Why everyone is probably wrong - Part IVAnd why the stock market is about to melt up.
The majority of market participants are bearish. From hedge fund managers to popular media outlets, everyone is calling for the crash of a lifetime.
The above weekly chart tells a fascinating story. Could talk about it for hours. There are three line charts here. From top to bottom,
1) The Put / Call ratio. This is the number of Put contracts open. i.e. folks who are ‘short’ on the stock market. That includes Dr Michael Burry.
2) The S&P 500 index
3) The Put / Call Relative Strength Index
Never in history have so many market participants been this bearish as is shown on the Put/Call chart (1). Am forever writing in the ideas I publish, 90% of market participants will lose money. This chart is screaming why the majority are about to be caught out..
Breaking it down..
A) Bearish divergence between the Put/Call ratio (1) and RSI (3) following an extreme overbought condition. Look left. Not only is the divergence confirmed lower highs are printing.
B) Price action resistance breakouts.
C) The stock market has ripped higher when the Put/Call ratio corrects. I know, this time is different ;-)
Is it possible this is meaningless gibberish flying in the face of the economic fundamentals?
For sure.
Is it probable the market rips to new all time highs?
Yes.
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PUT trade ideas
SPX Put Write IndexAs you can see, we are at the upper boundary of a 200 day widening bollinger band (highlighted circle) and considerably off the mean. This is a similar setup as the April 2022 intermediate peak (highlighted circle) and subsequent selloff. The only thing that I can see moving this widening bollinger band on up the ladder like in 2021 is a FED pivot.
It's all about the Fed.
PUT Write Index (daily)A sharp (vertical) drop in the RSI (9) on the Put Write index has not been kind to the SPY (purple line). Pretty consistent forecaster. More downside ahead it it looks. So the first episode took us from 447.57 to 362.17, or -19%; the second episode went from 417.23 to 348.11, or -16.6%; a 15% drop from 2/15/23 would take our current leg to 351.95 around mid April.
ES - PUT Volumes +21% for potential Squeeze ahead of WednesdayProtection, cheap protection, continues to be applied.
The outsized demand for downside protection provides
an opportunity to squeeze the ES SPY SPX to higher highs.
The Gamma Squeeze in AMC, TSLA, ARKK will come to a
decided end as we begin to Roll the VIX with settlement
next Wednesday.
We remain patient waiting for Gaps to fill on both the
CASH/SPOT VIX and M1/M2 AUG/SEP.
Presently we are trading CL only waiting for Fills on ES
NQ and YM SELL TO OPEN.
VIX Bids in on SEP M2 OCT M3 NOV M4.