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The SPX is down -3% from its high on Tuesday. In the subscribers-only section of our last two posts āThesis Confirmed! Growth is Comingā and āUnstoppable Force: Bull Run Far From Overā we showed how we predicted the mkt selloff this week - thatās exactly what happened. Today we discuss what to do now that the sell signal is activated (hint: not as simple as selling!)
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Whatās causing this selloff?
The kindling was set last week with the rotation from large caps to small caps. The match was lit when ASML (Dutch chip equipment maker) reported restrictions being placed on them and AMD reported their chips overheating. This dragged down the whole semis complex including NVDA (where NVDA goes, so goes the mkt). The fire has now spread to other parts of tech like META and AMZN.
But fundamentals are only half the story. The technicals added gasoline to the kindling while no one was looking! The technicals told us that tech was overbought and extremely crowded. So while we were happy to keep riding the AI hype train, we also kept one eye on the exit in case things went south. Now that that has occurred, letās talk about how we should positionā¦
Sell signal triggered! What do we do now?
The break tells us the up trend could be ending. Itās not a 100% guarantee, which is why I will only be selling 30% of my stocks and monitoring how the mkt reacts over the next few days. There are two main scenarios that are possible: 1) it retests the trendline before going down; and 2) it bounces straight up.
The first scenario would be normal action for a continuation down. Note that it can also just go straight down without āretestingā the trend line. The reason it retests is because buyers are step in on at lower prices, only to be overwhelmed by sellers again. That is a key sign of downward pressure to come. We will then sell more at the break of the 50d moving average line and go from there.
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