3pm update – into the close

US equities are a little choppy, if still leaning on the upward side, as s/t momentum is still ticking upward. Regardless of the exact close, a push to teal gap appears a threat, before ‘normal service’ resumes.  WTIC $108s. Gold $1986.

sp’60min

VIX’60min

Summary

Suffice to add… a day for the bulls. Yours truly is sitting it out. You may call it ‘overly cautious’. I’m just not in the mood to complicate things right now.

I’d consider long GLD and maybe USO CALLS, but I want to give the market early Thursday to push higher… before the next reversal.


notable oil ETF: USO, 60min

Orange gap would be a more natural place to floor, as seems possible early Thursday.

notable gold ETF: GLD, 60min


Yellow gap…. maybe?


notable mining ETF: GDX, 60min

Orange gap?

notable stock: SLB

Schlumberger is lower with the sector. The bold will be looking to buy, with natural target of the $54s, which doesn’t look that difficult, whether end March, or within April.

back at the close…