Global markets are in the early stages of rolling over, as a combination of weaker data from China, Europe and the US weighs on investor confidence.
The U.S. economy added just 20,000 jobs last month, marking the weakest month of job creation since September 2017. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected a gain of 180,000.
Data out of China showed its exports slumped 20.7 percent from a year earlier, far below analyst expectations and wiping out a surprise jump in January.
The European Central Bank slashed its growth forecasts for the euro zone and announced a new round of policy stimulus.
As readers will be aware, we’ve been tracking the XJO to break the 10 day moving average as a confirmation of the short-term indicators supporting the longer-term Algo Engine “sell” signal. If we apply the same analysis to the Dow Jones, we see a more advanced break in price action.