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A Very Exciting and Important Week for the Markets?

It was on October 24th., that the VIX (Volatility Index) had hit its high. The VIX moves opposite to the market, so a high on the VIX should normally correspond with a low on the S&P 500.

But ... that wasn't the case. It wasn't until almost a month later that the S&P 500 finally hit its low. (The S&P low was on November 21st. ... at 11:30 AM on a 60 minute chart.)

That was an important event.

Why?

Because when the S&P finally hit is low, the VIX was showing a positive divergence with the S&P's low.

You can see that event on the chart below, where I inverted the VIX's chart so that it would track in the same direction as the S&P. (Remember, this means that as the VIX is moving higher on the chart below, that it is actually becoming numerically smaller since it is inverted. See the scale on the right hand side.)

So, that positive divergence set the VIX up to move higher on the inverted chart below (which was actually a move that would become numerically smaller). This became a positive event for the market since that November event.

Have we now come full circle since then?

Since November 21st., the S&P went up and then back down to close its Nov. 21st. gap. Now ... a multi-month decision is at hand.

Why?

Because the S&P 500 had set its support line when the gap was closed ... see labels 1 and 2 on the chart. At the open this morning, the S&P came down and rested on that important "support line". At the same time, the VIX gapped down this morning, but remained above its inverted support line. So, there was a positive divergence coming from the VIX.

One more thing to note: At label 2, the S&P came down even to label 1 and closed its gap. However, at the same label 2 point (which was label 4 on the VIX), the VIX wasn't even close to being at the same level. In fact, the VIX was way up at label 5 ... a huge positive divergence from the S&P's level.

So here is where we are today ...

1. The S&P is at a critical support level on a 60 minute chart, and that support goes back to last November.
2. The VIX has a positive divergence that was established on January 20th.

This means that we are going to have an important Bull vs. Bear battle this this week ... starting today. Two months of progress is at stake, so it will be important for the S&P to hold ... to hold first above today's support line, and then to HOLD its November low. Holding one or both would be in line with a basing process for the market.

Falling below the November low would be a act of losing the battle to the Bears ... which would mean exposing the markets to the possibility of making new lows. Like last night's Super Bowl, this could be an exciting week.

 

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