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.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Weekly Numbers:

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





DJIA:
9712
9972
14093
6626
Nasdaq:

2045
2154
2126
1114
S&P 500:

1036
1079
1561
683
CBOE Eq. put/call:
66
61
96-10/08
46-1/03
VIX:

30.7
22.3
90
8.8
McClellan Osc:
-100
-49
108
-100
McClellan Sum:

593
1032
1568
-1514
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Investors Intel.




Bull:

48.3
49.5
63
22.21
Bear:

22.5
23.1
54.4
16
AAII




Bull:
33.7
40.5
n/a
n/a
Bear:
42.3
33.8
n/a
n/a
Nova/Ursa Mutual Funds:

0.81
0.63
2.2
0.56
Baltic Dry Index:
3013
3043
11700
663
Bullish %:
74
84
88
2
Insider Corporate Sellers:
24:1
22:1
108:1
2.4:1
1-YEAR %:




VIX Volatility:

-50
-70

-22.00
VIX 1-month Future:

-45
-58

-18.00
VIX 5-month Future:
-20
-22

-7





posted by Brent Leonard | 9:37 AM