REVIEW
The week started at SPX 2810. After a flat opening on Monday the market rallied, rallied again on Tuesday, then hit a temporary all-time high on Wednesday morning at SPX 2853. The market then pulled back into Wednesday afternoon to SPX 2825. Then after gap up openings on Thursday and Friday the market closed at SPX 2873. For the week the SPX/DOW gained 2.15%, and the NDX/NAZ gained 2.55%. On the economic front declining reports outpaced increases. On the downtick: existing/new home sales, Q4 GDP, plus weekly jobless claims rose. On the uptick: leading indicators and durable goods. Next week’s reports will be highlighted by the FOMC meeting and non-farm Payrolls.
LONG TERM: uptrend
The relentless rally continues. The last time the market had a downtrend was in March/April. Since then the market has experienced one solid 9-month uptrend, with pullbacks of 3% of less along the way. In fact, when reviewing the weekly chart, this uptrend looks entirely different than any other uptrend since 2009. Something new began after the February 2016 low, which fits with our Secular Primary III bull market scenario.
The wave count remains unchanged. Major wave 1 of Primary III began at the February 2016 low. Intermediate waves i and ii completed in the spring of 2016. Intermediate iii then divided into Minor waves. Minor waves 1 and 2 completed in the fall of 2016, and Minor waves 3 and 4 completed in the spring of 2017. Minor wave 5 has been under since the April 2017 low at SPX 2329. When Minor 5 ends, so too does Int. iii. Then after a short, and probably small, Int. iv correction, Int. v will take the market to new highs again.
MEDIUM TERM: uptrend
The current uptrend, Minor 5, is only few days away from entering its 10th month. No uptrend has been this long since the mid 1980’s. Naturally this Minor wave is dividing into five Minute waves. Minute waves i and ii ended in June/July, Minute waves iii and iv ended in November, and Minute wave v has been underway since then.
While we did not have too much trouble tracking Minute waves i thru iv. Minute wave v has been a bit difficult due to its relentless rise and small pullbacks. Very few short term waves have been quantified using our technique. This allows for a number of potential short term counts. Nevertheless we present one below which we have been tracking for a couple of weeks. Medium term support is at the 2858 and 2835 pivots, with resistance at the 2884 pivot.
SHORT TERM
We can now count 17 waves up from the Minute iv SPX 2557 low in November. The first 11 waves can be quantified, the next six waves cannot. The most obvious count under this scenario is a five Micro wave advance underway, with Micro waves 1 and 2 ending at SPX 2665 and 2625 in early December. Since then Micro wave 3 has been underway: 2672-2652-2695-2674-2759-2736-2808-2769-2853-2825-2873 so far. Eleven waves, suggesting a pullback then new highs to make thirteen waves, and possibly end Micro 3. In other words, still no signs of an uptrend top yet.
Short term support is at the 2858 and 2835 pivots, with resistance at the 2884 pivot. Short term momentum ended the week with a potential negative divergence. Best to your trading!
FOREIGN MARKETS
Asian markets were mostly higher and gained 1.2%.
European markets were mostly higher but gained only 0.1%.
The DJ World index gained 2.0%, and the NYSE gained 1.9%.
COMMODITIES
Bonds remain in a downtrend and lost 0.2% on the week.
Crude remains in an uptrend and gained 4.5%.
Gold also remains in an uptrend and gained 1.4%.
The USD remains in a downtrend and lost 1.6% on the week.
NEXT WEEK
Monday: personal income/spending and the CPI at 8:30. Tuesday: Case-Shiller and consumer confidence. Wednesday: the ADP, Chicago PMI, pending home sales, and FOMC statement. Thursday: weekly jobless claims, ISM, construction spending and auto sales. Friday: monthly payrolls, consumer sentiment, and factory orders.
Elliott Wave is my preferred trading method. But it still surprises me when even the most trusted EW practioners get caught up in market pessimism and/or euphoria.
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Namastey Tony..hope you are recovered well in health and spirit..
Namastey Everyone..
It appears last 5 waves to complete int 3 on S&P500 will be ending diagonal …and we are in wave 4 of that ED at today’s decline..5th can be 61 percent of 3rd wave..optically it will look nice..
Thanks for being there..
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…remember everything above 2609 is superfluous…if you believe in the mathematics of the market.
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Could you elaborate Fiona thank you
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I used progressions from the low, and 2185 was suggested as a possible termination point.
Well, we know that the market continued higher so 2185 was expanded upon, with the updated data as it came in and the termination point for this updated series is 2609.
Since the market still continued higher one would think the number would have changed, but it has remained the same.
Now I would think (a) eventually the number will suggest higher as previously, or (b) we correct back to 2609 and let the market decide the direction, whereupon the sequences will give a different suggestion….hope this helps….Tony usually gives the translation of the wave counts in sequences which you can use….
Noting your surname Gregory, I was just hoping you did not want me to expand on laser initiation and beam quality’s evolution in a confocal unstable resonator….
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Wow Fiona. You’re referring to my father who was a research physicist for the dod and did a lot of work with lasers. Wow what do you do?
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You should be proud…I have read some of his submissions…he is a legend in his field.
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gary 35 should not be traded above before 2810 is hit now or i am out
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DOW leading the way down
if a quick 200 point down spike in dow ….. i will cover shorts
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transformation of DOW from melt up to melt down
right before your eyes
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yea bad day for me. i should of sold out of SPXL yesterday. sold at small profit but opportunity loss
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possible triag. on the 15 min chart, will see which way it plays out.
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Cr. to CBZ
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Why? Just because?
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”Spoofing” new word for me.
Separately UBS, HSBC and Deutsche Bank will pay a total of $46.6m (£33m) to settle spoofing charges against them.Spoofing refers to submitting, then cancelling, orders on futures contracts to manipulate the quoted price.
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I posted this article about it yesterday.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-29/these-are-6-traders-who-were-just-arrested-manipulating-gold-market
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forget stocks………….
what i want to see is the matchup between
LEE.. (aka BIG DEAL) vs THE BIG SHOW
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The last shall be the first, go Newbee🏅1,24 mat be too touch for the euro, downside likely for the euro. Watch out rates big bang is near If weekly bull cross happens in tbt.
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Tore
TBT .. bullish above 36.66666666666666666666666666
but i would like to sell into next spike
next bond target is only ticks away
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