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Banks, Gold & Yields

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[edit] the post started as a simple thing and ended after getting way too involved. so much the better…

An update of the situation on the Banks, the anti-Banks (gold) and the yield relationships that would help define their fates.

The Bank index is breaking through resistance this week while gold remains in Palookaville. Note to certain bloggers out there who would nitpick: the arrows are not meant to line up (green to red); they are meant to show support and resistance for the Banks’ lows and Gold’s highs, respectively.

bkx.gold

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Breaking the Triangle

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Triangles are very tricky to trade as I’ve mentioned many times, and yesterday’s break up was an impressive false break.The close effectively on the daily middle band and 60min MA was very ambiguous though, and the move down overnight is suggesting very strongly that this triangle is going to break down, which is the natural direction as these triangles lean 64% bearish, opening up the obvious target area below at 2082-5 that I have been looking at for most of the week. SPX 15min chart:

150604 SPX 15min Descending Triangle

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