Daily Wrap
DJIA -19.12 (-0.12%) to 15,335.28; S&P 500 -1.18 (-0.07%) to 1,666.29; NASDAQ -7.99 (-0.26%) to 3,020.97 Today the market somewhat consolidated after its ramp into options expiration last Friday. Initially it looked as though it could be another strong move higher as early trading was choppy but then we spiked higher into the noon EST time. That spike was eventually lost and we ultimately close near flat on the day. It was interesting to see the Russell 2000 be the strongest index and only one to close higher. Small caps leading might bode well for ultimately higher prices. Tomorrow is Tuesday and interestingly…
Daily Wrap
Today was an ugly day for the markets. We had highlighted, for the Bulls, a potential inverse H&S setting up on the 60 minute SPY chart but noted that the lows from 11/13/12 HAD to hold or the market could be looking at a bad situation. The SPY made the highs for the day in the first 5 minutes of trading and then faced selling for the remainder. The first leg down completed around 11am EST and then we meandered until later until around 2:15 pm EST when we broke hard for the rest of the day. The President spoke…