New large cap historical highs made and the $RUT gets slammed - down almost 1%. By noon the large caps have descended off their morning highs and every time there is a dip the BTFDers jump in. Great volatility if you are a trader, but seriously messing up investors train of thought.

By noon the DOW and SP500 were in the green, but flat and the NASDAQ was solidly in the red and looking to head even lower.

The short term indicators are leaning towards the hold side at the midday. The all important signs of reversal, up or down, have not been observed so we are mostly, at best, neutral and conservatively holding. The important DMA's, volume and a host of other studies have not turned and that is not enough for me to start shorting. The SP500MACD has turned up, but remains above zero at 7.70. I would advise caution in taking any position during this volatile transition period although Barchart.com shows a 72 %buy. (Remember this has been negative for weeks.) Investing.com members' sentiments are 71 % bearish.

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The DOW at 12:00 is at 16705 up 9 or 0.05%.

The SP500 is at 1896 down 0.02 or -0.00%.

SPY is at 189.89 up 0.11 or 0.06%.

The $RUT is at 1124 down 10 or -0.88%.

NASDAQ is at 4133 down 11 or -0.26%.

NASDAQ 100 is at 3611 down 2 or -0.05%.

$VIX 'Fear Index' is at 12.27 up 0.05 or 0.41%. Neutral Movement

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The longer trend is up, the past months trend is sideways, the past 5 sessions have been sideways and the current bias is negative.

WTI oil is trading between 101.50 (resistance) and 100.36 (support) today. The session bias is elevated and volatile and is currently trading up at 101.39.

Brent Crude is trading between 108.30 (resistance) and 107.45 (support) today. The session bias is sideways and volatile and is currently trading up at 108.16.

Gold rose from 1289.21 earlier to 1298.61 and is currently trading up at 1296.10. The current intra-session trend is elevated and volatile.

Dr. Copper is at 3.132 falling from 3.152 earlier. (Very volatile)

The US dollar is trading between 80.20 and 79.92 and is currently trading up at 80.13, the bias is currently sideways and very volatile.

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