October - the bottoming month

The McClellan Oscillator bounced up off its -50 platform to -21, while the ratio-adjusted Summation is coming off its Overbought +750 area to +783 (down from 960). Last week was the first negative Advance/Decline for the NYSE since Aug.6. One Bullish Indicator is the Nasdaq Volume to NYSE which slid under 100% to 99 last week - for the first time since the May '04 bottom which followed the sharp April decline. Also indicating a bottom is the ISE put/call ratio at a 2 month high of 158 (not extreme, however) after signalling the August 6 low of 9815 DJIA. The CBOE Equity p/c ratio is also the highest since Aug. at 79.
According to a mailer from Welles Wilder of RSI, etc. fame, per his Delta Phenomenon, the current bottom will not be put in until Dec. 15 of this year, followed by a large year-end rally into an April 15 top, then the huge decline into November 16 of '05. This is his "hidden order" of the market for the reliable 4-year cycle, which sells for $35,000 and includes shorter term turning data points.

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October - the bottoming month