SHORT-TERM: IN WAIT AND SEE MODE
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The Non Farm Payroll Friday went exactly as I expected, opened high but went lower, forming a Bearish Reversal Bar, so according to what I mentioned in the 12/01 Market Outlook, a top of some kind should be around now. However, the chart looks still missing one more push up to test the Friday’s high. Such a test would give us a chance to confirm whether the top was in. My guess is the test would not make a higher high or just a little higher high to run all the stops above the Friday’s high before rolling over.
According to my 7 Days Rule, generally a rebound from an important bottom should be up at least 6 out of 7 days (A rebound from an important bottom always meet the 7 Days Rule, but to meet the 7 Days Rule doesn’t mean it’s an important bottom). The significance of the red Friday is it forfeited our chances to meet the 7 Days Rule (therefore implying that the 11/25 low was not an important bottom) as we’ve already had 2 red days, plus a possible pullback the next week, so I will temporarily maintain the intermediate-term forecast for SPX target 1010ish. Will adjust the forecast depending on how the market unfolds the next week.
Summarized below are all the reasons why I’m expecting a top of some kind is around:
- Hollow red bar plus bearish reversal bar, two reversal like bars in a row, so chances are pretty high we’d turn down from here.
- VIX dipped below its BB bottom for 3 days in a row, highlighted in red in the chart below are all the past similar cases, see for yourself what happened thereafter.
- DAX black bar seems worked perfect recently and I believe DAX leads.
- Red Non Farm Payroll day usually means a reversal which in our current case means to reverse down.
- Rydex traders, aka retailers are very bullish. The charts below are from Sentimentrader. The reason I mention those Rydex charts is I was worried about our Sentiment Poll which as of now looks pretty bearish, so I suspect that the market would surprise us the next week (as always). However, after seeing Rydex charts, it seems overall the retailers are not so bearish.
INTERMEDIATE-TERM: EXPECT MULTIPLE WEEKS SELLING AHEAD, TARGETING JUNE 2010 LOWS AROUND SPX 1010ISH
See 11/18 Market Outlook for more details.
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SHORT-TERM: IN WAIT AND SEE MODE
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周五如我预计的一样，SPY高开低走形成了一个Bearish Reversal Bar，这样按照12/01 Market Outlook里的说法，a top of some kind应该就在眼前了。不过，从图上看，似乎还少最后一攻。这个最后一攻将是我们确认top的机会。我的预计是不会有higher high，或者稍微higher high一点点，既所谓的stop run。
一般重要底部的反弹至少都是up 6 out of 7，既所谓的7 Days Rule（重要的底部一定会符合7 Days Rule，但是符合7 Days Rule的不一定是重要的底部），而周五的下跌使得我们这一轮的反弹miss了这个rule（因为已经跌了2天了），加上我预计下周会有pullback，所以暂时维持Intermediate-term里关于SPX target 1010ish的判断，将根据下周的情况再看有无调整的必要。
下面总结一下我所有看a top of some kind is around的理由：
- Hollow red bar加Bearish Reversal Bar，连着两根反转棒以后反转的的机率是比较高的。
- DAX的黑棒棒看起来是很准哈。一般DAX leads。
- Red Non Farm Payroll day往意味着反转。
- Rydex traders，就是说散户，看着很牛。下面的图来自Sentimentrader。提这个的原因是我本来担心我们自己的Sentiment Poll看起来比较熊，所以我怕下周大盘会surprise us。不过，从Rydex的情况看，大部份散户并不熊。
INTERMEDIATE-TERM: EXPECT MULTIPLE WEEKS SELLING AHEAD, TARGETING JUNE 2010 LOWS AROUND SPX 1010ISH
See 11/18 Market Outlook for more details.
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THanks Cobra for your excellent call.
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Ellipses show that it’s unlikely that the high is already in. I’m expecting a futile attempt to break SPX 1272…
Here a different ellipse which shows what’s happening. What’s for sure is that tomorrow Monday is going to be interesting,
Not sure if these circles and ellipses do tell the future where market is heading.
No, they are support and resistance indicators, but clusters usually mean pivots and there is a cluster sitting up there at approx 1272. Interestingly BPSPX is also suggesting a bit more upside.
And something else: the theoretical foundation of most TA indicators/tools is Newtons 3rd. Take momentum. it’s the speed of the move. I know trading desks which trade solely with momentum (several time frames) and S/R. Take channels – it’s pure Newton mechanics, actio/reactio. Or take ellipses: not much different than a channel, only price moves around a center point and not around a center line. Ellipses are like round channels.
I’m attaching a momentum indicator of SPX showing 3 time frames: notice that the shortest time frame was down Friday morning, but the longer time frames still look ok, the only drawback is their sub-zero positon. The guy who sent me the chart is more bullish than I am – the arrows show his thinking. But note that he does not trade his own money…
The interventionist are coming…so this should be an interesting week
“Next week is critical for the Euro Zone. The EU leaders meet on 8/9th December to finalise (hopefully) their proposals for the future of the Euro/ Euro Zone.”
time to load up on some strangles.
Daily SPX charts want a lower low than 11/25. McOsc wants a lower low, too. Bonds have significant positive divergences in the one and four hour time frames recently and in the daily time frame between 10/10 and 10/26ish, not to be ignored. I think it’s possible that they could have a good push up.
Not sure how much higher bonds can go. They could be already done, or go higher to long term trendline, around 134 for 10 yr. I do not believe cup and handle formations that could take ZN to 150s, and there are negative divergences in long term time frames that indicate that they will fall after this current rally, or perhaps one more (over a span of many months) because monthly RSI and MACD have made higher highs in this rally. RSI bottoms have been pointing down since 110 in June 2008. The last times bonds peaked, in 03 and 09, bull markets in equities followed. Wouldn’t be surprised to see this happen again.
While weekly 10/20 MAs are uncrossed in the monthly time frame and while BB keeps getting by with his magic tricks, anything can happen. I’m just trying to follow the charts and momentum. Bears ought to have a good week this week. Will they make the lower low? Got me but I will be on board in a modest way.
Excellent report as usual!
Never ceases to amaze me at people who believe we just go up up up. In EVERY case below, 1-2 case a higher high made next day (but small) but in every case, day finished in red followed by more red days, as follows: (From Fri close)
Comp — black doji
IWM — black doji
Dax — black doji
NYA — black doji
RUT — black doji
RUI — black doji
OEX — black doji
Spy — doji
Spx — doji
Indu — doji
QQQ — Huge BRB (bearish reversal bar)
NDX — BRB
Sox — BRB
Before we get on our space ship to galaxy not found yet with no ticket, can we look at top 10 stocks in Indu and Comp, which included in the above case? (Top 20 largest cap stocks)
MSFT — two huge BRB
AAPL — black doji
GOOG — evening star?
CSCO — doji
ORCL — Huge BRB
INTC — Huge BRB
VOD — Black doji + abandoned baby
Qcom — Huge BRB
Amzn — doji
Amgn — Black doji
IBM — Black doji
Cvx — BRB
Cat — BRB
MCD — Black doji
Xom — Black doji
MMM — Huge BRB
Utx — Huge BRB
BA — Black doji
KO — Black doji + abandoned baby
PG — doji
After Cobra’s report, I guess I can see how people might believe we go up even 1 point on the next Monday but anybody believe we finish Monday in green must be retail smoking crack. The bull rolled over Friday, thats what this says — I guess only one exception — Yoda and Darth Vader print Euro so fast that Santa Clause can provide QE3 next week, QE4 week after and QE5 week after that so we can go up 8% next week, 8% week after and 8% week after that cause we can’t ride bull, we have to ride dog so we can get nose bleed and finish year +32%. Cobra report for week of 11/21 say “Seasonality, up, day before Thanksgiving up, day after Thanksgiving up” and What happened? Now says:
12/12: Triple Witching Monday, SPX up 7 of 10.
12/16: Triple Witching Friday, SPX up 20 of 28.
Triple Witching Week, SPX up 21 of 26.
We all know what it going to say week of Christmas. Bear Market — get use to it! We not in bull market, get it? We in Bear Market! Market always do what least amount of people expect, especially in Bear market. As evidence by Cobra retail report, big money suck in retail money then slam door leave retail stuck on doji and bearish reversal bars high up in galaxy — same as week of 11/21, see Cobra retail report for then — I guess we buy buy buy, even buy new bible where we can pray pray pray and hope hope hope so we can go up up up to galaxy not even found yet. Then we also need pray pray pray that nose bleed don’t get replaced by Red ass.
bear markets kill both bulls and bears. judging by the tricky nature of the market that has both bulls/bears guessing, i agree with u that we are indeed in a bear market.
Cobra, ha, ha, ha! I thought this might happen, your poll shows Fibonacci ratios!
LOL. The force of Mother Nature!
Cobra, can you paste in the chart to look where commercials are? Thanks…
The market has rallied as I predicted due to a very low ChiOsc on SPY daily. Unfortunately, there will be a pullback but it will still be a dip buy because ChiOSc will only go to extremes again. The pink line here is kind of my expectation.
Sunday 18.05 pm, December futures up at 1253… (Charts courtesy of Disqus, don’t know why they are here…)
False Break on the Bull Wedge
The neat part about this one is that the false break, an Egg embryo pop,
and the Bernoulli 177 support were all at the same place. I went
seriously long. Seriously enough that I was questioning my sanity on
Saturday.
Here is the prediction
Here is the results (so far)
http://oahutrading.blogspot.com/2011/12/false-break-on-bull-wedge.html
Thanks, Cobra.
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One of the member posted EUR/USD chart showing falling wedge. Searched for the post. Couldn’t find it. Please point me to that chart.
Thanks.
Here’s an update.