All eyes are on Q2GDP
The markets are at this pivotal point. Make it or break it, all eyes are on Q2GDP to be released this morning. Anything under -1.5%? Bears will undoubtedly be in deep shit! Over it? Bulls will surely suffer some painful pullbacks, only temporarily though, IMHO.
The majority of market signals is already writing on the wall. How does one read and interpret them? 仁者见仁,智者见智, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. All I see points to a clear bullish bias, long passing the "sell the rally" bearish stage and entering into the "buy the dip" bullish mood. Minor corrections will surely happen here and there, now and then. The trend is, nevertheless, unambiguously upwards. As such, I am all in on the bull side with a conviction. A local top will be reached and soon, no question about it whatsoever. How to read the signal? Volume --- a sharp price rise with a spike in volume, which I read as panic buying, will top this uptrend locally. I haven't seen enough volume thus far to call a local top despite the steady price increases.
Markets are an unpredictable animal, changes of direction can take place in a blink of an eye without any prior warnings, re-enforced by the herd mentality. Be fully prepared for the unexpected and unexpectable. When it moves against your expections, get out and fast!
As for my own little portfolio, only BAC is very much affected by the overall market --- it leads it in either direction; MGM 2QER is out Monday and that is the force in play, along with the market trend, for sure; DNDN, ELN and DVAX don't follow the market very much --- biotechs are largely driven by individual news, a distinct feature and a dorminant factor in my strong bias towards the sector, more details on that to come.
As of 4:30am, Futures are slightly green, Europe mildly red, Nikkei off a little, and Hang Seng up a tick.
Best of lucks!