Thursday, October 2, 2014

Thursday's Market 10/02/2014

It did not take the SPX long to choose between the two paths I described on Tuesday. Wednesday the index opened decidedly to the downside, confirming the inverted corrective wave that terminated at 1985.17. The SPX continued lower from the open, falling to 1926.03 this morning with only two noticeable bounces along the way.

Once the SPX had fallen to 1926.03 by late morning, the first real attempt at a rally from the 1985.17 occurred. The index climbed steadily through the remainder of the day reaching 1952.32 before falling back slightly into the close.


I count nine waves from the 1985.17 high to the 1926.03 low. The first wave ended at 1968.96. The next five waves completed an inverted corrective second wave, 1977.73-1954.30-1964.33-1945.44-1951.10. The next three waves, 1934.82-1938.15-1926.03 then completed a 5 wave sequence.


Recalling the count from 2019.26, the SPX completed the first wave at 1978.63. The index then completed an inverted corrective wave at 1985.17. Notice that the end of this wave, 1985.17, completed above the termination point of the first wave, 1978.63. Sometimes this indicates the completion of only the first wave in an ongoing corrective wave. This may be a possibility in this case, with 1985.17 being a wave a, and today’s 1926.03 low being wave b. The short term count from 1926.03 indicates three waves, which would then complete the entire second wave from 2019.26 at 1952.32. I am now looking for three waves down to complete a 5 wave sequence from 2019.26.

My target for this initial decline from 2019.26 is 1917. This should complete with a move below 1932, a small bounce, and then a final decline to 1917.

If 2019.26 was the end of a sequence from 1074.77, several preliminary targets can be estimated. There a couple of interesting possible scenarios that I will elaborate on as this wave unfolds.  One of these scenarios suggests the SPX will complete this wave above 1881. Should that level be broken to the downside, I would look for a move below 1748.



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