Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We are getting the test of the lows we have been calling for, following some indiscriminate selling late last week which produced back-to-back 80%+ downside volume days on the NYSE.</li>
<li>There can certainly be more 80%-90%+ downside days that take the indexes to new lows.</li>
<li>We need to see back-to-back 80%+ upside volume days or one 90%+ upside day on the NYSE in order to have confidence that a major market bottom is in place</li>
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We are getting the test of the lows we have been calling for, following some indiscriminate selling late last week which produced back-to-back 80%+ downside volume days on the NYSE.
There can certainly be more 80%-90%+ downside days that take the indexes to new lows.
We need to see back-to-back 80%+ upside volume days or one 90%+ upside day on the NYSE in order to have confidence that a major market bottom is in place


Panic Selling Achieved, Now Waiting for Panic Buying; Major Indexes At/Near Support

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Thomas Schroeder

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Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

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<li>SPX closing on Friday's lows after an impulsive drop sets a more bearish tone for an undershoot barring an impressive recovery.</li>
<li>The undertone of the market shifted on Friday as <strong>defensive sectors took a hit</strong>. If this continues it would induce a broader market sell off (bigger breakdown).</li>
<li>Russell 2000 1,900 is the level to watch to lead a harder US cycle decline followed by NDX 13k dual lows. Cycle inflection timeline.</li>
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SPX closing on Friday's lows after an impulsive drop sets a more bearish tone for an undershoot barring an impressive recovery.
The undertone of the market shifted on Friday as defensive sectors took a hit. If this continues it would induce a broader market sell off (bigger breakdown).
Russell 2000 1,900 is the level to watch to lead a harder US cycle decline followed by NDX 13k dual lows. Cycle inflection timeline.


SPX Hard Close as Defensives Begin to Bend

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Nasdaq-100 Stock Index / Technical Analysis

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<li>Nasdaq 100 is trading below the 200-day MA since mid-January. Now the index is trying to go back above the MA for the second time in a couple of months.</li>
<li>Russell 2000 index did nothing in the last 15 months. For one year it traded in a rectangle, than it broke to the downside, a clear bearish signal.</li>
<li>Semis is one of the hottest sector of the moment, as the chip demand increased heavily in the last two years.</li>
</ul>


Nasdaq 100 is trading below the 200-day MA since mid-January. Now the index is trying to go back above the MA for the second time in a couple of months.
Russell 2000 index did nothing in the last 15 months. For one year it traded in a rectangle, than it broke to the downside, a clear bearish signal.
Semis is one of the hottest sector of the moment, as the chip demand increased heavily in the last two years.


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<li>Our base case called for a weak US first half of March, low  March 15/16 to trade risk into end of March peak, raised short bets for a weaker April.</li>
<li>US short focus - Russell 2000's bearish a-b-c flat pattern to break lower. NDX met our 15,200 ideal short zone with a fresh underperform phase due in April.</li>
<li>RTY broke 2,040 support while the NDX tested the key 14,400 line in the sand. SPX 4,470  C wave or deeper decline line is under pressure (monitor).</li>
</ul>


Our base case called for a weak US first half of March, low  March 15/16 to trade risk into end of March peak, raised short bets for a weaker April.
US short focus - Russell 2000's bearish a-b-c flat pattern to break lower. NDX met our 15,200 ideal short zone with a fresh underperform phase due in April.
RTY broke 2,040 support while the NDX tested the key 14,400 line in the sand. SPX 4,470  C wave or deeper decline line is under pressure (monitor).


iShares Russell 2000 ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>The bifurcation between large-cap growth and small-caps that we discussed last week has continued, where small-caps have generally not been participating in the rally.</li>
<li>As we said last week, this bifurcation can continue, but it is not the type of breadth that supports a sustainable new bull market.</li>
<li>We need to see the Russell 2000 (IWM) stay above $209 in order to have confidence that the bottom is in. Meanwhile, stick with the commodity and defensive Sectors.</li>
</ul>


The bifurcation between large-cap growth and small-caps that we discussed last week has continued, where small-caps have generally not been participating in the rally.
As we said last week, this bifurcation can continue, but it is not the type of breadth that supports a sustainable new bull market.
We need to see the Russell 2000 (IWM) stay above $209 in order to have confidence that the bottom is in. Meanwhile, stick with the commodity and defensive Sectors.


Bifurcation Continues; Banks, Semiconductors, Small-Caps, Homebuilders Remain Concerns

United States

The Russell 2000 Index is comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, representing approximately 8% of the Russell 3000 total market capitalization. The index was developed with a base value of 135.00 as of December 31, 1986.

Russell 2000 Index (RTY INDEX)

Panic Selling Achieved, Now Waiting for Panic Buying; Major Indexes At/Near Support

Now that we have seen indiscriminate panic selling, we are now looking for panic buying in order to have confidence that a major market bottom is...

Vermilion Research

SPX Hard Close as Defensives Begin to Bend

SPX closing on Friday's lows after an impulsive drop sets a more bearish tone for an undershoot barring an impressive recovery.

Thomas Schroeder

Charts to Watch.

Nasdaq 100 is trading below the 200-day MA since mid-January. Now the index is trying to go back above the MA for the second time in a couple of...

Market Radar

RTY and NDX Top US Shorts

Our base case called for a weak US first half of March, low March 15/16 to trade risk into end of March peak, raised short bets for a weaker April.

Thomas Schroeder

Bifurcation Continues; Banks, Semiconductors, Small-Caps, Homebuilders Remain Concerns

Several indexes remain below key resistance, including 4600 on $SPX, $110 on $QQEW, $209 on $IWM, $111 on $IJR, $507 on the $SOX index $SOXX, $73...

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