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>Over the last two weeks we discussed expectations for an oversold bounce; the bounce has continued. We believe it is possible we've seen the lows for this pause/pullback on SPX.</li>
<li>We see low probability of a meaningful correction if SPX is above 4300-4325 (1.5-year support), but would not be surprised to see another month+ of consolidation between 4325 and 4600.</li>
<li>Shorter-Term, as long as 4460 short-term support holds, we expect a test of 4600. Today we highlight several buys within Energy.</li>
</ul>


Over the last two weeks we discussed expectations for an oversold bounce; the bounce has continued. We believe it is possible we've seen the lows for this pause/pullback on SPX.
We see low probability of a meaningful correction if SPX is above 4300-4325 (1.5-year support), but would not be surprised to see another month+ of consolidation between 4325 and 4600.
Shorter-Term, as long as 4460 short-term support holds, we expect a test of 4600. Today we highlight several buys within Energy.


Bounce Continues; Small-Caps Test 3.5-Year RS Lows; Nasdaq/NYSE Breadth Improving; Buys in Energy

<ul>
<li>Support levels discussed in our 8/8/23 Compass broke, leading to a change in character (from buy the dup to sell the rip) and a deeper pullback.</li>
<li>Supports we were watching included the 50-day MA and 4460-4475 on the S&amp;P 500, $371.50 on $QQQ, and $190-193 on the $IWM; these are now resistance moving forward</li>
<li>Longer-Term support on the S&amp;P 500 is at 4300-4325 (nearly hit on Friday) and 4200, and we will remain constructive as long as these supports hold.</li>
</ul>


Support levels discussed in our 8/8/23 Compass broke, leading to a change in character (from buy the dup to sell the rip) and a deeper pullback.
Supports we were watching included the 50-day MA and 4460-4475 on the S&amp;P 500, $371.50 on $QQQ, and $190-193 on the $IWM; these are now resistance moving forward
Longer-Term support on the S&amp;P 500 is at 4300-4325 (nearly hit on Friday) and 4200, and we will remain constructive as long as these supports hold.


Pause Continues But Oversold Bounce Likely; Buys in Energy, Construction/Engineering, Enrgy Shippers

Quantitative Researcher, MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Quantitative Researcher

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

Event-Driven

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<li>The 2023 multi-month rally in APAC markets started roughly in autumn 2022, in sync with the US market rally, then stalled when the US market began to pull back.</li>
<li>We propose an analysis of the S&amp;P500 MONTHLY, to find support levels to be used as a proxy for predicting APAC bloc's markets supports.</li>
<li>Main forecast: August/September could be down, but the current MRM pattern reading is bullish - the correction (currently at Q2 supports) should not last beyond end of September.</li>
</ul>


The 2023 multi-month rally in APAC markets started roughly in autumn 2022, in sync with the US market rally, then stalled when the US market began to pull back.
We propose an analysis of the S&amp;P500 MONTHLY, to find support levels to be used as a proxy for predicting APAC bloc's markets supports.
Main forecast: August/September could be down, but the current MRM pattern reading is bullish - the correction (currently at Q2 supports) should not last beyond end of September.


EQD | SPX MONTHLY Proxy Supports for APAC Markets

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> rally that started in October 2022 is currently encountering some turbulence, possibly due to various factors including the recent US credit downgrade by Fitch.</li>
<li>The current WEEKLY pullback may be an opportunity to accumulate LONG position, buy&amp; hold trade.</li>
<li>The price area to buy where is between 4540 and 4332: probability of the uptrend resuming from there is between 50% and 75% based on current pattern readings.</li>
</ul>


The S&amp;P 500 INDEX rally that started in October 2022 is currently encountering some turbulence, possibly due to various factors including the recent US credit downgrade by Fitch.
The current WEEKLY pullback may be an opportunity to accumulate LONG position, buy&amp; hold trade.
The price area to buy where is between 4540 and 4332: probability of the uptrend resuming from there is between 50% and 75% based on current pattern readings.


EQD | SPX INDEX WEEKLY Supports After US Credit Downgrade

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>A monthly review of how the markets and our themes are currently performing</li>
<li>Analysing what went wrong and what went right in stocks and sectors</li>
<li>Highlighting positions added or removed from the thematic investment portfolio</li>
</ul>


A monthly review of how the markets and our themes are currently performing
Analysing what went wrong and what went right in stocks and sectors
Highlighting positions added or removed from the thematic investment portfolio


April Themes and Thematic Portfolio Review

United States

The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX)

Bounce Continues; Small-Caps Test 3.5-Year RS Lows; Nasdaq/NYSE Breadth Improving; Buys in Energy

Expectations over the past two weeks for an oversold bounce in $SPX have played out. 4300-4325 (1.5-year support) remains solid floor, but could...

Vermilion Research

Pause Continues But Oversold Bounce Likely; Buys in Energy, Construction/Engineering, Enrgy Shippers

$SPX broke support discussed in our Aug 8 Compass (50-day MA/4460), leading to change in character (now sell the rips) and deeper pullback. Expect...

Vermilion Research

EQD | SPX MONTHLY Proxy Supports for APAC Markets

We propose an analysis of the SP500 MONTHLY, to find MRM support levels to be used as a proxy to predict APAC markets MONTHLY supports.

Nico Rosti

EQD | SPX INDEX WEEKLY Supports After US Credit Downgrade

The SPX began a WEEKLY pullback but it may be a buy-the-dip opportunity to accumulate LONG positions, buy and hold. Check the latest MRM support...

Nico Rosti

April Themes and Thematic Portfolio Review

We review overall market performance, our investment themes, highlighting additions and substractions in the thematic portfolio.

Rikki Malik