: Volatile Markets, Neutral Traders
In last week’s sentiment report, traders were somewhat fearful, even with stocks rising like a phoenix off the February 9 low. Since that low, we had: -6 straight days up with markets finishing near the highs each day -2 down days -1 anemic up day with a finish near the day’s lows So let’s measure […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: High Fear, Higher Stocks
Last week, following the explosion in market volatility, the bulls were finally brought down to earth after 13 months of straight-up action. In January, sentiment was as bullish as I’ve ever seen it in my 14 years of watching the market. Now, traders are clearly more fearful, even with 6 days of bullish buy the […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: The Fear Factor
It took a while, but the bulls were finally brought down to earth after 13 months of straight-up action. And sentiment was remarkably positive from December 2017 until last Friday when volatility exploded, leading to the VIX spiking over 50 on Tuesday morning. It’s common for the market to top out when sentiment gets to […]
Continue Reading -->Volatility Is Picking Up but Nobody Cares
Sentiment has been remarkably bullish since December 2017. It’s common for the market to top out when sentiment gets to extreme levels, but as we’ve learned in this once-in-a-life-time stretch of happiness, there’s no guarantee. And indeed, even though volatility reared its head this week, the bulls stayed pretty dang happy. So let’s dig into […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: 100% Happy Traders
Sentiment has been incredibly bullish since early December. It’s common for the market to top out when sentiment gets to extreme levels, but timing trades off sentiment indicators is largely a fool’s game – something made quite clear with the market’s nonstop string of record highs. Stocks just won’t break down, and the dip buyers […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: 100% Happy Traders
Sentiment has been incredibly bullish since early December 2017. It’s common for the market to top out when sentiment gets to extreme levels, but there’s no guarantee. And indeed, the bulls have been getting rewarded at every turn since the market just won’t break down. So let’s dig into our sentiment indicators to see if […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: Pure Joy
Sentiment has been incredibly bullish since December 2017. It’s common for the market to top out when sentiment gets to extreme levels, but there’s never a guarantee. And indeed, the bulls have been rewarded with what feels like a nonstop string of record highs. So let’s dig into our sentiment indicators to see if the […]
Continue Reading -->Sentiment Report: The Lunatic Fringe
Sentiment was very bullish in December 2017. But the bullishness us turning into straight-up lunacy. Don’t believe me? Just check out the numbers! (click here for a primer on the sentiment indicators below) 1) VIX Spread – Bullish The VIX has been making intraday lows around 9 for the past 3 days, indicating that traders expect […]
Continue Reading -->T3’s Top 10: Our Most Popular Articles of 2017
What’s popular with the thousands of traders that make up the T3 Live community? You’re about to find out with our top 10 articles for the year 2017, ranked by visits to our website. You can get a look at a top trader’s account statements showing $78K+ in profits from 4 weeks of trading, watch […]
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