Although I am not an Elliott Wave technician, they do have market influence. Hence awareness of leading practitioners is a useful background input. Robert Prechter is such a practictioner. Bob Prechter's "Elliott Wave Theorist" newsletter published the 23rd November notes that the DJIA has achieved a 50% retracement of the fall from the 2007 high to the 2009 low, and has done so in 50% of the time it took to fall.
The following is taken from the same publication:
"Non-confirmations continue to multiply, as no other significant market index – among the S&P, NASDAQ, Transports, Utilities and the broader Value Line indices – joined the Dow in making a new intraday high today.
This morning's high occurred 39 minutes into the session, immediately after an upside gap in the DJIA during the session (his italics), an extremely rare event…I am betting that it was an exhaustion gap, not a continuation (wave 3 of 3) gap.
After 8 months of rally and a 52% retracement, I believe I have seen enough to recommend that traders move to 200% short. Those who were "maximum leveraged" for the 2007-2009 decline and reinstated half their positions on the recommendation in the August 5th issue may return to their full former holdings now."
Prechter's services can be found at http://www.elliottwave.com/
The NYSE cumulative advance/decline indicator is a measure of market breadth. It is giving a non-confirmation at the moment - the NYSE Composite hit a minor new high a week ago, but the advance/decline did not then or since. Non-confirmations are useful to give confidence for high conviction calls on the market. The evidence is building for a high confidence bear entry point.
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