Even More Overbought

The markets are even more overbought than they were on Tuesday. I had thought then that we were on the verge of a drop, yet the rise extended one more day before running into difficulty on Wednesday. My opinion has not changed. Since June, the markets have had a series of regular ups and downs within a rising channel. We appear to be due for the next down move.

My greater concern is that it looks a bit different this time. On the second chart we see that the 21-day Arms Index is getting very overbought. It gives signals that tend to have longer-term implications. Therefore it is implying a dip that penetrates the bottom of the uptrend. I see room in here for some short positions....267 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.

Read the full story and get access to the Real Money Pro trading floor.

There’s no substitute for a trading floor to get great ideas, so Jim Cramer created a better one at Real Money and blogs there exclusively. We then added legendary hedge fund manager, Doug Kass, with his exclusive Daily Diary and best investing ideas. Staffed with more than 4 dozen investing pros, money managers, journalists and analysts, Real Money Pro gives you a flood of opinions, analysis and actionable trading advice found nowhere else, and allows you to interact directly with each expert.

Already a Subscriber? Please login.

Except as otherwise indicated, quotes are delayed. Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes for all exchanges. Market Data provided by Interactive Data. Company fundamental data provided by Morningstar. Earnings and ratings provided by Zacks. Mutual fund data provided by Valueline. ETF data provided by Lipper. Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions.

TheStreet Ratings updates stock ratings daily. However, if no rating change occurs, the data on this page does not update. The data does update after 90 days if no rating change occurs within that time period.

IDC calculates the Market Cap for the basic symbol to include common shares only. Year-to-date mutual fund returns are calculated on a monthly basis by Value Line and posted mid-month.