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I had pointed out Dreamworks recently as a good short-sale candidate. Today is paid off, tumbling a double-digit percentage drop. I suppose this is due to their movie, How To Train Your Dragon 2, having a disappointing opening weekend. I wasn’t banking on that, however. It was about the Fibs.
Ummm, this chart was a lot funnier (in a woe-is-me, gallows-humor kind of way) earlier when the market was surging. Now that the bulls are smearing fecal matter all over one another, it’s less relevant. All the same, I’m kind of busy, you know – trading – so I don’t have time for anything else at the moment. But please take note, this chart is already sadly out-of-date.
Friday was more bullish than I expected but resistance at 1937 held on repeated tests and if we are to see an opening gap today, then it seems likely at the time of writing that it will be a gap down. The SPX 50 hour MA is now at 1939 and is still primary resistance. In the event that is broken then main rising wedge resistance is in the 1947 area. I’m expecting more downside today however.
I think this retracement may develop into something substantial if the bears can develop some momentum, and we’ll see whether they can. At minimum though I’m looking for a test of the SPX daily middle bollinger band, which closed yesterday at 1918, and that target could be hit today. This is a target that is often pinocchioed intra-day, so it’s important not to read too much into a break below it unless that persists into the close. SPX daily chart: (more…)
When I first heard the term “Leading from behind” (LFB) like many others who’ve based their career on taking the lead or helping others in the understanding of what true leadership entails: I was left a little perplexed.
Suddenly it was racing across media outlets as if this was some tried and tested strategy held in the bowels of some secret refuge where only a privileged few knew of its existence and were capable of implementing it. However, those of us that have made careers in the “leadership business” knew all too well: There is no such thing. (more…)
