"In early April, 1862, a band of Union soldiers lead by civilian James Andrews infiltrated south from the Union lines near Shelbyville, Tennessee and met at Big Shanty, Georgia (near Marietta). On the morning of April 12, 1862, 20 of them (2 raiders never arrived and 2 others overslept and missed the adventure) stole the passenger train "The General" during its morning breakfast stop. With the farms and factories of Georgia supplying the Confederate Army fighting further west, the Raiders' mission was to burn the railroad bridges between Atlanta and Chattanooga, thus isolating the Confederate Armies from their supply sources and enabling the Union Army to seize Chattanooga. Due primarily to the persistency of William Fuller, conductor of the stolen train, and, secondarily to the rainy weather and unlucky mis-coordination with the Union Army to the west, the Raiders failed. All 22 at Big Shanty that morning were captured. Eight, including James Andrews, were tried and hanged by the Confederate Army in Atlanta." From Andrews Raiders Memorial -www.findagrave.com

William J. Knight was an engineer, captor and defender of the stolen locomotive and was from my hometown, Stryker, Ohio. I couldn't help but recall the story of this stolen locomotive which was running north in a big hurry as I watched the markets rally since midday on Tuesday. The markets were hi-jacked and bridges of resistance were burned as the buying not only continued, but accelerated through the week. Trying to catch this train may not be difficult, but hanging on and ending the journey north may be as difficult as the Civil War story. It may also end very badly if this is only a blow-off top. Or could it be something more substantial?

It appears that the market's main focus has been the FOMC getting to the end of its rate-raising cycle as evidenced by the ignition point which came on the publication of the minutes of the last FOMC meeting. The next meetings are scheduled for January 31 and March 28. The expected January 31 outcome is another 25 basis point increase and most Fed watchers expect no more than one additional increase at the March 28 meeting. The wording of the January 31 meeting will again be critical, but is likely to be interpreted as bullish for the markets no matter what it says. The key then will be the March 28 meeting. If the FOMC announces no increase at that meeting or raises and issues a statement that there will be a "pause" in increases, then that may be the news that falls into the "buy the rumor and sell the news" category. Based on the evidence we've seen this week, the market has motivation to rally into March 28.

Joining the "raiders" can be a dangerous activity, but we will have stops to tell us when our signals are wrong. In the long run, trend following always wins.

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Trend Compliance

Now you can see that last week's down trend leg has disappeared from the chart in the upward price action as the leg extends from October's lows.

One Year NDX Trend ZigZag

Next we take another look at the Nasdaq Summation Index chart. Last week we pointed out the fact that "the 18 EMA crosses ($NASI) have been very valid signals and in many cases it leads the broader market." We are very near a re-cross of the NASI to the buy side. The stochastic on the NASI shows to be very oversold and looks to be turning to the upside.

6 Month Nasdaq Summation Index

Moving On to Sentiment

The VIX is turning down but will not be giving us a sell alert until it gets much closer to the 10 level. There is room for more bullish sentiment development.

6 Month - Daily VIX Volatility Index

In general, the options players are still conducting their business in a low volatility market (options prices are cheap). If this environment continues, the market is likely to move sideways to higher.

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Signal Date	Slo. Stoch. (fast)	StochRSI (fast)	CCI (fast)	MACD (Variable)	Trigger Inputs Proprietary or Other	ML Signal ³
---	---	Recent Signals Not Shown				N/A
Dec 05, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Overbought Extreme - DSSI	Sell
Nov 07, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy		Buy
Oct 31, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Sell	Cash Stop	Cash
Oct 28, 2005	Sell	Sell	-	Sell		Sell
Oct 19, 2005	Sell	Buy	-	Sell	Cash Stop	Cash
Oct 05, 2005	Sell	Sell	Sell	Sell		Sell (100%)
Sep 30, 2005	Sell	Buy	-	Sell		Sell (50%)
Sep 15, 2005	Sell	Sell	-	Buy		Sell
Sep 14, 2005	Sell	Sell	-	Buy	Cash Stop	Cash
Sep 07, 2005	Buy	Buy	Sell	Buy (mod.)		Buy
Sep 06, 2005	Buy	Buy	Sell	Neutral	Cash Stop	Cash
Aug 08, 2005	Buy-	Buy	Buy	Buy		Sell
Aug 04, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Cash Stop	Cash
July 08, 2005	Sell	Buy	Buy	Buy		Buy
June 24, 2005	Sell	Sell	Sell	Buy-	Cash Stop	Cash
May 13, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Sell++		Buy
May 06, 2005	Buy	Buy	Buy	Sell+	Cash Stop	Cash
Feb 11, 2005	Sell	Sell	Sell	Sell		Sell
Feb 04, 2005	Sell	Cash	Sell	Sell	Cash Stop	Cash
Jan 14, 2005	Sell	Sell	Sell	Buy		Sell
Dec 31, 2004	Buy	Buy	Buy	Sell	Proprietary	Cash
Oct 15, 2004	Buy	Buy	Sell	Buy		Buy
Oct 08, 2004	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Cash Stop	Cash
Oct 01, 2004	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy		Buy
Sep 24, 2004	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Cash Stop	Cash
Aug 20, 2004	Sell	Buy	Buy	Sell+		Buy
Jul 16, 2004	Sell	Sell	Sell	Sell		Sell

Listen To What He Says

NAB Zechariah 3:1-7 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?" Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel.

He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." Again he said to him, "See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes."

Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the LORD was standing by. And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.

I am working on the art of listening and hope that you are also.

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