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We’ve made a small improvement to trendlines, but I suspect some of you will really want to know about this. Already, when you point at a trendline on your chart, it will show you the start date, the starting value, and the angle in degrees. We’ve added a fourth data point, which is the annualized percentage return of the trendline.
A point I’ve been making a lot lately, particularly on my tastylive show, is not to get seduced by classically bullish patterns in the context of a bear market (and, yeah, it’s still a bear market, the last two days notwithstanding). Below are two examples of stocks which, in a normal environment, would have been gorgeous saucer bases, but instead they were total fake-outs. Context matters! Here are PINS and SNAP:
SPX went down a little further than was ideal, and then rallied very hard yesterday, so the topping pattern scenario is still on track.
The break below the daily middle band confirmed on Wednesday and SPX broke back hard over the middle band again yesterday. A close over 4115 again today will confirm the break back above. There is the option of a hard rejection back below that today, which would be unusual on a Friday, but definitely possible as today is the last day of April, and the stats for that lean 67% bearish.
SPX daily BBs chart:
Good morning, everyone. Well, thanks to the post of conference calls, we’ve got a non-awful morning in front of us. Half an hour before the opening bell, all the stock futures are my favorite color, and it’s all thanks to AMZN’s shocking pop-and-drop since yesterday.
