{"id":77,"date":"2026-04-02T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:03:15","slug":"the-chart-signaled-a-sell-signal-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-chart-signaled-a-sell-signal-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chart Signaled a \u2018Sell Signal\u2019? Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new monthly close brings a new update to any indicators using the end of a month\u2019s trading in their analysis. For our PowerTrend<\/em> indicator the close updates the monthly charts used in conjunction with a 10-month Moving Average. With the monthly close and Moving Average we create an easy to decipher \u2018Buy Signal\u2019 or \u2018Sell Signal\u2019 based on this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With our PowerTrend <\/em>signals in mind let\u2019s review the $SPX monthly chart and the accompanying 10-month Moving Average. We look at where the most recent month closed in relation to the Moving Average. So we\u2019ll wait for the last trading day in April 2026 for the next update in this indicator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the last trading day in March 2026 the PowerTrend <\/em>Sell Signal appeared! Now what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Don\u2019t panic! Sell Signals are a part of the market experience. Let\u2019s review this chart in a wider lens. Sell Signals happen, just like Buy Signals!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    2. Adjust expectations. Durations of signals vary. As positions with profit potential shift bearish conditions can stay or vanish. Below highlights the recent bearish movement in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. Review bearish strategies. Put options and put option debit spreads are both bearish strategies that can be quickly deployed in the \u2018Sell Signal\u2019 fueled market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      A new monthly close brings a new update to any indicators using the end of a month\u2019s trading in their analysis. For our PowerTrend indicator the close updates the monthly charts used in conjunction with a 10-month Moving Average. With the monthly close and Moving Average we create an easy to decipher \u2018Buy Signal\u2019 or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markham-trading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}