Stock Volume Continues to Plummet; Euro Dips Down to a New Low Again

The market did nothing today so price action tells us nothing new.  But volume tells a lot since today was one of the lightest volume days I've seen since the holidays at only 815 million shares traded on the NYSE.  The market's uptrend is still intact, but enthusiasm and momentum for the rally has waned significantly the past week or so.  The upcoming decline should be sharp and deep.

The wave count is the same and leaves us waiting for the Minor wave 5 to top.  The subdivisions of Minor wave 5 have us finishing up Minute wave ((v)) at any time.  But with no evidence of a top in placel, we have to expect higher levels.  That doesn't mean I'm getting long, it just means there's no "execution" to the short trade in place yet and so I'm still going to wait and be patiently bearish.

The 30min S&P chart above shows a "wedgie" structure for the price action lately, and momentum and internals support this lethargic behavior as well.  Once the uptrend breaks down, the move should be sharp and deep, at least initially.  A close below 1311.74 would be a good signal that a top might be in and aggressive traders might want to consider getting short.  A break and close beneath 1275.10 on strong volume would be a very strong sign that a top was in.

I'm not sure that the upcoming top is that of Primary wave ((2)), but even if it's not, a correction to around the 1180 level (prior 4th wave) is still very likely.  Either way, waiting to get short seems to be the best play here in my opinion........as painfully boring as it may be.

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The euro continued falling to fresh lows last night and the bearish count and outlook remain on track.  I'm unsure as to the very short term wave count so I'm not including it.  But right now I see no reason to abandon the bearish stance.

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