CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday warned traders that the inventory market is unlikely to recuperate anytime quickly.

“The charts, as interpreted by Mark Sebastian … counsel that this market’s bought extra draw back, and it is approach too early to go actually bullish,” he stated. 

“In contrast to him, I additionally imagine we may get a pointy spike up, however, for our Charitable Belief, if that occurs we’ll must do some promoting,” he added.

The S&P 500 closed out its worst month since March 2020 on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Common tumbled 8.8% for the month, whereas the Nasdaq Composite dropped 10.5%.

Earlier than moving into Sebastian’s evaluation, Cramer first defined that when the S&P 500 goes decrease, the CBOE Volatility Index, often known as the VIX or worry gauge, sometimes strikes larger. And when the S&P strikes larger, the VIX sometimes goes decrease. 

He then examined a pair of charts displaying the each day motion within the S&P and the VIX:

Whereas the S&P and VIX moved on the similar tempo in June, issues took a flip in August. Sebastian notes that when the S&P began falling in late August, the VIX had a “slow-rolling rally” as an alternative of roaring prefer it sometimes would, in response to Cramer.

This mismatch in motion between the S&P and VIX’s actions continued by early September however solely actually exploded this week, Cramer stated, including that the market nonetheless is a good distance from recovering.

“Sebastian’s ready for the S&P to go down whereas the VIX additionally goes down — that is a traditional inform {that a} sell-off’s coming to an finish,” he stated. “That’s not taking place proper now.”

For extra evaluation, watch Cramer’s full rationalization beneath.