Gravestone dojis (reversal pattern)

The stock market looks to pullback here as we enter the holidays, I tightened up my stops today, wrote some covered calls and even picked up a few shorts. Yeah, markets generally made a new high for the year and closed with gains today but I see many reversal candles out there (gravestone dojis for example), stocks seem tired. IWM tried again to retake it's 50 dma but failed. You could even say that today there was a collective failed breakout as stocks made new highs but did not close at them. From failed moves come fast moves, tomorrow will be telling.

Even the shining star of customer service (Best Buy) was not immune to the bearishness of the day. Errr, don't ask. Lets just say I won't be going back to Best Buy after a bad experience this weekend.

Disclosure: Short TNA, SPWRA

Ouch! (VLO Today)

If you bet Valero (crude oil refining and retailing) would drop today on the bad refining margin news by Chevron or their pre-open lowering of earnings forecasts, you thought wrong. And you got killed.