Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Opposing Trends
Generally speaking, there are two trends happening in the market (we’ll set aside the fact that the long-term trend, going back five years now, is up………obviously). The intermediate-term trend is ascending, as illustrated below by the green tints. The market has, for months, moved on to higher highs. The short-term trend, however, is bearish – illustrated by the cyan tints – creating a petite descending channel. By the end of day tomorrow, we should know whether this short term trend has been thrown in the garbage, or if the intermediate trend has, in fact, been broken for good. (more…)
Go Bro Go
The next 25.5 hours are going to be a waiting game, so let’s try to keep ourselves engaged until then. A few days ago, I mentioned Brown & Brown as a short idea. So far, so good. I’ve updated the chart with a target. (more…)
Samantha FXY
The Japanese Government has been monkey-hammering its Yen into toilet-paper, and the chart below of FXY (highlighted by Ms. Fox, whom you children-of-the-80s will remember) shows that a double-bottom might be forming. I’m not going to bank on it myself, as the currency wars are in full swing, but I at least thought I’d share this.
Hold or Fold?
I often talk about the need, fairly early in any trend, to establish either a significant rising support trendline (in an uptrend) or a significant declining resistance trendline (in a downtrend). That is a key reason that I was looking for a strong rally here and I think those key trendlines have now been established on both SPX and RUT. The question now is whether those trendlines will hold or fold. If the downtrend is to continue then the RTH yesterday was the rally high and both SPX and RUT should turn down from there. If the downtrend is to break and open up a retest of the highs and a Santa Rally, then I’d expect those trendlines to break up today or tomorrow. (more…)
