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The Russell 2000’s “inside month”. Ready for a Stock Market Christmas Present?

Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018 Sep 28, 2018 - 03:09 PM GMT

By: Troy_Bombardia

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The Russell 2000 (small caps index) is on the verge of making a DOWN “inside month”. A DOWN “inside month” is when:

  1. The market goes down this month, AND…
  2. This month’s HIGH is below last month’s HIGH, while this months LOW is above last month’s LOW.

More specifically, September has been a DOWN “inside month” after it went up last month (in August).

Traditional technical analaysis (candlestick patterns) sees this as a bearish sign for the stock market because it’s supposed to signify a trend reversal sign. The data proves otherwise.

Here’s what happens next to the Russell (historically) when it makes a DOWN “inside month” after going up the previous month.

As you can see, the Russell 2000 has a very strong tendency to go up 3 months later. Longer term returns (6-12 months) aren’t consistently bearish either.

Here’s what happens next to the S&P 500 when the Russell makes this kind of DOWN “inside month”.

Conclusion

This study suggests that the U.S. stock market will go up for the final 3 months of 2018.

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By Troy Bombardia

BullMarkets.co

I’m Troy Bombardia, the author behind BullMarkets.co. I used to run a hedge fund, but closed it due to a major health scare. I am now enjoying life and simply investing/trading my own account. I focus on long term performance and ignore short term performance.

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