There's nothing new to add to prior posts. Stocks continue to flip flop around with an upside bias on light volume and diverging momentum suggesting the next big sharp move will be to the downside. Ideally, 1356 in the S&P cash index needs to hold for the bears to still have a high probability trade in my opinion. I'm adding to my current short position as the market rises.
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On the hourly chart, the RSI is diverging drastically from prices. This doesn't signal when a turn is coming necessarily, but it does suggest underlying weakness and that a pullback is probably the next big move ahead. Also notice that the daily stochastic is starting to trend downward. Again, not necessarily a good timing indicator, but a suggestion that the next big move will be down. To me, the only question is whether or not the upcoming pullback is going to just be a temporary decline before moving higher, or if it's going to be a major top signaling the next major downphase has started. The wave count suggests the latter. But I can't say with any level of certainty when stocks will stop floating higher, so I don't want to just load up on the short side right now since I could encounter a lot of pain if this float higher continues much longer. And I don't want to wait for the decline to jump in short because it may decline overnight several hundred Dow points and I'll miss most of the move if it turns out to just be a short term decline. So I decided to simply just add small short positions as the market moves higher and average into the market on the short side. It's the best way to play this type of market and reduce risk in my opinion.
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Although stocks are boring me to death, the euro is moving around quite nicely, making it good to trade right now. The huge rally we got today was a good opportunity for the bears who may have missed the big previous move. I added short today at 1.2750 and put my stop just above today's high. The chance of a top here is solid, and the risk/reward for the bears here is excellent. So in my opinion, it's worth taking a shot at the short side here. If today's high is broken in the overnight European session, then I'll simply wait for another reversal pattern to reshort as long as 1.2877 remains intact.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS JUST AN ANALYSIS BLOG AND IN NO WAY GUARANTEES OR IMPLIES ANY PROFIT OR GAIN. THE DATA HERE IS MERELY AN EXPRESSED OPINION. TRADE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
3 comments:
Really eant to hear your input on Euro. It went all the way past 1.2980, do you think the trend has reversed short term? Or it was just a giant short squeeze? As for equities this market simply will not go down,as it seems. Where would be a good turning point? Your past call for turning was spot on, would love to hear your input.Thanks
I haven't been posting much because I've been busy with other things and the market simply isn't doing much. As for the euro, I was stopped out twice on the short side and have since step aside for now. The euro has gone down for a while now so a sharp corrective rally shouldn't be a surprise. The long term trend remains down in my view. I am unsure when it will reverse again, so I won't short again until a reversal pattern forms. We dont' have that yet. As for stocks, timing is very dificult. The market is obviously waiting for 'something' before it reverses. The structure and strength of the rally the past week or so is indicative of a market that is going to reverse sharply at some point. I just can't put a time on it yet unfortunately.
Good luck!
Thanks for your reply. I guess it is not surprising for the euro to move higher with skyhigh short interest. But the S&P is just going up and up. I guess when I finally turn bullish, it will then drop. Haha
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