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Bull Flags Breaking Up

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There is a very strong rally setup coming into today, so I’ve decided to do an AM post this time, with the video below being the section on indices from my premarket video this morning.

The rally setup is the breaks up from bull flags on SPX, NDX and RUT yesterday afternoon and this morning, and the double bottom on SPX that needs to break and convert double bottom resistance at 2683 to fix a double bottom target in the 2705-8 area. If that delivers then all three have a decent shot at a retest of last week’s rally highs. Premarket Video from theartofchart.net – Update on ES, NQ and TF:

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Alpha-Bits

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Equity bulls need a “shock to the upside” to get them back into their long-accustomed feather bed of new lifetime highs every day. Some thought last weekend’s “North Korea Peace Fest” would do the trick. It didn’t. New hope was offered after Monday’s close when GOOGL announced blowout earnings. It looked like just what the doctor ordered, as the stock roared nearly 50 points higher instantly. As you can see by the tinted area below, it wasn’t exactly long-lasting, and you could almost hear the face of GOOGL call owners drop in despair.

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SlopeCharts Tweaks

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I’m pleased to let SlopeCharts users know there are a couple of minor but helpful improvements we just made.

First, we’ve expanded the number of “quick pick” colors. I use this feature constantly, because it’s so much faster than going into the color palette. It lets you instantly change the color of any drawn object. Just right-click on anything you want to change and pick the color you like.

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Inflation, With a Shelf Life

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The following is excerpted from NFTRH 496‘s US & Global Market Indicators & Internals segment. It took on a life of its own, considering what you see below is not even half the segment, which itself is not usually a primary aspect of the NFTRH service.

For the last few weeks we’ve used the conditions noted in the graphic below as a guide. Well, the ‘inflation trade’ (IT) popped last week and that included cyclical metals (as well as silver) ramming upward vs. gold and TIP rising vs. TLT & IEF.

As for credit conditions, there is little imminently raising caution flags as commercial lending and risk taking (as indicated by high yield junk bonds) continue apace, but the note still stands on the bigger picture as the credit system and money supply are gumming up with the Fed in quantitative and Fed Funds tightening mode while the velocity of money in the economy maintains a secular downtrend. (more…)