The ABC Indicator
of movements in the S&P
500 (INDEXSP:.INX)
introduced in a J.J.’s Risky Business
blog
post last month is flashing a Sell
signal this Friday morning. In forecasting the short-term direction of the U.S.
large-capitalization index on a closing basis since July 6, 2009, this
indicator’s signals have been correct on 98 occasions, or 71.53 percent of the
time, and incorrect on 39 occasions, or 28.47 percent of the time.
There have been important differences between the behaviors
of the ABC Indicator’s Buy and Sell signals during the above-referenced
period, as mentioned in a blog
post this month. Its Buy signals
have been right on 56 occasions, or 81.16 percent of the time, and wrong on 13
occasions, or 18.84 percent of the time, while its Sell signals have been right on 42 occasions, or 61.76 percent of
the time, and wrong on 26 occasions, or 38.24 percent of the time.
I am happy to note the latest ABC Indicator signal succeeded
in its task of forecasting the short-term direction of the S&P 500 on a
closing basis during the current public test of the pointer at J.J.’s Risky Business: The Buy signal on Jan. 15 was followed by
the index rising to as high as 1,848.38 that day from 1,838.88 on Jan. 14. This
test will encompass 10 signals, and history suggests they will be correct
between six and eight times and incorrect between two and four times. To this
point in the test, they have been right four times and wrong one time, which
means the indicator is performing within its historical parameters.
The first four ABC Indicator signals mentioned in the blog
posts linked below produced as follows:
• In the case of the Buy
signal on Dec. 20, the S&P 500 on a closing basis rose to as high as
1,848.36 on Dec. 31 from 1,809.60 on Dec. 19. Successful.
• In the case of the Sell
signal on Jan. 3, the index on a closing basis fell to as low as 1,826.77 on Jan.
6 from 1,831.98 on Jan. 2. Successful.
• In the case of the Buy
signal on Jan. 10, the index on a closing basis rose to as high as 1,842.37 on
Jan. 10 from 1,838.13 on Jan. 9. Successful.
• In the case of the Sell
signal on Jan. 14, the index on a closing basis rose to 1,838.88 that day from 1,819.20 on Jan. 13. Unsuccessful.
Source: This chart is
based on J.J.’s Risky Business
proprietary data.
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