ChartCritic 4 - Investor Confidence Index
As I was doing my weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm on Twitter a rather interesting chart caught my attention. It was one of the series from the...
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Callum Thomas
Aug 2, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 124 - NYSE Margin Debt Update
The latest NYSE margin debt data was just released (for June - yes it gets released with a 1-month lag... which by the way reduces its...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 30, 20172 min read
Weekly Sentiment Poll: Fundamentals
The latest weekly sentiment poll on Twitter showed a couple of very interesting trends in sentiment and markets. As a reminder the...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 30, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 121 - Euphoriameter moves into a new phase
The Euphoriameter rose again in July, with the combined sentiment reading for the S&P500 lifted by rising forward PE ratios, a low VIX,...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 27, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 118 - Volatility bets hanging on
As equity market implied volatility grinds lower it's worth throwing a couple more charts into the mix. In this post we look at ETF bets...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 25, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 116 - Institutional investor capitulation
The latest State Street Investor Confidence Index data for July showed a distinct sense of upside capitulation (by North American...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 19, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 112 - The stockmarket season is changing
Following on from the popular post on the seasonal turning point for the VIX last week, here's an insight into seasonality for the S&P500...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 15, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 109 - The big swings in commodity futures positioning
Here's a quick update on commodity futures positioning with the latest weekly CFTC COT report data. I've just picked out what I think...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 14, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 108 - Global bond market breakdown
After the big reflation reset in positioning, global bond markets are showing more signs of breaking down. We previously talked in detail...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 12, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 105 - The VIX is at a Seasonal Turning Point
The topic of seasonality is a controversial one among investors. Some swear by it, referring to studies that present evidence for a...
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Topdown Charts
Jul 12, 20171 min read
VIDEO: The VIX Drivers and Outlook
In this video we discuss the the drivers of the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) and assess the outlook and possibility for VIX spikes based...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 9, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 101 - Fundamental sentiment and clues from the bond market
The latest weekly equity (and bonds) sentiment poll I take on Twitter has produced some interesting results this week. I have done this...
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Callum Thomas
Jul 3, 20172 min read
Investor Sentiment Snapshot: Divergences
The latest weekly investor sentiment poll on twitter showed up a couple of interesting divergences that may offer clues on the next steps...
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Callum Thomas
Jun 21, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 87 - 2 Crude Oil tactical indicators to keep front of mind
In the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report we talked about the likelihood of further short-term downside in the oil price...
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Callum Thomas
Apr 29, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 74 - Commodities have bad breadth
Commodity market breadth measures show a market that looks vulnerable. The below charts apply market breadth measures to the GSCI (Light...
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Callum Thomas
Apr 5, 20171 min read
ChartBrief 68 - A new bull market in Silver?
Probably a lot of people look at the longer term chart of silver and the first thing they see is the massive bull market that peaked in...
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Topdown Charts
Apr 4, 20171 min read
Macro Technicals Report - Changing seasons and impending breakouts…
The Macro Technicals Report brings you 5 ideas each week from a top-down, cross-asset, global perspective. The report highlights some of...
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Callum Thomas
Mar 29, 20172 min read
ChartBrief 66 - The Implications of Implied Correlations
As the recent selloff in the S&P 500 looks to be over before it really even got started, I thought it would be worth highlighting an...
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Topdown Charts
Mar 28, 20171 min read
VIDEO: EURUSD - The turning tides
In this video we look at a couple of charts on the EURUSD exchange rate that show something really quite interesting is going on in this...
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Topdown Charts
Mar 28, 20171 min read
Tuesday Macro Technicals Report - 28 Mar 2017
The Tuesday Macro Technicals report brings you 5 different ideas each week from a top-down, cross-asset, global, go-anywhere perspective....
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