SHORT TERM: pullback continues, DOW -14
Overnight the Asian markets lost 0.1%. Europe opened lower and lost 0.1% as well. US index futures were slightly higher overnight. At 8:30 weekly jobless claims were reported lower: 265K v 275K, and the trade deficit was reported higher: -$65.3B v -$62.0B. The market opened 3 points above yesterday’s SPX 2250 close, ticked up to 2255, and then started to pullback. Just past noon the SPX hit 2245. Then after a bounce to SPX 2251 by 2:30, the market dipped to end the day at 2249.
For the day the SPX/DOW lost 0.05%, and the NDX/NAZ lost 0.15%. Bonds gained 9 ticks, Crude slipped 30 cents, Gold rallied $14, and the USD was lower. Medium term support remains at the 2212 and 2177 pivots, with resistance at the 2270 and 2286 pivots. Tomorrow: the Chicago PMI at 9:45.
The market opened a bit higher, hit SPX 2255, then declined to 2245 around noon. The SPX 2245 level suggests, if a rally gets underway, that the 10+ day choppy activity ended in a complex flat. There was a slight short term positive divergence at today’s low setting up that possibility. Should the market clear today’s SPX 2255 high, then the possibility improves. If not, then the three lower support levels noted yesterday SPX: 2243, 2233 and 2221, come into play. Short term support is at those levels, with resistance at the 2270 and 2286 pivots. Tomorrow is the last trading day of the month, quarter, and the year. Happy New Year!
MEDIUM TERM: uptrend
LONG TERM: uptrend
the ELLIOTT WAVE lives on 
tony, bud, learned, phil, boraq: I’ve observed some interesting behavior in PMs the past two days and would like to share my observations and hear your thoughts. I have 5 fairly large images that I don’t believe WordPress will allow me to upload.
Is there an alternative method to contact you, eg. via email?
Best,
Tom
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Bud bud_67@hotmail.com welcome your views/sharing
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Thanks bud, sent them to you.
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Bud – having email problems, FYI
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having email problem, unknown when available
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Ok…email is back, and running smoothly…
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Upload your images on Imgur (free, no sign-up or account required), and then share the auto-generated links on this blog.
http://imgur.com/
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Tom, if you are using an Apple computer, ask the computer to e-mail the images to your own address. In this process you will be asked what size to send, then choose what is appropriate.
Drag the links from your e-mails and place on screen.
Open Tony’s site, and drag the links on to the “leave a reply” box.
Press Post Comment.
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Thanks, abc & fiona. Imgur worked perfectly.
Note: My observations are focused on drastic short-term volume spikes that coincide with Fibonacci levels and EW on longer term horizons.
On 12/29, GDX shares got dumped right before the close with trading volume behavior that deviated from its counterparts GLD, NUGT, JNUG, DUST, and JDST.
GLD, NUGT, and JNUG all showed bullish short-term indicators going into the close with spikes in volume on the buy side. DUST and JDST on the contrary, close bearish as expected during this bounce/potential trend reversal for gold.
GDX, on the other hand, appeared to close bullish with extremely high sell volume compared to the rest which seemed counterintuitive. When looking at the 133t chart, there are signs of a red flag from my point of view as it actually closed bearish, hence the high sell volume. Even after hours GDX bounced and continued lower.
On 12/30, quite conveniently, the opposite occurred with GDX appearing to close bearish/neutral with roughly the same volume of 30M except it is actually showing bullish behavior on the 133t charts and into the after hours. Coincidence that we had a pullback in PMs following yesterday’s observations?
Also worth noting, GLD broke the 23.6% retracement level before bouncing into the close. NUGT hit the 38.2%, JNUG 50%, and GDX slightly over the 61.8% levels. All of which appear to close bearish/neutral unless looking at shorter time frames, ie. 1 min and 133t charts. These spikes occurred literally at the close.
While I don’t have any particular theories or reasoning for such behavior, I am curious as to what everyone’s thoughts are of the significance of such peculiar occurrences in trade volume of this magnitude. Especially given that these observations are not apparent on longer time frames.
1 min and 133t charts can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/ziLTK
I will be watching PMs closely on Tuesday to see if there is any follow through with 12/30’s close.
Happy new year tony and all, always appreciate your generosity of insight :]
Best,
Tom
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160 10 min candles right around here for those who care..
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Still think a wave 4 from 2087 completed at 2234 as a complex flat. With all the talk of rebalancing next week (selling of stocks), it would not surprise to see wave 5 higher begin which would end before inauguration shy of 2300.
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I think you are close with that. If you draw a 3min chart from this mornings high you will see an impulse that has completed a possible 4 waves and just needs a few points lower to complete unless 4 becomes more complex, but still need another small move lower.
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Nothing shit you out more than a wave 2. 3 of 3 starting in few minutes and at the exact 50%. They do not want us on the wave 3. I am long and risking.
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Diverging: USD/JPY, and $Bank. Do not following the drop.
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Agree Francesca
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Thanks Tony ~ Happy New Year!
Possible Symmetry Pattern Repeat?
https://www.tradingview.com/x/9AJcKEuQ/
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possibly, BOTS like repetitive patterns
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/ ES 2234 target hit
if we dont ACCELLERATE down now thru target going to take profits in spxu
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raised stops spxu and added more on breakdown
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starting to get ugly quick
that what happens when ext long fails …..
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agg ext failed ………..took profits on all shorts
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Phil where do you measure from to get your 2234 target?
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2248 to 2237 extension short target is 2234
went thru and new extension short that just failed at 2233.5 /es
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but where did you get 2248 i cant find it as a target for a short from above?
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low before 15 min breakdown to lows
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This looks probable….we shall see….HNY everyone
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El mat, doesn’t meet the rules of Contracting ED. Wave c is longer than wave a and I stopped there.
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Yes I know it does not meet the conventional EW ED rules. I don’t agree with the aforementioned rule and stated my logical reason in past. I treat it more as wedge pattern then an EW ED pattern. Will put a caution note in future post to avoid confusion with conventional EW 🙂 . Got to wonder though if that wedge failed breakout gives that wedge some credibility, maybe just a little ;-).
Cheers and HNY BJ.
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Some thoughts…
2017 – Entrance of the bear! Wonder if we get a huge selloff next week? -repeat of early 2016
Oil goes to under $20 (I’m looking for $17 – WTI as a bottom)
Interest rates get raised 3 times
Trump names 2 Fed members who target rates at 1.5% by mid 2018- Yellen caves in to Trump neverending twitter assault
Wall Street, financial news, economic policy, interest rates become dominated by Trump twitter/facebook/Mar-e-Lago Golf Course “news” feed – forget the mainstream channels!!! – U.S. economy becomes REALITY TV (not that I bother watching them personally)
Happy New Year to All!
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Plus Ivanka and Chelsea both go on the POTUS campaign trail for 2020
HNY
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I hope not that soon, though I agree they will be at some point. Not looking forward to either of these 2 becoming candidates even though they are being groomed.
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PB/Correction any minute but no bear. Leading indicators, AD, GDP etc… No indication of bear – at least next couple Qs.
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I didn’t name a timeline – It could begin at the end of 2017.
This was a different bull and the bear will be different as well.
But Wave 5 is coming to an end.
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sold all GLD bot yest am
ext long has failed
now 1140 /gc must support or its new lows ahead
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Phil..enjoy reading your posts…
just as FYI…are you using a different algorithm than DH? DH has an updated line in the sand (61.8% retrace) for GC at 1147.20. Breaching that level opens the door to 1138.
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DH has taught me how to fish
now i am using the fishing line that works for me ..
.sometimes i dont agree with him
like the bond market selloff caught him with his pants down
“selling into any rally ” was from what i saw in the charts
while DH was looking for support levels to buy
by the time he woke up to what was going on
it was too late
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Bought GLD Sep 111 puts. Expecting 80 to 81 before the summer is over. Think abc123’s SPX count may be correct…..now in bull flag for wave 2……Bullish Div in 2 hour spx chart
(19 period Stoch)
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