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Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: NEGATIVE (Day Count = 1) The SPX Index closed the session +39bps at 5893.  More importantly, the Index was able to hold the previously identified support level at 5864 on both an intra-day and closing basis.  Despite that win, momentum continued to degrade and volume was well […]

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: NEUTRAL (Day Count = 2) The SPX Index gapped down on Friday and faded for the entire session.  The Index opened at 5912, hit a low of 5853 and closed at 5870.  Once again, this price action was right in line with expectations.  For over a week

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: NEUTRAL (Day Count = 1) The SPX Index acted exactly as expected, fading yesterday -61bps to close at 5949.  On Nov 8 I wrote that “On a trading basis I am looking for retracements within this move higher and would look for 5947 and 5864 to act

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: POSITIVE (Day Count = 5) The SPX Index was essentially flat on the session with intraday price action and internals telling a much more interesting story.  The day was one of complete indecision with a high/low spread of 43 points and an open/close spread of just 0.37

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: POSITIVE (Day Count = 4) The SPX Index was negative for the first session since Nov 5 with a minor loss of 29bps, closing at 5983.  Of greater significance, the Index has now stalled the past three sessions in a tight range at 6012, 6017 and 6009. 

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: POSITIVE (Day Count = 3) The SPX Index gained a modest 10bps during yesterday’s session, closing at 6001.  This marks the first close above the 6000 level for the Index and the fourth consecutive all-time closing high.  That said, the day produced a relatively benign stick with

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: POSITIVE (Day Count = 2) The SPX Index added to the Trump Rally for the fourth session closing +38bps at 5995.  The Index did briefly break above previously identified resistance at 6000, hitting an intraday high of 6012.  This was also the fourth consecutive session in which

Market Summary: Current ICAP Momentum/Trend Model (MOTR) Signal: POSITIVE (Day Count = 1) The SPX Index gapped up again yesterday, opening on the low at 5947 and grinding higher for the entire session.  The Index was up 74bps on the day, hitting a high of 5983 and closing at 5973.  The move higher off the