DIRECTIONALERTS 13-8-2015

Stocks Trade Mixed

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 17,402.51, down -0.33 or -0%. S&P 500 closed at 2,086.05 up 1.98 or 0.1%. Nasdaq Composite closed at 5,044.39 up 7.60 or 0.15%.

Long Term Market Timing Signals

The chart above shows a red arrow when the Trend Momentum is going down and the rank crosses 0 from a bull market to a bear market. A green arrow is shown when the Trend Momentum is going up and the rank crosses 0 from a bear market to a bull market.

Market conditions are Mildly Bearish in a Bull Market as of 2015-08-12. This means traders and investors should consider trading with a Neutral or Bearish bias by raising stop levels on winners and selling losers. The rank of the Bull Market is 2.677 which indicates the current market conditions are Extreme, Risk of a reversal is high.

Short Term Market Timing Signals

99.14

51.53

52.75

Momentum Indicator

The Momentum Indicator is currently at -53.55 indicating short term Non-trending environment in stocks. This means the stock market is stalling in the current short term trend. Extreme measures of this trend range are -70 to 70. This indicator's trend cycle extremes take place every 3 to 6 months.

Breadth Indicator

The Breadth Indicator is currently at 46.61 indicating the breadth of stocks moving higher is neutral. Risk of a trend reversal low. This means the current trend is likely to continue. Extreme measures of this trend range are 30 to 65. This indicator's trend cycle extremes take place every 3 to 6 months.

The vertical buy and sell lines will only show a new line if a subsequent buy or sell signal has already been generated. For example, the indicator may be showing that it is in the buy range but there will not be a new buy Signal vertical line on the chart if there has not yet been a sell signal.

Sentiment Indicator

The Sentiment Indicator is currently at 99.14 indicating the sentiment in the stock market is showing extreme complacency. Risk of a long term bearish trend reversal is extreme. This means the current long term bullish trend is NOT likely to continue. Extreme measures of this trend range are 95 to 100. This indicator's trend cycle extremes take place every 18 to 24 months.

The vertical buy and sell lines will only show a new line if a subsequent buy or sell signal has already been generated. For example, the indicator may be showing that it is in the buy range but there will not be a new buy Signal vertical line on the chart if there has not yet been a sell signal.