Written by Jill Mislinski

We continue to receive requests for updates to the “Best Stock Market Indicator”, which used to be a regular guest post from John Carlucci. Here is an update of the “Carlucci” indicator along with a summary of John’s explanation on how he uses it.

As John described it: “The $OEXA200R (the percentage of S&P 100 stocks above their 200 DMA) is a technical indicator available on StockCharts.com used to find the “sweet spot” time period in the market when you have the best chance of making money.”

Latest Indicator Position

According to this system, the market is now untradeable and a signal to exit all long positions. The OEXA200R is well below 65%, currently at 57%, but all three secondary indicators are positive:

• RSI is POSITIVE (above 50)
• Slow STO is POSITIVE (black line above red line)
• MACD is POSITIVE (black above red line)

Background on the “Carlucci” Indicator

The OEXA200R is a metric used to assess the state of the market in order to make profitable trading decisions. That is, whether we are in a bull market, a bear market or transitioning from one to the other, as well as market volatility and risk within each of those situations. Historically, it has also given traders a clear early warning signal of impending serious market downturns and later safe re-entry points. While not intended as a day trading tool per se, it can certainly be used as background information by highly speculative traders. Simply put, the OEXA200R gives traders the ability to identify the most opportune conditions within which to execute their various long, short or hold strategies.

Definition of Terms:

“Tradable” refers to the point at which it is most advantageous to enter and continue long trading.

“Un-tradable” refers to the point at which it is advisable to exit all long positions that have not already automatically closed with a trailing stop loss. Please be aware that the OEXA exit points are not always timed at the exact top of any run up, that is impossible to predict. However, a trailing stop will follow the price to the highest point and close out as it falls from there, meaning most positions should have closed before the OEXA exit signal appears and thus should close at a point higher than at the exit signal.