Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Still A Tale of Two Markets

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In my last post on Tuesday 4th August I was looking at the ambiguous setup on US indices and the Nikkei after the strong rally into the beginning of August, noting the three good quality topping patterns that were still intact on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX), QQQ and Nikkei.

I also noted that SPX was close to the daily 3sd upper band and said that I was looking for a short-term consolidation of a week or so to allow time for the daily middle bands to go higher, and for the daily outer bands to expand, opening up further possible upside. We have since seen that consolidation, the daily middle bands have turned up and the outer bands have expanded.

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A Tale Of Two Markets

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In my last post on Thursday 30th July I was looking at the downside targets on all the topping patterns on the main US indices and since then we have seen a very strong reversal back up, with those downside patterns failing into new all time highs on SPX and DIA, and failing today on IWM. This is now another big inflection point where US equity indices could turn down hard or continue higher, and I’ll be looking at that today.

Part of the reason for this has been the Iran War news where yet another imminent deal was announced on Sunday, though yesterday Iran denied any imminent deal or current ceasefire and underlined that by attacking the US base in Kuwait last night.

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Downside Targets

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In my post yesterday I was looking at the diamond top on the SPX daily chart which was starting to break down, and then went on to close the day with a clear break below it. The falling and possible bull flag channel on TSLA also broke down by the end of the day. There are now a lot of fixed downside targets on equity indices so today I’m going to lay out all the main ones that I am watching.

This decline is led by Tech, so the first target is the one the H&S that I have been posting on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX). That target is in the 9,150 area, and I can’t see any reason to think that target won’t be reached.

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Diamonds in the Rough

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In my post on Thursday last week, among other things, I was looking at the strong rally on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) and looking at the very binary setup there where was (and is) likely either to head down to the fixed H&S target in the 9,150 area or, on a break back over the right shoulder high at 13,249.07, to reject back up to a retest of the all time high.

Since then SOX has given back all of that rally and made lower lows, which is favoring the move to the H&S target in the 9150 area. I would add that this H&S target is also close to the 200dma, currently at 9186.52, a very attractive target area.

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Mixed Feelings on Indices

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In my last post on Thursday I was looking at the solitary break back over the daily middle band on SPX and considering the possibility that SPX might go higher. SPX then broke back below the daily middle band again.

I was also looking at the strong rally on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) and looking at the very binary setup there where it is likely either to head down to the fixed H&S target in the 9,150 area or, on a break back over the right shoulder high at 13,249.07, to reject back up to a retest of the all time high.

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