The secular bull market in shares has been epic each in period and extent. The NASDAQ 100 Index illustrates this bull run better of all. Utilizing Wyckoff Technique basic trendline development strategies, the chart under illuminates this secular bull phenomena. The stride of the bull market run is ready with three factors in 2010 and 2011. Drawing a Demand Trendline on the 2 response factors and an OverBought (Provide Line) on the intervening excessive value, the Stride of the advance is outlined for the subsequent 14 years (and the bull run remains to be going robust). The upward pattern has ebbed and flowed in the course of the lengthy advance, swinging between the Overbought and OverSold Trendline extremes. And at occasions throwing over and beneath these Trendline boundaries. These throwovers sometimes are long run overbought and oversold situations. Presently the NASDAQ 100 is above the OverBought threshold of the upward channel, creating the basic Wyckoff throwover. Is that this index weak to a response again into the channel?  

NASDAQ 100 Index 2008-Current

Extremes in sentiment might be characterised by the basic fairness put to name quantity ratio. Within the decrease panel the Put/Name Ratio for CBOE fairness choice quantity is plotted. A particularly low studying for this ratio signifies excessive name choice quantity in relation to place choice exercise. Excessive name exercise characterizes broad bullishness by choice merchants. Conversely, a excessive studying by this oscillator displays excessive put quantity and displays intense bearishness. What makes this explicit view of the Put/Name indicator noteworthy is the ten Week Transferring Common timeframe. The long run development of this indicator strikes slowly and intentionally from Bullish to Bearish excessive and again once more. This coincides nicely with the secular view of the upward striding NDX 100. Observe the correlation of the OverBought and OverSold extremes across the edges of the pattern channel and the way nicely it syncs up with buying and selling sentiment as outlined by the ten WMA Put/Name ratio.

Two notable situations on the chart have not too long ago occurred. Within the third quarter (July) the NDX­-100 jumped above the Provide Trendline and have become classically OverBought. Now, because the fourth quarter will get underway a Take a look at of the July excessive is underway. Second, in the course of the present Take a look at of the July excessive the ten WMA of the Put/Name Ratio has out of the blue tumbled down into excessive name quantity readings signaling that sentiment has turn into bullish and frothy, on a long term 10 week foundation!

Sentiment indicators are finest evaluated as environmental in nature. Thus signaling that the upward pattern of the inventory market has out of the blue turn into crowded with bullish speculators and traders. Sentiment indicators inform us when the rewards relative to the dangers are excessive or low. The long run Put/Name Ratio now alerts that bullish reward potential is diminished, and the dangers are excessive. 

Wyckoffians can be watching the connection between the NDX-100 index and the Overbought trendline. Typically a decline again into the pattern channel from an OverBought situation results in volatility and a decline towards the Demand Line and an OverSold situation. Observe additionally the place of the 39-week shifting common (purple dotted line) which is poised on the similar stage because the higher pattern channel line. A drop of the NDX-100 into the channel would breach each of those noteworthy strains. 

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Bruce

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