The Bullish Percent for NYSE reversed back down into Os Tuesday, and Crude Oil prices fall heavily after Saudi Arabia announced demand is struggling to return.
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Given the continued domestic equity decline Tuesday, the Bullish Percent for the NYSE ^BPNYSE reversed down into Os from a chart level of 68 down to 62, after reaching 61.02 intraday. Up until today, the BPNYSE had been in a column of Xs since July 17. For those unfamiliar, the BPNYSE measures the percentage of stocks within the NYSE on a Point and Figure buy signal. This reversal lower puts the defensive team back onto the field, indicating a more cautious approach should be taken toward domestic equity exposure in the near-term. For more information or potential strategies around the current position of BPNYSE, please reference our BP Playbook.
On another note, crude oil prices plummeted lower today with crude oil futures CL/ falling more than 8% during intraday trading after Saudi Arabia signaled that demand recovery was struggling (Bloomberg). The United States Oil Fund USO gave its first sell signal since April when crude oil prices notoriously went into negative territory due to the worldwide shutdown caused by COVID-19. For those unfamiliar, USO uses crude oil futures that extend over various expirations to provide crude oil exposure to investors in an ETF wrapper. USO currently has a fund score of 0.50 with a negative score direction of 1.73, further showing the weakness of crude oil prices. From here, initial support for USO lies at $25.50 with further support at $24.50. With crude oil prices failing to regain their pre-COVID-19 levels, the energy sector continues to be one of the weakest on the DWA platform and currently has an average group score of 2.25 which is well below the acceptable 3.00 mark.
