JasonGordon's  Instablog

Hello Traders,

The markets are higher today on news reports. CIT Group (CIT)  filed for bankruptcy over the weekend, which had the potential to act as a Lehman Brothers type catalyst leading to a "Black Monday"-type drop in the markets. However, Ford (F) beat earnings expectations by posting a $1 billion profit and providing positive guidance. Keep in mind, much of Ford's earnings can be attributed to Cash for Clunkers, so weigh that with a grain of salt. ISM Manufacturing Index data came out better than expected this morning as well. Pending Home Sales also beat expectations. That makes it three to one for news supporting the bull side today.

The VIX has a healthy pullback in the making today at about -7%. The VIX is finding support at the 50% Fibonacci Retracement Line. The TICK is surprisingly neutral and the TRIN is reading slightly bearish. With the divergent action in the market internals, this pop today looks like a sympathy bounce.

The SPY is finding resistance at the 50% Fib line of a recent sell off which also happens to be the round number of 105 and the bottom of Thursday's candle. The Russells (IWM) are still in a confirmed double top. The Financials (XLF) are relatively strong today, which might be attributed to CIT Group's (CIT) bankruptcy. The Nasdaq (QQQQ) and Russells (IWM) are showing relative weakness intraday.

In general, I am picking up short positions and will continue to do so if the markets stay bullish. Today's action is looking a lot like a sympathy bounce (much like last Thursday). I plan to play the downside with a basket of inverse ETFs (most likely: TZA, SPXU, FAZ, EDZ).

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Happy Trading,

Jason