Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Wednesday's Market 10/15/2014

It was a brutal day for the SPX, with the index plunging at the open to 1837.22. After a brief attempt at a rally that brought the SPX back to 1866.64, the index dropped once again, this time reaching a low of 1820.66.


I will be the first to admit that I have not tracked this decline very well, so I will proceed cautiously. The two scenarios I outlined for the longer term outlook yesterday remain intact. Short term, the SPX still looks to have completed a 5 wave sequence from 2019.26 last Friday at 1912.84. The quick choppy action from that point has been the problem for me. After today’s action it looks like the SPX completed an inverted corrective wave as 1935.56-1890.90-1912.02-1874.14-1898.71. So from 2019.26 the index could have completed Wave A at 1912.84 and Wave B at 1898.71. The first drop today may have been Wave C, the bounce to 1866.64 Wave D, and the final drop to 1820.66 as Wave E. This is supported to an extent by virtue of the SPX finally making a higher short term high by moving above the 1866.64 Wave D this afternoon. The move off the 1820.66 low also looks to be an incomplete wave, suggesting further upside is possible.

The short term wave structure suggests a move higher to the 1888 level, with some indications that if this does occur, it should happen early in the trading day. After that a pullback to 1847 seems likely. Obviously if the SPX drops below the 1820.66 low this scenario would be invalidated. Support is possible below 1810, but the next major support would likely be the 1748 level.




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