Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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Perfect Resistance Trendlines Hit

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In my post on Tuesday 5th August I was looking at the modest breaks back over the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ on the previous day and noting that conversion of those to support would open possible all time high retests, and hard fails there would strongly support the H&S patterns forming on both.

In my post on Thursday 7th August I was saying the same about the second breaks on SPX and QQQ above those daily middle bands on Wednesday and looking at the three strong resistance trendlines on SPX, QQQ and DIA in the event that SPX and QQQ delivered those all time high retests.

In my post on Wednesday 13th August I added a fourth target trendline on IWM and noted a short term inflection point as we waited to see whether DIA would confirm the break back over the daily middle band on Tuesday. That resolved into a strong break higher on DIA.

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Watching The Wedges

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In my post on Tuesday 5th August I was looking at the modest breaks back over the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ on the previous day and noting that conversion of those to support would open possible all time high retests, and hard fails there would strongly support the H&S patterns forming on both.

In my post on Thursday 7th August I was saying the same about the second breaks on SPX and QQQ above those daily middle bands on Wednesday and looking at the three strong resistance trendlines on SPX, QQQ and DIA in the event that SPX and QQQ delivered those all time high retests.

In my last post yesterday I was updating the situation with the trendline resistance levels on US indices and noting a short term inflection point as we waited to see whether DIA would confirm the break back over the daily middle band on Tuesday. That has now resolved into a strong break higher on DIA.

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Channelling Zaphod Beeblebrox

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In my post on Tuesday 5th August I was looking at the modest breaks back over the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ on Monday and noting that conversion of those to support would open possible all time high retests, and hard fails there would strongly support the H&S patterns forming on both.

In my last post on Thursday 7th August I was saying the same about the second breaks on SPX and QQQ above those daily middle bands on Wednesday and looking at the three strong resistance trendlines on SPX, QQQ and DIA in the event that SPX and QQQ delivered those all time high retests.

Yesterday the headline inflation number remained moderate, though the core CPI number edged back up over 3%, but overall this was interpreted as bullish and we have now seen those all time high retests on both SPX and QQQ. IWM delivered a very strong break above the daily middle band yesterday into a full retest of the July high and DIA, though lagging badly behind, managed a slight break back over the daily middle band, closing at 444.68 against the daily middle band’s close at 443.66.

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Three Good Trendlines Remain

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In my post on the morning of Wednesday 30th July I was looking at the pattern setups on SPX, QQQ and DIA and saying that these delivered a very nice setup for at least a short time high forming there.

In my post on the morning of Friday 1st August I was looking at the first real signs of weakness on the US equity indices since the April low after the strong breaks of the daily middle bands on DIA and IWM on Thursday, and saying that confirmation was needed with further breaks of the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ.

In my post on Sunday 3rd August I was looking at the strong breaks of the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ on Friday and the closes well below the 3sd daily lower bands on DIA and IWM. I proposed a rally early this week to backtest the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ while setting up high quality H&S right shoulders on both.

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H&S Patterns Forming Well

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Just a quick post today to follow the progress of the possible H&S patterns forming on SPX and QQQ.

In my post on the morning of Wednesday 30th July I was looking at the pattern setups on SPX, QQQ and DIA and saying that these delivered a very nice setup for at least a short time high forming there.

In my post on the morning of Friday 1st August I was looking at the first real signs of weakness on the US equity indices since the April low after the strong breaks of the daily middle bands on DIA and IWM on Thursday, and saying that confirmation was needed with further breaks of the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ.

In my post on Sunday 3rd August I was looking at the strong breaks of the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ on Friday and the closes well below the 3sd daily lower bands on DIA and IWM. I proposed a rally early this week to backtest the daily middle bands on SPX and QQQ while setting up high quality H&S right shoulders on both.

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