Comments on: Comparing This To The 1930’s Bear Market Rallies http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47606 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:50:48 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47606 Tom, this is part and parcel of all indicators really. And the reason why you should always take any one indicator with a grain of salt. For example, the options market has been acting <a href="http://www.tradersnarrative.com/whats-with-this-crazy-options-market-1983.html" rel="nofollow">bonkers</a> during this whole bear market. I prefer to look at the weight of the indicators rather than any one specific one because they do get corrupted or stop working. The CoT report is a good example. It is not what it used to be. Maybe because the players have moved on to OTC derivatives to hedge or... who knows! Tom, this is part and parcel of all indicators really. And the reason why you should always take any one indicator with a grain of salt. For example, the options market has been acting bonkers during this whole bear market. I prefer to look at the weight of the indicators rather than any one specific one because they do get corrupted or stop working. The CoT report is a good example. It is not what it used to be. Maybe because the players have moved on to OTC derivatives to hedge or… who knows!

]]> by: Tom http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47513 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:10:22 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47513 Dear Babak: I am having trouble with the NYSE Member Short sale numbers. They used to be readily available and understandable in Barron's but they now have to be dug out of the NYSE website and I am not sure what is different but they do not speak to me now and they are confusing. Am I reading things wrong or is it that the specialist is not what the used to be?. Should we be looking at other things like the S&#38;P Futures Commitment of Traders Report or what to see if the pros are really short? Please let me know when you have the time your view in regard to this professional shorting question and if you cannot address it on your website then I would greatly appreciate a response to my email. Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work. Dear Babak:

I am having trouble with the NYSE Member Short sale numbers. They used to be readily available and understandable in Barron’s but they now have to be dug out of the NYSE website and I am not sure what is different but they do not speak to me now and they are confusing. Am I reading things wrong or is it that the specialist is not what the used to be?. Should we be looking at other things like the S&P Futures Commitment of Traders Report or what to see if the pros are really short? Please let me know when you have the time your view in regard to this professional shorting question and if you cannot address it on your website then I would greatly appreciate a response to my email. Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work.

]]> by: skater http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47504 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:39:01 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47504 Not sure where you are getting your Nov 1929 datapoint? 155 days from the low? Not sure where you are getting your Nov 1929 datapoint?
155 days from the low?

]]> by: Douglas http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47499 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:23:34 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47499 thanks. What about 1938 - or later 30's? thanks.

What about 1938 - or later 30’s?

]]> by: PEJ http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47492 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:13 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/comparing-this-to-the-1930s-bear-market-rallies-2701.html#comment-47492 Fantastic chart. Gloomy conclusions. Fantastic chart. Gloomy conclusions.

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