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Blair Jensen is President of Downside Hedge which provides market commentary and hedging strategies for individual investors. His development of a stock market sentiment indicator based on the Twitter stream is changing the way investors and traders view ...more

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Weekly Chart Pack
Weekly Charts posted on Twitter and StockTwits during the past week.
Risk Falling
Over the past week most of our core market health indicators improved a bit. Our core measures of risk made it into positive territory. As a result, long/cash allocations will now be 20% long and 80% cash.
Waiting
Stocks we believe will outperform in an up trend and 40% short the S&P 500 Index. The volatility hedge will remain 100% long.
Tyson Foods Trade Survived October
Tyson Foods faces resistance near 52 week highs.
Continued Drift
Our Twitter momentum indicator for the S&P 500 Index continued to drift this week as the market posted a small gain.
Market Health Still Negative
Almost all of our core market health indicators improved over the past week, however none of them could get back above the zero line.
Watch The Next Dip
About 10% of the stocks in SPX did not recover their 200 dma after being pushed below in October.
Most Bearish Stocks On Twitter
This morning we’re seeing some weakness that could last several days or more.
Social Media Momentum Drifting
Our social media momentum indicators for the S&P 500 Index have been drifting sideways over the past few weeks.Traders on Twitter are now tweeting higher price target.
Twitter Crushes Twitter Top 10 Portfolio
Over the past month the Twitter Top 10 portfolio was down over 1% even though the S&P 500 Index was up.
StockTwits Top 10 Lags Market
StockTwits Top 10 portfolio lagged the market. The under performance was mostly a result of a nearly 20% decline from First Solar. Celgene was the only outstanding winner up 12%.
Still Hedged
Core market health indicator categories are still mired in negative territory. That leaves the long/cash portfolios 100% cash and the hedged portfolio 50% long and 50% short the S&P 500 index.
Risk Off
The last dip in the market caused some damage to the psyche of market participants. So much so that they are exhibiting signs of reducing risk in a variety of ways.
Keep An Eye On Technology And Small Caps
One day doesn’t make a trend, but the weakness in Tech is something to keep an eye on.
Market Update: Social Media Trending
S&P 500 as interpreted by social media momentum
Dow Theory Bullish Confirmation
On Friday, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT​) closed above their last secondary high points.
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