Today is a simple call for action. On Friday, the Russell 2000 tagged its 200-day MA in a manner which was picture perfect for those peppering the 200-day MA with GTC 'buy' orders.  Monday was the second chance for a slice of this action with another tag of the 200-day MA. If there is a 200-day MA fail it will be a clean sell but as this is oversold on near-term and intermediate stochastics it's looking like a relatively low risk buy with stops on a loss of 1,615 and an initial target of 1,715 - a healthy risk:reward with the index closing at 1,630.

Indices recorded another set of losses but some now offer an opportunity for longs. Best of these belong to the Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 managed a picture perfect tag of the 200-day MA with Friday's lows making it to 1,618. Shorts trading the tag (of the 200-day MA) will have come out with a nice profit and aggressive longs may have also used the opportunity to trade a bounce with a buy.

Small Caps weren't able to recover the channel and another 1%+ loss was chalked up. It's looking ever more likely a tag of the 200-day MA is on the cards. Relative performance actually ticked up despite the loss but this was an ugly day.

A mixed bag of events for markets as some moved while others remained unchanged. The Russell 2000 made a key move lower as it broke channel support. Relative performance widened its losses as declines were logged.  The next target is the 200-day MA.