After an enormous surge within the second half of March, shares fell again this week because the S&P 500 declined round 2%. This modest decline is warranted after the March surge, however it was not sufficient to push sentiment to an excessive. The AAII Bears are again above 40%, however two different sentiment indicators barely budged. Let’s examine.
The chart beneath exhibits three sentiment indicators: AAII P.c Bears, the VIX and the Put/Name Ratio. I like to make use of a couple of indicator to get a consensus of kinds and an odd variety of indicators to have a transparent bias. Sentiment tells us when there’s extreme bearishness or concern within the inventory market. Sometimes, we must be on alert for a bounce when there’s an excessive amount of bearishness or concern. Personally, I’ve not discovered sentiment indicators good at calling tops or foreshadowing weak spot.
The AAII Bears and VIX settings are fairly straight ahead. AAII % bears alerts extreme bearishness when above 45% and VIX alerts extreme concern when above 30. Figuring out extra with the Put/Name Ratio is extra nuanced. A transfer above 1 alerts extra put quantity than name quantity and this exhibits some bearish extra. Equally, a transfer above the higher Bollinger Band exhibits a short-term improve in put quantity. The latter is my most well-liked measuring stick. The inexperienced strains on the chart present when two of the three indicators are signaling extra that might result in a bounce.
Not one of the indicators are signaling an excessive simply but. AAII Bears surged this week and is at 41.40%. The VIX remains to be effectively beneath 30 and the Put/Name Ratio is nowhere near its higher Bollinger Band. Needless to say sentiment is only one piece of the evaluation puzzle. Extremes function an alert to be vigilant for a short-term bounce and we must always then flip to the worth charts for a setup or sign.
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Arthur Hill, CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic method of figuring out pattern, discovering alerts throughout the pattern, and setting key value ranges has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for quite a few monetary publications together with Barrons and Shares & Commodities Journal. Along with his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Enterprise College at Metropolis College in London.
