What We Need is a Craziness Index

by David Brown, Chief Market Strategist, Sabrient Systems

The market advanced steadily this week with the S&P 50 reaching 1313.80 today, which is above both its 30-day and 50-day moving averages and positive on a great majority of technical indicators.

The market posted a big red candle today. It was much overdue … and in fact needed for a healthy market. It simply cannot go up in a straight line and engender confidence among investors. Backing and filling is a necessary aspect of a healthy bull market.

This week brings a clean slate among stock traders as the holidays and end-of-year positioning has come to an end. The market continues to show signs that it wants to pull back a bit to work off its overbought condition and allow technical indicators like RSI and MACD to cycle back down in their normal swings. But the cash just keeps flowing in.