Just a quick follow-up to my recent observations on weakening internals in The Deflating Rally. If recent internals were weakening then what we observed yesterday in the Nasdaq was a complete breakdown.
You wouldn’t know it from the actual indices, but look what’s happening underneath:
This is the cumulative advance/decline on the Nasdaq yesterday while the $QQQ closed positive.
On the day net advance/decline was – 1266 on the Nasdaq with $QQQ squeezing green into close:
Here are the number of issues
Over 2,000 Nasdaq stocks closed red. $QQQ green.
Why? Because 10 stocks in $QQQ control 53% of the index weighting:
And many of these closed green yesterday and hence this explains that.
Of course these same stocks are part of the $NDX, but how healthy is the $NDX on an internal basis? Not very:
Almost 40% of components are below their 200 day moving average:
New highs are reached with fewer and fewer components above their 200 MA.
And almost half of components are below their 50 day moving average:
But it’s not only tech, the weakness permeates everything:
Yesterday internals were negative all day, but on close all was saved with a big cap jam on close while a rising $SPX has been hiding the negative cumulative advance decline picture over the past several weeks.
The message: The larger market is correcting. The indices, thanks to the mega caps, are hiding it.
Thin to win.
Categories: Market Analysis
Another solid and to-the-point article … question that I have is with the repeated rotation of money into sectors along with broader market correction with the indices being propped up, do we (ever) get a real 5% healthy pullback?
Maybe I am jaded and cynical, but I actually find it bullish that the entire market correction is being hidden away. Or maybe I am just disgruntled with my bearish positions : )