{"id":15876,"date":"2020-03-06T07:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=15876"},"modified":"2020-03-06T07:30:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T12:30:05","slug":"get-ready-to-buy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/get-ready-to-buy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready to Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The market has now entered the third leg of the correction phase. Traders should get ready to buy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/the-correction-isnt-over\/\">On Wednesday<\/a>, we took a look at how typical stock market corrections play out in three legs. The market started its second leg on Monday with a very strong oversold bounce. We figured that leg still had a little more room to run to the upside &ndash; which happened on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the market kicked off the third leg of this correction phase with a sharp move lower. There&rsquo;s probably a bit more downside ahead. But, we&#8217;re nearing the end of this correction.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s an updated look at the S&amp;P 500 chart I showed you on Wednesday&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202003\/20200306-jmu-01_cxk395.png\" alt=\"Chart\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In typical fashion, the second leg &ndash; the oversold bounce &ndash; rallied the S&amp;P 500 all the way back up to its 9-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#ema\">exponential moving average<\/a> (EMA) line. That&rsquo;s where the index met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#resistance\">resistance<\/a> and the market started its third leg &ndash; a move lower to retest, or dip a bit below &ndash; the low of the first leg.<\/p>\n<p>So, the S&amp;P should be headed back down towards 2950. And, yesterday was a good step in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>When the market gets to that level, traders should then take a look at some of the technical indicators we typically follow &ndash; like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#mcclellan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McClellan Oscillators<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#cboe\">Volatility Index<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#bpi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bullish Percent Indexes<\/a> &ndash; for signs of oversold conditions. We should also look for positive divergence on some of the momentum indicators &ndash; like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#macd\">MACD<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#rsi\">RSI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those indicators will tell us when the decline is nearing an end, and when it&rsquo;s just about time to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Put your plan together today. Because when the market does finally fall to the point where it&#8217;s time to buy, it&rsquo;s going to feel like the last thing you want to do.<\/p>\n<p>Having a plan ahead of time will help you set the emotions aside and take advantage of the buying opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casey-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/misc\/jeff-clark-signature.png\" width=\"200\" style=\"max-width:200px; width:100%;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Clark<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><strong>Reader Mailbag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Today we hear from several <em>Jeff Clark Trader <\/em>members about their gains from Jeff&rsquo;s most recent trade&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p>Thank you so much, Jeff! I sold my position for more than a 400% gain!<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>&ndash; Deborah<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p>Hi Jeff, I recently signed up for your service&hellip; and on my first options trade with your service, I made over a 360% return on my put options. Your advice was spot on. Looking forward to more great advice!<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>&ndash; Brad<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p>Hi Jeff, I closed out on your recent puts for a 627% gain! This made up for the loss on trading the stock the first time around. I&#8217;m waiting for another big gain, keep them coming.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>&ndash; Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And some kind words from a <em>Delta Report<\/em> subscriber&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p>Hello Jeff, I&rsquo;ve been following your updates since the beginning of this year, and I&rsquo;ve enjoyed all of your daily updates, as I&rsquo;ve learned a lot from how one can see the market &ndash; as well as your trade recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve now decided to follow and start entering your option buys of the calls and puts going forward. Best regards and please keep up the great work as I look forward to continuing learning from you. <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>&ndash; Ming<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, we end with a dissenting opinion from <em>Delta Report <\/em>member Tim&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p>Jeff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/15-minutes-from-a-bear-market\/\">per your <em>Market Minute<\/em> on Monday<\/a>, I disagree in part with your thesis. First, I do agree that the incredible 74-point rally in the S&amp;P 500 in the last 15 minutes of last Friday did spare stocks from a bad technical outlook and further selling on Monday. The average American has no idea how dire this week looked at 3:15 to 3:30 that day before things reversed higher.<\/p>\n<p>Where I disagree is your point that when the index falls below its 20-month EMA, it&#8217;s been a bear market. Even though this has happened four times since the 2008 meltdown: 2010, 2011, 2015 and before Christmas 2018. The 2015 to early 2016 market was nearly a bear, but all four occasions witnessed a rally after.<\/p>\n<p>So, even if market indexes fall another leg lower and cause more &#8220;technical damage,&#8221; the stock market can still recover so long as we avoid the standard 20% or so decline &ndash; keeping in mind SPX did fall just shy of 20% in December 2018 before ending a year of volatility with a new year (2019) of low volatility.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, I like you showing the chart and the danger we approached. The four times we avoided a bear market since 2008 are not times I wish to repeat. That said, it seems folks I<br \/>\nspeak to who know market history are expecting another leg down soon, and I don&#8217;t see how the Fed or other central banks&#8217; monetary policies can sufficiently offset supply shock and demand declines to avoid more panic selling in the days and weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>&ndash; Tim<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you, as always, for your thoughtful comments. We look forward to reading them every day. Keep them coming at <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feedback@jeffclarktrader.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market has now entered the third leg of the correction phase. 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