Stocks closed mostly up.
Let’s begin our Dow Theory commentary for today.
Stocks
The SPY and Industrials closed up. The Transports closed down.
Today’s volume was lower than yesterday’s. Since overall the stocks market was “up”, contracting volume has a bearish connotation.
Gold and Silver
SLV closed up, and GLD closed down. The primary trend is bearish, as explained hereand reconfirmed bearish here. The secondary trend is bullish (secondary reaction against the primary bearish trend), as explained here.
GDX and SIL, the gold and silver miners ETFs closed down
The secondary trend for GDX and SIL is bullish, as explained here.
If the pullback in the precious metals arena continues, we could get the setup for a primary bull market signal (remember the sequence: secondary reaction against primary bear market, pullback and subsequent breakup of the secondary reaction highs). I will be monitoring the magnitude of the decline.
Here you have the figures for the SPY, which represents the only market with a suggested open long position.
| Data for August 2, 2013 | |||
| DOW THEORY PRIMARY TREND MONITOR SPY | |||
| SPY | |||
| Bull market started | 06/24/2013 | 157.06 | |
| Bull market signaled | 07/18/2013 | 168.87 | |
| Last close | 08/02/2013 | 170.95 | |
| Current stop level: Bear mkt low | 157.06 | ||
| Unrlzd gain % | Tot advance since start bull mkt | Max Pot Loss % | |
| 1.23% | 8.84% | 7.52% | |
Sincerely,
The Dow Theorist
