Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

iShares Russell 2000 ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>The S&amp;P 500 broke above 4200 and the 2-month megaphone pattern on Friday, and is already approaching the 4300-4325 area which we have anticipated would cap upside for 2023.</li>
<li>While we would be cautious at these levels given our expectation for inflation to remain elevated, we cannot get too bearish if the S&amp;P 500 is above 4165-4200.</li>
<li>Breadth remains weak within the S&amp;P 500, but we are starting to see breadth improvement within small-cap Russell 2000 (IWM). More on that below, IWM targets include $190 and $200-202.</li>
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The S&amp;P 500 broke above 4200 and the 2-month megaphone pattern on Friday, and is already approaching the 4300-4325 area which we have anticipated would cap upside for 2023.
While we would be cautious at these levels given our expectation for inflation to remain elevated, we cannot get too bearish if the S&amp;P 500 is above 4165-4200.
Breadth remains weak within the S&amp;P 500, but we are starting to see breadth improvement within small-cap Russell 2000 (IWM). More on that below, IWM targets include $190 and $200-202.


Russell 2000 Breakout Attempt Underway; Small-Cap Breadth Improving; KRE, KBE, XRT Test Key Levels

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<li>We continue believe that upside is limited with the S&amp;P 500 testing the top-end of our anticipated 2023 trading range (4165-4200).</li>
<li>Our gameplan remains unchanged; reduce risk near resistance (where we are now) and add risk near support (the December 2022 lows at 3765 and/or the 2022 lows at 3490).</li>
<li>A break above 4200 on the SPX would likely mean a test of 4300-4325, which we would view as a selling opportunity. A break below 4050 would kickstart a pullback.</li>
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We continue believe that upside is limited with the S&amp;P 500 testing the top-end of our anticipated 2023 trading range (4165-4200).
Our gameplan remains unchanged; reduce risk near resistance (where we are now) and add risk near support (the December 2022 lows at 3765 and/or the 2022 lows at 3490).
A break above 4200 on the SPX would likely mean a test of 4300-4325, which we would view as a selling opportunity. A break below 4050 would kickstart a pullback.


SPX Forming Coiled Spring Between 4200 and 4050; 10Y/2Y Treasury Spread Suggests Recession Close

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Jeroen Blokland

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Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Regional banks with cash and assets exceeding the value of their uninsured deposits being sold off is a clear signal that the regional banking crisis may be getting systemic.</li>
<li>Stock market investors living in 'central bank and earnings lalaland' underestimate the indirect impact of the banking crisis on lending and economic activity.</li>
<li>Big Tech valuation and slower earnings and revenue growth pose a risk to the overall stock markets, while Bitcoin and Gold offer additional diversification.</li>
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Regional banks with cash and assets exceeding the value of their uninsured deposits being sold off is a clear signal that the regional banking crisis may be getting systemic.
Stock market investors living in 'central bank and earnings lalaland' underestimate the indirect impact of the banking crisis on lending and economic activity.
Big Tech valuation and slower earnings and revenue growth pose a risk to the overall stock markets, while Bitcoin and Gold offer additional diversification.


Weekly Market Monitor (18) - The Bank Domino Continues

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Thomas Schroeder

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Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>Bank jitters touted to resurface in May with growth concerns topping falling inflation data. SPX MACD in focus as a key bearish driver.</li>
<li>KRE bear break below 42 support targets 32.40 and will bleed into the SPX and the global cycle.</li>
<li>MACD cycle trough expected near mid-June and will set the stage for a bull recovery. Until then we are selling bounces per our May/June negative cycle.</li>
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Bank jitters touted to resurface in May with growth concerns topping falling inflation data. SPX MACD in focus as a key bearish driver.
KRE bear break below 42 support targets 32.40 and will bleed into the SPX and the global cycle.
MACD cycle trough expected near mid-June and will set the stage for a bull recovery. Until then we are selling bounces per our May/June negative cycle.


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<li>A banking crisis is systemic when two conditions are met: Significant signs of financial distress and significant banking policy intervention measures in response.</li>
<li>To determine financial stress, we look at bank failures, deposits, spreads, and market performance. In addition, the US banking system’s market value of assets is USD 2.2 trillion below book.</li>
<li>Next, we examine the size of the policy response and reveal it is getting close to the levels seen during systemic banking crises.</li>
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A banking crisis is systemic when two conditions are met: Significant signs of financial distress and significant banking policy intervention measures in response.
To determine financial stress, we look at bank failures, deposits, spreads, and market performance. In addition, the US banking system’s market value of assets is USD 2.2 trillion below book.
Next, we examine the size of the policy response and reveal it is getting close to the levels seen during systemic banking crises.


The Failure of First Republic: A Systemic Crisis in the Making?

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SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index, an equal-weighted index.

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SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE US)

Russell 2000 Breakout Attempt Underway; Small-Cap Breadth Improving; KRE, KBE, XRT Test Key Levels

Breadth remains weak within the $SPX, but we're seeing breadth improve within the small-cap Russell 2000 $IWM. All this points to a breakout above...

Vermilion Research

SPX Forming Coiled Spring Between 4200 and 4050; 10Y/2Y Treasury Spread Suggests Recession Close

We continue believe that upside is limited with the $SPX testing the top-end of our anticipated 2023 trading range (4165-4200). On the off chance...

Vermilion Research

Weekly Market Monitor (18) - The Bank Domino Continues

More regional banks are collapsing, but Powell thought things were improving, recession signals are flashing, but investors believe earnings are...

Jeroen Blokland

KRE Lead Breakdown

Bank jitters touted to resurface in May with growth concerns topping falling inflation data. SPX MACD in focus as a key bearish driver per our May...

Thomas Schroeder

The Failure of First Republic: A Systemic Crisis in the Making?

First Republic Bank was the next domino to fall, and while this banking crisis does not qualify as systemic yet, risks continue to build.

Jeroen Blokland

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