SHORT TERM: gap up opening, DOW -42
The first two days of the week markets worldwide have seen selling, especially in Asia and Europe. The US had two gap down openings, but recovered more than half of the early morning decline each day by the close. Today markets settled higher in Asia, and mixed in Europe. The SPX gapped up to 2773 at the open, had closed at 2763, then dipped to 2764 by 10:30. After that the market worked its way higher to reach SPX 2775 by 1pm. Then pulled back to close at SPX 2767.
During yesterday’s decline the SPX dropped to 2743. This was an important level because the high of our Minute wave i was at SPX 2742. No overlap occurred, and the market has rallied 32-points from that low. Short term trend remains up unless those levels are broken to the downside. Short term support SPX 2741/42 and the 2731 pivot, with resistance at the 2780 and 2798 pivots. Short term momentum hit overbought during today’s high, then declined to neutral. Best to your trading!
MEDIUM TERM: uptrend
LONG TERM: uptrend
Fisher (of the Fisher Investment fame) emphasized repeatedly the need to read global indices.
Here is my reading:
DOW up.
FTSE up.
DAX up.
CAC up.
HengSheng (China) up.
Nikkei (Japan) down.
Please check them up on your own.
Where are Trump’s trade wars? Maybe they are lurking somewhere? I don’t know.
I think it is rather logical to be thinking of going long at least for the next week. Sell puts if you are conservative; buy stocks (not SQQQ type, though) if you have cash; or buy some calls if you want to have a blast 🙂
Hasta Luego!
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lets see if the 1:30 turn widow gets a squeeze up to 2779-2780
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COMPQ looks like it’s ready to go need a close above the 50 MA on the 60 minute chart at 7735, DOW Is clear for take off…..
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Ashley, 17 comments and growing since yesterday. Can you try and cut it down to 3 per day, please; it would be much appreciated. Thx.
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Im sorry, we are at a critical point here, I’ll set up a blog so I can host my charts and thoughts…
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go for it Ashley. do return and invite some visitors..
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Thank you. I think that’s a great idea for those like yourself who have a lot to say about the markets. It’s just that it becomes difficult to pour through large amounts of comments on a daily basis here on Tony’s site. No offense intended at all; thanks for listening.
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great idea .thanks.
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Yesterday the DOW’s RSI5 moved below 13. So what? Well, it’s actually pretty important:
https://investingintelligent.com/2018/06/22/what-happens-next-to-the-dow-when-this-indicator-gets-low/
Enjoy!
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thanks soul
interesting that you post this today
i am anticipating a DOW short squeeze
if we can just rally a little more and break the series down
cheers !
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You are welcome. I hope it’s useful.
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30 minute chart INDU 50 MA 24638 and falling needs to clear that, pos divergence on RSI 5 and MACD, MACD looks good on the 60 minute chart but the 50 just crossed the 200, better get to it bulls the longer you wait the more dire it looks =)
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Thanks!
I am a number person rather than a chart person. If possible, I infinitely prefer to make a decision WITHOUT knowing the price of the stock that I want to buy. Price is often a distraction in stock trading. Hahaha.
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Hi Anne, honestly I couldn’t agree more. I do most of my trading with a mechanical system that does NOT show price but simple and only buy and sell signals. Just execute those. That’s all we need to know anyway and it makes for much less guessing. I do teach my system btw 🙂
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Two percent below all time high, trade war started with China, EU, Mexico, Canada. Sounds logical to me. Like my ridiculous adamant position in 2016. In fact I am ever more sure of outcome here.
Five times so far we hit 2762 and unable to break out? What give with this number?
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Well, one pausible interpretation is that it should have been 20% higher if no trade wars 🙂
>>Five times so far we hit 2762 and unable to break out? What give with this number?
This is the part that puzzles me as well. I am here because I would like to see/learn how people trade who use fundamentally different methods from mine. I have to say that I was quite impressed (actually surprised) with Phil’s prediction yesterday (a top + a flop), which I would not be able to tell in my own system.
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Nice wall of worry we can climb.
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Soul, looking for more subscribers again?
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Not necessarily, but if so “why do you even care!?” And only those who are serious, respectful, humble, and willing to learn a thing or two should consider signing up.
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random, that was rude. Soul post periodically and provides nice info for free. take it or leave it. I find it helfull
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MakeaBuck: My apologies to you and Soul if it came across as rude. Yes, the info can certainly be helpful. I guess what’s at the root of it for me, and this goes for Soul and all others who have done this, is that it can occasionally seem disingenous. It seems the primary goal above all others is subscriber acquisition. Now, if he stated it as such in clear unambiguous terms in the post, I’d have much less of an issue with it because it’s direct and upfront. I’m not saying he’s a bad guy at all. I’m just a bit at odds with how he implements his marketing strategy.
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How else would you suggest he do it? As a former service provider, i can tell you it’s incredibly expensive for a small fry to go out and spend $ on the web to get customers via adwords, cross-linking, etc. Combine that with the fact that most traders chase hot money and leave once the service has a rough spot. His service is of no particular value to me, but it’s obvious he puts some thought into it. So far Tony is gracious enough to allow this and to me it’s no big deal.
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Hi Chris – Agree with all your points and yes, Tony has been quite gracious. I’m just suggesting that those who post as advertisements for their own services should state as much up front, that’s all. Maybe an addendum of: please check out my services or something in that vein.
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Random:
I think that’s pretty close to what Soul does do.
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2465 seems to be where we are going…
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I like a flush. How about 2345 or 3456?
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Shall I “take one for the team” and go long??? LOL
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Ashley, you surely did take one for the team, taking the heat for my postings seems above and beyond though…
I don’t want you to leave…you give terrific input (and have a Winnebago!) x
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Every single day same gibberish. It seems you are going Holly’s way. Lemme predict your comment for tomorrow and day after and so on – Long bonds, Short SPX.
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Nope, Im looking for 2820’s to start shorting so lets get it going already…. BTW I’ve been calling for this rally since the inverted H/S broke at the 2731 pivot .)
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I was replying to Fiona. She repeats the same thing over and over again. The only contribution she does is flood the blog with music videos from youtube and her bearish stance which hasnt materialised since long. She is gone Holly/Gary Leiboshitz way. And then when she is cornered she will bring up original five or seven whatever theory as if she has more right on the blog or something. Pathetic.
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When the market ignores 66% of CFO’s opinion that trade war will impact them in the next 6 months you have to ask yourself is the market smarter than the companies CFO’s? Now we have a full blown war with China. No doubt about that. With the EU the exact scenario is playing out. AUTOS is here. Yup trump just announced a 20 percent tariff. Do YOU and the Market still think he is bluffing? It Is Impossible for the market to gain traction with a world wide trade war. This is as insane as the notion we were crashing in 2016 when the consumer was in the best shape of decades past. I deal all my life in logic. this is not logical. No amount of daily manipulation can change the course of the market and profits. it will be devastatingly clear soon enough. if EU goes the way of China you can forget about a rebound after the crash also. Impossible to make money when the world is so inter connected breaking that connection. IMPOSSIBLE!
When the market is this illogical you have to take advantage. It came in 2016 and now in 2018. not very often. BTW what’s so important about 2762. HIT 4 TIMES without punching thru.
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2762 is the falling 50 MA on the 30 minute SPX chart, now 2761, its crossed with the 200 at 2766….
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According to Sun Tzu (The Art of War):
If you know yourself AND your enemy, then there is no danger in fighting hundreds of battles.
I don’t feel that you understand China very well.
You seem to automatically assume that China is some kind of invincible Dragon. Is she? My understanding is that China is currently in a bigger mess than US. I read some reports stating that they may introduce rules to stop people from selling houses freely. Sounds like an ingenious way to prevent house price from falling, right?
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Anne, if you would like to speak about China, speak with Bud.
Last time he spoke with me he was in China (for a few months), but I think he is back now.
He is a great guy, and very easy to talk with.
One of my “volunteers” who helps with dogs, gardening and basically posts my missives when I am away, is a Chemical Engineer whose brother-in-law is a Chinese Lawyer..ex Chinese military….always different perspective…{he helps in.alliances for firms expanding to China).
He is not thrilled by my saying we are going to war with China….x
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Fiona,
I feel this is a bit like asking someone’s opinion on US. Bud could be Gary here or he could be, say, Vivelaamo. If he happens to be Schizo, then it really depends on which day my asking happens 🙂
Thanks for offering.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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There was a time when there were only a few of us here, where honesty and caring had a place. We knew each others’ lives to the extent that is possible in correspondence.
Bud was one of them.
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Sixth day in a row gold is under the lower bb.Ira said yesterday,”There’s a ZERO chance of it happening today and from now on.May go to 6 or 7 or 8 days,but eventually a rally of some kind.Not bullish though.”The charts look like 1240 to me eventually.The “rally” may be a one or two day wonder,with no +div in sight.GL all.
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HUGE! I mean huge number of extremely BULLISH candlesticks. Right at the critical 9 point mark that seems to be an important mark. The PPT has done this for 8 days now and got a slow trickle down. it will fail BIG soon. Holding the dam from breaking with Elmer’s glue isn’t going to cut it.
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I like the way futz is behaving, and would not be surprised to see 2778/80 today. glta.
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Bulls need it to close above 2770, COMPQ has a nice neg divergence on the MACD on the 60 minute chart and it needs to hold 7675, DOW “industrials” need to get over 24666 to try to jump the lower TL at 24865, 60 minute chart is “bullish”, pos divergence on RSI and MACD on SPX 60 minute chart, the only thing missing??? Wheres the rally???
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I just ran some numbers. The volatility for UDOW is about 35% (using 21 days average). My bet is that it will be reaching below 30% soon. Then we will have rallies. Many of them 🙂
By the way, I do not trade DOW. I primarily use it to measure the temperature of Trump’s trade wars. It is a canary bird sort of thing for me.
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Looks like we are about to lift off, if this is a bull you would expect it to blast right through 2780, maybe pull back find support then the same at 2798…..
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ES If 55.25 holds no need to read any further. 2752 level will have a hick up at least and fill gap on ES overnight, magnets at 54.5 and 49.5.. I want to see 2741 and then looking for 2700-2690 for possible D.. drop below 2670 no more longs in play on daily.
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Gap still at 2751 and 2769 and 2783
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