Market Sentiment - A Contrarian View

This Internet Blog attempts to exhibit the most meaningful Sentiment Indicators that we believe affect the performance of the market in different timeframes; most are Contrarian extremes suggesting that the majority has adopted a certain trend fully at the point at which it is about to reverse. Included are also comments about the Indicators and any other facts or ideas that are pertinent to market action. To Post comments,thanks to Haloscan, just click on "comments" and write away.

Monday, October 26, 2009

HALLOWE'EN:


MktSentiment
Last Week
Prev. Week
5 Year HI
5 Year LOW





DJIA:
9972
9995
14093
6626
Nasdaq:

2154
2156
2126
1114
S&P 500:

1079
1087
1561
683
CBOE Eq. put/call:
61
51
96-10/08
46-1/03
VIX:

22.3
21.4
90
8.8
McClellan Osc:
-49
-16
108
-100
McClellan Sum:

1032
1154
1568
-1514
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Investors Intel.




Bull:

49.5
47.2
63
22.21
Bear:

23.1
26.4
54.4
16
AAII




Bull:
40.5
47.3
n/a
n/a
Bear:
35.7
33.8
n/a
n/a
Nova/Ursa Mutual Funds:

0.63
0.74
2.2
0.56
Baltic Dry Index:
3043
2728
11700
663
Bullish %:
84
84
88
2
Insider Corporate Sellers:
22:1
23:1
108:1
2.4:1
1-YEAR %:




VIX Volatility:

-70


-22.00
VIX 1-month Future:

-58


-18.00
VIX 5-month Future:
-22


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