The Weekly Market Sentiment Report: 12th August - 16th August 2024

The Weekly Market Sentiment Report: 12/08/2024 - 16/08/2024

CONTENTS

• EVOLUTION & NATURE OF THE REPORT

• ECONOMIC CALENDAR

  • THE COT REPORT STRATEGY

  • SENTIMENT-ADJUSTED PIVOT POINTS™ |⚡ NEW

  • PUT-CALL RATIO SENTIMENT INDEX

  • THE MOVING AVERAGE PERCENTAGE INDEX

  • THE RSI PERCENTAGE INDEX

  • EQUITY YEARLY MILESTONE INDEX

  • VOLATILITY INDICES |⚡ NEW

  • THE AAII INVESTOR SENTIMENT SURVEY |⚡ NEW

  • THE ISM PURCHASING MANAGER’S INDEX (ISM PMI)

• THE COT REPORT STRATEGY TRACK RECORD

• CORRELATION HEATMAP

• RECENTLY CLOSED OPPORTUNITIES

• DISCLAIMER

EVOLUTION & NATURE OF THE REPORT

New sentiment models are constantly added while taking into account their overall utility. Feel free to leave a feedback (e.g. nature of the document, its usefulness, its time interval, its content, language, etc.).

The directional views are represented using the following convention and are followed by their charts:

⚡ This symbol represents a new directional opportunity.

🔁 This symbol represents an on-going directional opportunity.

✅ This symbol represents a recently closed opportunity at a profit.

❌ This symbol represents a recently closed opportunity at a loss.

The directional views presented must simply be used to help confirm the overall expected direction of the analyzed market. The support and resistance zones are not hard levels, they are merely areas of expected reactions (reversals), and hence for risk management purposes, you are advised to place your stops as you see fit. Naturally, when the market clearly breaks the reversal zone, the view is invalidated, however some noise may occur around it before we see a clear reaction.

If you want to see more explanatory details on the below report, you can refer to the following post:

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

An economic calendar is a tool used in finance and economics to track and display upcoming economic events, announcements, and indicators that are relevant to the financial markets and the broader economy. The following shows what to expect for the coming week:

THE COT REPORT STRATEGY

The CFTC publishes statistics of the futures market on a weekly basis called the Commitment of traders (COT) report. The report has many valuable information inside, namely the number of futures contracts held by market participants (hedge funds, banks, producers of commodities, speculators, etc.).

💡 Relevant Information 💡

Two main categories in the COT report must be distinguished:

• Commercial players: They deal in the futures markets for hedging purposes (i.e. to cover their operations or other trading positions). Examples of hedgers include investment banks and agricultural giants. Their positions are negatively correlated with the underlying market.

• Non-commercial players: They deal in the futures markets for speculative reasons (i.e. to profit from their positions). Examples of speculators include hedge funds. Their positions are positively correlated with the underlying market.

The COT report strategy is the core of this report. It highlights the markets that are overbought or oversold with regards to sentiment.

The following table summarizes the current state of the sentiment for currencies and indices:

Make sure to remember that theses are not advices whatsoever, they are merely charts that fuse sentiment analysis with technical analysis:

⚡USDBRL: Bearish reaction expected around 5.60/5.67 to 5.30.

⚡CADZAR: Bullish reaction expected around 13.23/13.08 to 13.87.