Unmeasurable indicator
We have a lot of indicators to choose from. The draw back of most indicators is that they come from the same source: price, volume, time. What we need are indicators that come from different sources. If you have a reliable indicator on price and time, for instance the RSI, Stochastics, MACD or DMI, it's not necessary to use them all, because the source they come from is the same. What you need is an indicator from another source, or at least partly from another source. It would be nice if you can do some calculating with them. That's the reason we have Elliot Wave. It has price and time alright, but also human behavior. Calculating can be done with Fibonacci, a method totally derived from nature. For the same reason we have Gann. Also price and time, but with a correlation that's quite different from the other indicators. Combining those different indicators should bring us to a more educated guess of what is going to happen.
I suggest another indicator. I find it hard to calculate with it, but in my opinion it adds to the overall view. Headlines or news or publications, whatever you like to call it, in combination with price reaction. We all know about the tradedeficit in the US and worry about it. We all know about the shrinking housing market in the US, and are worrying about it. We all know about the immense amount of dollars being printed, and are worrying about it. Oil is getting more expensive, interest rates are moving up, reverse long versus short interest rates. And so on. The market must go down, only it doesn't.
What I'm reffering at is the reaction in price following such headlines. What we see most of the times is a very short reaction, if at all, and a continuing price. As long as those publications are neglected, the mood is up. You can see the same when prices are going down. How good a publication may be, it is neglected. Then the mood is down. I know that Elliot Wave is based on the same principle, but it doesn't really take those effects into account on a short term. We all see those things and it disturbs us. That's why the saying is: the markets can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
Turn it around and say: as long as irrationality is going on, the trend remains the same.
Are we the only one's that feel that way, because we are so much smarter than the rest? No, it's just the mentality of the herd. Climbing a wall of worries. Will there be a change? Of course there will be a change. The beginning will be the negative interpretation of good news. I know that's a point of discussion. For me, more jobs and less jobless claims are good news, while................ I haven't found a way to quantify this, but maybe someone with enough courage to read my sundayafternoon thoughts, can find a solution for this.
What we saw last week was a reaction on publications, which was wiped out the next day. So, bad figures were neglected again.
In the AEX you can see that in the price, candlesticks or whatever you like to use. In the DMI there was a crossing due to this. In my opinion, just fear, the next move was up again.
Have a nice day,
Pacito