The Consensus view...is 4

Being a Permabear has never been easy. Its not something I wished to be (does anyone really like to be pessimistic about things?), the fundamentals are clear for the western economies, they are frakked. We are traders though, even in this walking-dead market, there will be up-cycles.

I've read around so much recently, and a scenario which I myself also had, currently seems to be right back on target...

First..lets look at the weekly...

We have a channel floor/bounce target of 1320/25. The 10MA is currently 1323, and certainly offers a natural level to be drawn to.

The Consensus Scenario

The lower channel line of 1320 - by next week would make for a near perfect area for a wave'4 to conclude. 1300 would make for a better low. The wave'2 retrace was around 60pts...so, 1370 minus 60..gives us 1310 - right in the middle of the consensus '4 target range.

The transports - although just a 20 stock index, remains something to note, and the 'old leader'..has indeed probably been leading again - those Oil prices sure aren't helping. The Tran' has already broken way below the October low channel.

Equities rising into early Summer ?

Urghhh, I certainly hate to say it, but the consensus scenario would indeed suggest we retrace 3-5% in the coming 1-3 weeks, and then rise from 1300/20, to around 1400/20 by early June. In VIX terms, that should get us to at least 24/26.

I suppose its easily possible the final wave'5 could truncate, take just a week or two to conclude, and might not even put in a higher high (ala late July 2011). That would sure make for a great short opportunity though, especially on a 3-6 month basis into year end. Jan 2013 SPY Puts anyone?


What about Greece? 

Mr Market still seems not to care. Maybe it'll care about $150 a barrel WTIC? Lets be clear though, no bear..not even the most ardent permabear can afford to attempt to ride out a move from a wave 4 retrace of sp'1300 to wave'5 completion around 1400. The doomers (myself included) - despite the endless doom-chatter, need to be even more mindful this coming March. Big down moves are coming, but from a wave count perspective, the bears may need to wait a few more months for any significant action.