{"id":23627,"date":"2025-03-28T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=23627"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:37:59","slug":"time-to-start-putting-money-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/time-to-start-putting-money-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Start Putting Money to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

After three weeks of turbulent action in the stock market, the bulls finally have some good news. One of our most reliable, short-term technical indicators has turned bullish.<\/p>\n

The Summation Index for the NYSE flipped to a buy signal earlier this week. Take a look\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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This Summation Index is another technical tool for measuring market momentum.<\/p>\n

Whenever the NYSI rallies above its 9-day EMA (the squiggly blue line on the chart), it indicates that momentum is turning higher \u2013 and that\u2019s usually a good time to buy stocks.<\/p>\n

Whenever the NYSI falls below its 9-day EMA, momentum is waning. That\u2019s usually a good time to sell.<\/p>\n

The blue dashed lines on the chart show the buy signals over the past year. Here\u2019s how those buy signals lined up with the S&P 500\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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All seven of the previous NYSI buy signals led to an immediate rally in the stock market.<\/p>\n

The rallies last August and November were quite mild \u2013 just over 100 S&P points, and lasting only a few sessions. But the declines last May and September \u2013 coinciding with similar oversold conditions to what we\u2019re seeing today \u2013 were more significant.<\/p>\n

There is no way to know if the current NYSI buy signal will lead to a small rally or a large one. Heck, it might even lead to the market just marking time for a few sessions before stocks start to decline again \u2013 like they did following the buy signal in January.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m not suggesting folks throw all their money into the market and take a full 100% long trade.<\/p>\n

I am suggesting, however, that rather than getting caught up in the wave of selling pressure, folks might want to start putting some money to work here. NYSI buy signals have a good track record. \u00a0<\/p>\n

So, until this one is negated \u2013 with the NYSI closing back below its 9-day EMA \u2013 it is possible, even likely, the decline over the past few days is a bear trap \u2013 designed to shake traders out of long positions before the market makes a move higher.<\/p>\n

Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n

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Jeff Clark
Editor, Market Minute<\/em><\/p>\n

READER MAILBAG<\/strong><\/p>\n

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