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RoboStreet – March 17, 2022
One More Big Pull Back In-Store For Stocks
The market is enjoying a three-day rally based on the Fed making known the game plan for fighting inflation while leaving the door open for all manner of flexibility to dial back rate tightening if the economy shows sudden signs of slowing. Fed Chair Jerome Powell commented correctly that the impact from the Ukraine war, sanctions, a spike in Covid-19 cases in China, and ongoing supply chain constraints are all fluid factors that put the Fed in a highly-data-dependent position.
Following a reprieve from a torrid rally, commodities are turning higher once again following reports that the talks between Ukraine and Russia are bogged down with little progress being made on key issues. Oil prices are right back up over $100/bbl as a deal with Iran remains questionable, Saudi Arabia isn’t answering Joe Biden’s phone calls and there is no movement by Congress or the White House on increasing supply from U.S. producers, despite the national average for gas is up to $4.30/gallon.
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Typically, a three-day rally into an options expiration Friday invites fresh volatility where a good dose of the short-covering has run its course and traders like to raise cash going into the weekend at a time when geopolitical risk is very elevated. Being long oil, gold and bonds is the best defense against headline risk, of which there is plenty of between Ukraine and China. It’s been a great reflex rally, but one that should give way to another retest of the recent lows that sets up the market for a resumption of the primary uptrend.
The $SPY traded up at $438, right at the January downtrend line. The value/reflationary ($VTV) closed higher 1.1%, at $145, approaching the 50 DMA resistance. The technology sector ($QQQ) closed higher 3.7%, at $342, and tested the January lows as the next resistance level.
The $DXY closed lower, near the $98, at the June 2020 high. The $TLT closed higher 1.0% and near the March 2021 lows. The ten-year yield closed lower 2.17%. The $VIX closed lower near the 26 level.
The $SPY short-term support level is at $420 (key long-term support) followed by $410. The SPY overhead resistance is at $445 and then $460.
Due to the geopolitical risks in Ukraine, one has to assume that the $SPY January lows will be re-tested again and most likely continue the downward momentum in the next couple of weeks.
I would be a seller of the high beta stocks into the rallies and have market NEUTRAL portfolio at this time.
I would consider rebalancing portfolio at this time and have an overall market NEUTRAL portfolio. I do not expect the $SPY to post new all-time highs in the first half of this year. There is a high probability that the $SPY main long-term support at the $420 level will not hold. All eyes are on the geopolitical risk in Ukraine.
If you are trading options consider selling premium with May and June expiration dates.
Based on our models, the market (SPY) will trade in the range between $400 and $470 for the next 2-4 weeks.
Staying on point with how to play this current investing landscape, my work is forecasting another retest of the lows for SPY, and possibly taking out the February 24 low of $411 in what would be a full capitulation sell-off that would clean out all the stops underneath, take the VIX above 40.0 and usher in a point where a true bottom is in a place where those with cash will have a superior entry point to buy into.
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