SHORT TERM: quiet day ahead of Friday’s GDP report, DOW -23
Overnight the Asian markets gained 0.6%. Europe opened higher and gained 0.5%. US index futures were higher overnight. At 8:30 weekly Jobless claims were reported lower: 268K v 278K, and Durable goods were reported higher: +3.4% v +0.8%. The market opened three points above yesterday’s SPX 2091 close and immediately began to pullback. At 10am Pending home sales were reported higher: +5.1% v +1.4%. At 11am the SPX hit 2087 and then started to drift higher. At 12:30 FED governor Powell speech: http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20160526a.htm. By 3:30 the SPX hit 2093, and then pulled back to close at 2090.
For the day the SPX/DOW were -0.10%, and the NDX/NAZ gained 0.20%. Bonds gained 11 ticks, Crude slipped 25 cents, Gold dipped $4, and the USD was lower. Medium term support remains at the 2085 and 2070 pivots, with resistance at the 2131 pivot. Today Q2 GDP was raised: +2.9% v +2.5%. Tomorrow: Q1 GDP (est. +1.0%) at 8:30, then Consumer sentiment at 10am.
The market opened higher today, pullback 7 points, then went sideways for the rest of the day. It appears Memorial day holiday trading is already underway. The market did pullback after yesterday’s short term negative divergence. But so far it is only 8 points. The previous pullback, since the SPX 2026 low last week, was only 11 points. Nearly a 70 point rally with only two small pullbacks along the way. So far not much selling pressure during this rally. The market needs to drop back into the 2070 pivot range to get selling pressure underway. Short term support is at the 2085 and 2070 pivots, with resistance at SPX 2111 and the 2131 pivot. Short term momentum ended the day around neutral. Best to your trading the GDP report tomorrow!
MEDIUM TERM: downtrend weakening
LONG TERM: bear market rally
da boyz want their /ES 2097 target hit today
wait for it……………….
TARGET HIT !
have a great weekend all!!!
had ES short order (2nd lot) place at 2097.5 and just got executed after the bell 🙂 ….. this bring my avg price to 2086 ….. If we get a decent pullback over weekend I be cover my 2nd lot and let my first lot run 🙂
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend, and don’t venture too close to the cliff ledge!!
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Close on 2099ish to complete x wave (abc) and a mini fractal of P4 as seen on Todd Gordon’s latest video??? Drop hard on Tuesday to start int C. Possible
No. This is an impulse wave, not a B or X.
LOL
Really??? Still only 3 waves so far.
I mean, I’m not going to discount that possibility, but it has the feel of a 3. I’m pretty sure since I’m the last bullish person in this board now, lol.
Anyways, I don’t care too much what is happening minute by minute in SPX. It will throw you off the big picture.
Tony ,
I would like to start off by saying that I absolutely hope you crush your bear market SPX call and thousands rush to sign up for your OEW tutoring. With that said , I know how much you hurt when you wrote this OEW update ( https://caldaro.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/friday-update-420/ ) . I believe the last paragraph truly sums up your empathy for your legion of followers . So that this does not happen again , what is the highest level the SPX can trade before a new count is warranted ? Very simple question .
Have a great holiday
TC hasn’t released that info per his post last evening. However, I thought by default it would be 2111 with the confirmed uptrend, then downtrend. Maybe we need a confirmed uptrend first.
In my count it has to take out 2134. Taking out 2111 just takes 3 off the table and makes 2 extend.
noted in the weekend update
Why do we always rally this big only after a downtrend confirmation…. ?
Fully rigged. Don’t look to the Dow and SP, they are loss leader rigged indicies.
Go look at 13 ema / 34 ema crosses on daily charts. A large % have counter rallies at
cross
ESF cleanup crew busy after Janet ran her mouth.
Wile’s 2 cents https://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/3711/4649/original.jpg
See an Inv H&S in there?
Nope, because those only happen effectively at bottoms, and this is a top.
/ES
looking wedge like
maybe da boyz throwover the top line and hit the 2097 target?
they are sneaky
I take it you mean today yet? How about Tues or Wed.
..I hope you all have a lovely long weekend…x
you too fiona!
/GC
anybody home at 1209.5? ie buyers show up….
if not …. big trouble ahead
raising stops on DUST
phil i thought you went long GLD yesterday. I think GLD drops to $114 38% or $112 50% retrace levels
Pre 2008–the Fed was not interfering as they do now.Rates across the spectrum were higher and everyone could trade off indicators and charts that meant something…which is fine.I’m just saying comparisons of rates going up to 6% now as opposed to pre 2008 wouldn’t work.The rate of increase alone would crush equities(Going from 5%-8% not the same as going from .25 to 4%).
Learned, Fed prior is to avoid a relapse of the mistakes they did during the 1933-1937 recovery…. The Fed/Govt has done extension study and written countless paper
Right…don’t raise rates in a poor economy.0.8% gdp is not good.1.6 the first half (with no guarantees in the 2nd half),not good enough to raise rates.It’s all currency related verbals.Nothing more.
/DX
sure looks like 96.25 is next station stop …HWB
dollar rallying because of something yellin said????
probably not ………….its what the trend was before she opened her mouth
Could that be 5 down….lol….
ok folks time to hit the beach i am also short the market right around 2096. not worth wasting an afternoon for few points here and there
Here is the main reason why the market is addicted to every friggin word of the FED
it allows them to ignore earnings and global risks. Its the latest invention of greed and rationalization
Its that simple
johnny….you think the fed has magical powers???
they dont have the power to change the trend
they couldnt stop spx from going to 666
heck …i showed that even kennedys assasination was a one day blip
then the trend upward continued the next day
Phil,if the Fed raised rates one percent in June–the trend d would change.
probably not ….
read tonys analysis of decades of rates and markets
rates below 6% have little effect on the stock market
also his analysis showed earnings have little corellation as well
..only 58%..little better than a coin toss
confidence is the key….
We had a better economy back then.Could handle 4-6% rates.Would housing be this good with rates 3-4% higher?Nahhh
now you are on to something………….
the market is keeping rates low …not the fed….for that exact reason
They are keeping rates low as insurance.They don’t want competition for equity dollars.Bond yields at 4% would siphon money out of stocks.Gold moving up–same thing.
Their thinking is hopefully pensions can remain solvent and become more solvent with this plan.That s one reason.Financing debt is the other reason.Plus the CEOs get nice money from stock options going up.A trifecta.
also the market raises rates first …..
then the fed follows the market..
not the other way around
I really doubt that the Fed hasn’t totally overwhelmed the bond market with QEs and “sneaky”balance sheet manipulation to keep rates down.I don’t know if they are partners with banks and brokerages to do this…they’ll never tell.
The Fed does add and subtract from its balance sheet on a regular basis and it does affect price movement. Charts show this but it is always hindsight.
Yellen just said she has no bullets left in her gun,so to speak
Yellen getting ready to speaketh.Supposed to be questions about monetary policy.She also has a big speech June 6th.No prepared text today.Gold cut a couple dollars off initially,but just watch the dollar and gold to know what she said.
“…move the markets before the money managers go to the Hamptons…” —and she did !
Prompted if she wants to move markets so traders can go to the Hamptons — Yellen says she’ll make a few sentences. “It’s appropriate for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our overnight interest rate over time,” Yellen says, and probably in the coming months such a move would be appropriate.
This is NOT a hawkish comment.No different from the past year.Any interpretation that she thinks interest rates need to be raised immediately is wrong.She hates production numbers also.
“I think,probably that rates should gradually,cautiously,some time,somewhere,in a few months…did I say maybe?Incre—no I can’t say it”…lol
–Janet Yellen today
Not much happening in the market today, sunny outside 🙂 Good weekend Tony and all.
Nice weekend Tore!
Today we have the lowest volumes in Europe in 2016.
Ditto here in the US, lightest volume day of 2016 was yesterday, beating out Monday – today is even lighter.
captbara on May 26, 2016 at 10:43 am
The relentless grind up of int iii – maj 1 of P5 begins. Expect to see extended riding of the upper BB.
That is probably the entire point.
The actual rate hike needs to find carefree ‘upper-BB riders’ if the main attraction is destined to be a ‘Livestock Show & Rodeo’.
Rate hike is a smokescreen. The threat of it killed markets from Aug to Feb mostly because yen was strengthening. YCT is still a major factor in propping things up since 2010.
Possible negative divergence….
absolutely.looks like a down 40-50 pts next week (if PPT stays out).
Agreed, non confirmation– low volume, targets hit, sell the Yellen non event speech– potential rollover imo (opinions are not worth 2 cents so do your own due diligence, trade what you know and what’s in front of you and use tight stops)
S&P 500……30 min pitch
http://www.traderscrossover.com/store/index.php?p=intra
nice
Only a matter of time…before the big C get’s going in a 3rd wave down….
I don’t know if it will play out here but the 28 day analog is setup up perfectly. We should have a reversl today that opens a crash window for the next 27 days. If we start down the bottom would be 55 days from the 2111 top or the Dow top. Same analog as 1929 & 1987….
Calendar or trading days ?
Trading days
SP500 15-min chart before Yellen speech : new higher highs, and closing in on 1.618 extension. Will need to change to 30-min chart soon, as there are more than 160 candles on the chart. Note that those who cited a ‘bearish harami’ yesterday, had those candles invalidated today with the higher highs.
TJ
hi joe there is daily or GRAPHIC?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
klur .. there are several alternates that apply at this moment in time. Let’s see if we complete this impulse, up, in good form .. meaning another wave (iv), then a (v), up, and let’s see where that leaves price. Then, it will tell a lot more about the ‘actual’ wave count rather than ‘my thoughts’ about the wave count. As I have said since the Feb 2016 low, there are ‘several’ ways I can see the S&P and Dow making the Primary 5th wave up (i.e. one could impulse, versus one could diagonal, etc.) and both be in the same count.
TJ
those that cited the bearish harami were wrong because there was no harami candle pattern recorded.
Correct. First, which is why I provided a link to the definitions, and second to indicates the odds of a 50:50 pattern completing as the chartist ‘wants’, are ..well .. 50:50.
You are correct EL Mat! 😉
Here is the proper pattern, which it was not.
http://www.mypivots.com/dictionary/definition/355/bearish-harami-cross-candlestick-pattern
TJ, Dow futures suggest the same count i.e. a “pop” for v of (iii) noting that v is limited in size since i was longer than iii. Just wondering … must a C wave have 5 waves or can it be comprised of only 3 waves i.e. 5-3-5?
TJ .. an ‘actual’ C wave must be comprised of five waves .. regardless if it is an impulse or a diagonal. But the Y wave of a W-X-Y could be in three waves. That’s why it is key to have an objective method (the Eight Fold Path method I have outlines on here several times) to tell one whether a true impulse is completing or not.
trader joe je te remercie pour ta reponse je te posais cette question parce que j’esperais une baisse mais bon on verra la suite
trader joe I thank you for your reply I was asking you this question because I was hoping down but hey we’ll see later
Good, thank you.
/ ES
pushing up thru 2094
if 2097 extension long target is blown out to the upside …..
next ext long target is 2103….
could create panic short covering upside acceleration if extensions continue
…I have 2105…..as next Phil
cool
Hi Fiona-a wise person once said that you can apply here also the derivative of it..that when you get your bachelors -you think you know everything in the world…then when you get your masters- you realize that maybe you dont know that much as you thought you did and your confidence shakes up. then when you finally get your Ph.D-you still know that you dont know anything but now you know that people around you also dont know anything
jack
its like the 18 year old who moved out
because he couldnt stand it that his father didnt know anything
when he returned 5 years later
he was amazed at how much the old man had learned in 5 short years
…that is totally true…did you get the numbers on wednesday update Sparrow…?x
those who say do not know and those who know do not say
so I’ll stay quiet =)
yes guys – I was talking to myself in front of mirror when i came up with that saying. FM will do over the weekend – I am a lazy bump when it comes to checking old posts
I just doubled my short position at 2094. Now short at 2087 average.
good move i think
Remember, I’m not a daytrader. My positions (when they work out) will last weeks, months, and sometimes even years. I might be early with this one, or it might not work out at all. Time will tell.
Short ETFs are a daily trading vehicle not an investing type instrument and if you would hang on to a 2x or 3x short etf, the decay will definitely be felt over weeks or months.
I don’t trade inverse ETFs or leveraged EFTs. When I go short, I do it in the futures market.
I’m with you….good luck michael…
Aah…Too early to short, 2102.3 is the number
If 2102.3 is the max drawdown I have, then I’ll be very happy.
May I ask what you are seeing that makes you think that this is a good entry point for a short?
Thanks in advance.
365.25 (avg days in a year) times 1618 =5909 (move the decimal)
TODAY is 5908 days from the Mar 24th 2000 high
Tony
is there Any chance in the next few weeks we will be getting a mea culpa and a switch to P5?
in the SPX? none
Does that mean you don’t see any chance of us going to new highs Tony or it would simply be some kind of higher Major B wave in your opinion of a Primary A down of C2? Thanks in advance.
the SPX could still go to new highs with an irregular B wave
but it would probably be a Primary B then
Thank you Tony.
Interestingly, the DOW hasn’t taken out the high from 25th Wed although the SPX/SPY did so —possibly a sign of a weaking uptrend; specualtive squiggles…
/ ES
2094 target hit
one down and one to go
I don’t care whether you’re bullish or bearish long or intermediate term, that right there is a cheap short short term IMO.
Why do people get mad on this forum when others share their opinion of their opinion ? lol
Something one of the futures traders that I follow posted yesterday:
https://twitter.com/RanchoDinero
cognitive dissonance is a normal part of business/risk taking/speculation. some traders want conviction and jump on those who don’t have it
… to which i say…
It ain’t what we don’t know that hurts us, it’s what we know for certain that just ain’t so. –Mark Twain
Actually if you use the longer more accurate definition of Pi…..you get 3.141593 X 666.79 which gives us 2094.78, closer to today’s high so far
seems like we are at the end of this move from 2025. last stage waiting for fed gov. to speak ..then a correction of 30/40 points at least maybe more
I believe your assumption is accurate….whether you are Bull or Bear we are due for a decline
The QQQ’s, a perfect kiss of the downtrend line this a.m. – right to the penny.
https://www.tradingview.com/x/99ZPA2Ym/
Yesterday was the lightest volume day of the year for the SPY, beating out Monday’s low volume day. We could challenge that today, having an unprecedented situation where the 3 lightest volume days of the year all occurred in the same week.
We have a shot at the lightest volume week of 2016, which was the week of 3/21 due to the markets being closed for Good Friday. It will be close. Either way, we’ll have less volume this week (a full 5 trading days) than the week of 12/21 – when the market was only open 3.5 days!!!
Yes, markets have rallied nicely on price this week, but on air. No volume, none, zero.
This is what I keep saying. This week is the equivalent of the festive period of December which is why it amazes me people have turned all bullish based on it. If we see the same action next week then fair enough but this week is insignificant in my opinion.
It’s summertime- light volume is expected. Many of the human traders have mentally checked out and focusing on vacation and other things.
Next real big event to bring volume is the Fed meeting.
yep that’s when the shit gonna hit the fan. Or Brexit!
Two or three things maybe it was trying to do. 1 is put in an extreme for the Bradley window you pointed out. Would be nice to see a solid reversal lower on that this afternoon, even if we get a bit higher. So far its a 4 week extreme, but above 2000 would be a 5 week extreme, and above 2111 a multi-month extreme.
Another is gap fill for the two gap downs last week, both now filled. The process has left three daily gaps now below though, plus the March monthly gap up and the 1865 weekly gap up from February open still too.
The third is the obvious move into Yellen and a holiday weekend, especially since China didn’t push more last night or Wednesday night.
Guess we will have to see if Yellen can get things moving here.
/GC
short traded early am at 1225
TARGET 1208
1206 is the key march 28 low
Good place to start adding.Dollar cost avg to 1160 if needed.Euro broke support at 111.50.Big down day possible today for gold/gdx. ($20/5%)
learned………………agree 🙂
posted days ago bottom could fall out…..on gold
silver and gold stoch both embedded
if 1197 fails there could be total meltdown
bot more dust 16.81
But you said that you bought GLD yesterday morning pre-market at 117.36, and then you said it was an investment. It’s hard to follow your trades when you say that you’re long both GLD and DUST at the same time.
dont worry about my investments
worry about your own
LOL for one that ”Ignores most comments” you sure know what page most are on..
When I say I ignore most comments, it means that I don’t reply to most of them. I do scan through almost all of them really quickly, though.
Fotis
you are a riot !!!!
have a great holiday weekend !!