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$QQQ See that bottom pane with circles? That is distance below 21-day SMA, which is currently -8.3%. Even in most vicious bear markets such as 2022, when this distance is around -9% we get strong counter-trend oversold bounces. I expect one soon, may be after CPI on Wed. https://t.co/uwYVwNiRCa
$SPY https://t.co/PgcEKhh2Iq
$SPX RSI < 30, lowest since Aug 5th https://t.co/MGyxU2qqyL