September Segues Into October

09/28/12 08:36:57 AM

by Koos van der Merwe

September is usually the quietest month of the year. Now that it is over, what next?

Security: OEX, OTC
Position: Sell

History has shown us that September is usually the quietest month of the year -- that after the July-August school holidays, the market examines itself as it moves into October, notorious for its crashes, before deciding to move into the busy months of November to March. With that in mind, what do the charts tell us?

FIGURE 1: S&P 100, DAILY

Graphic provided by: AdvancedGET.

Figure 1 is a chart of the Standard & Poor's 100, which shows that the market only started to stall from September 14. The Elliott wave count is suggesting that on that date, the index made a wave 5 top, which means that we can expect an ABC decline into the first weeks of October. The relative strength index (RSI) is confirming this. The index does appear to be testing the 20-period moving average. Should it break through, it will then test the support line in the region of 657.76. However, for the ABC correction to be correct, the index should fall below the 647.28 pivot point, the high of wave 3.

FIGURE 2: NASDAQ, DAILY

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The NASDAQ in Figure 2 is showing a similar wave count, with the difference being that the a-wave down is below the wave 3 level, suggesting that the abc correction could be a mild one. The RSI is also overbought, moving down on a sell signal.

I have not included a chart of the DJIA, because the chart is very similar to that of the S&P 100, as is the chart of the S&P 500. All the charts are suggesting a correction into mid-October, probably the result of the Presidential election uncertainty, with a clear direction of the outcome probably occurring mid-October. The Kondratieff wave and Presidential cycle chart published in the June 2012 issue of STOCKS & COMMODITIES is still on track calling for an Obama win, probably a reason why the abc correction will be a mild one.

I would not be a buyer of stocks at the moment but would make a list of stocks I would like to own, and buy them around about mid-October on any correction.

Koos van der Merwe

Has been a technical analyst since 1969, and has worked as a futures and options trader with First Financial Futures in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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