intel weekly and daily...

Looks a low risk short on rally to 20.3....200 week MA... significant move above there and looks to be back in the range 19-25, BUT until then ....

eur usd..again..

EUR USd looks like nearing significant resistance..maybe one "overthrow" of the BLUE line...

if it trades significantly above that then something else is going on..and the picture for the euro remains bulish

euro dollar monthly...time to sell euro???

Looks toppy here..and a classic retest of a break of trend line...low risk high reward..remember MONTHLY chart so long term stuff....

gbp jpy 8 hr

nearing support...a break above 151.5 and further rally to correct the decline since 163

L O N G hot summer... GOLD ready to break out???

Looks like GOLD is poised to "make a decision".. it has been in a triangle since FEB 09, today looks to be breaking out to the upside, watch the HIGHS, if it can clear those may be a good run.to the upside...

The BIG picture ..again...

getting close to trendline resistance on dow...9380 ish..will it hold or will we push through?

Still looks like only 3 waves down..so this could be fourth wave up in progress? Or is the bull back???

dollar index..too many bears????

seems like the world is bearish on the dollar....is that a contrarian sign? from 2002 it has fallen approx 40%...and end 2008 broke above descending trend line...is there still life in the dollar?

here

dow 2 hr chart..an attempt at elliott wave labeling!

dow 2hr

eur /d triangle

copper..no decision yet....

Copper no decision yet...broke the up trend..but no follow through as yet...

eur yen..still a bearish case for equities

S&P 500 monthly

The more i look at the monthly charts..it seems that we are entering a wave 5 down..not an elliott wave expert but learning..

one thing I find is the closer you look the more confusing it is, constantly changing wave counts...
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dax monthly

looks to me like we have started wave 5 down..whether we make a new low or just test the lows...we shall see...
On the monthly chart it seems so clear...!!

eur jpy and gbp jpy breakdown??

crude correction finished?

is crude due one more raly..or is the correction of the fall finished? Now heading down to new lows with equities?

dax

head and shoulders..also showing up in DOW and S&P...
too obvious or significant.?

Hot summer...

the last week has been above 42 deg C here..107 deg F..

Still looking at cable..looks to have found a short term top at 1.66, now in a retracement, possible one more move up once this is done...OR..we head straight down from here..

mirroring the equity markets....

the jury is still out on whether this is a "correction" of the rally from march lows...OR if the is the START of the next leg down...

Summer trading most people anticipate as "quiet"...maybe this one will be different..

dow charts...


plus for bulls..

dow still above that down trend channel ...

trading below that will bring the bears back out of hibernation..at least for a move to 7800 maybe 7500

cable...

To my untrained eye.. this looks like previous charts ..if right this could see cable test the lows again..and possibly lower

LONG TERM...

http://iberianviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/daily-and-monthly-view.html

so caution is warranted if long ..and sell any strength shorter term...

cable also strongly correlated with crude oil..and crude oil correlated with equity indices

FTSE not there YET!

Today's strong showing in European markets... (FTSE + 2%, DAX +2.2%)...but look at chart..NOWT has changed ..as yet..

FTSE needs to clear 4520 with some force, to avoid a false break higher...

DAX needs to clear 5170...

UNTIL then we are at the TOP of the recent range in the FTSE.....

DAILY and MONTHLY view

STEP BACK TO SEE A CLEARER IMAGE!!!!

DOW:Above 200 ma (just)...also above down trend channel

resistances at 9140, and 9460 (38.2 % retrace of fall from all time highs AND trend resistance from monthly..see below)..

INTERESTING on the monthly chart we can see CLEAR 3 waves ONLY...mostlooking at completed 5 waves so we couldget a wave 5 down to new lows.

FTSE: accumulation or distribution...??

Looks like even tho rally is getting long in the tooth one more burst up si possible before a meaningful correction of the rally from March lows...whether that means NEW lows we have to see...

DAX: Look at monthly charts, also LOOKS like we have had only 3 waves down so far....is the longer picture TELLING US SOMETHING?

euro gbp in for a big move?

BIG triangle..measured move from a break downside would be to 0.7660

about 1.30 € to pound...

good for pensioners and £ earning ex pats!

CONVERSELY a a failed break and a rally back up through the descending trendline may mean parity on the cards again...

GBP JPY ..short idea..

Self explanatory ..LOOK at charts!    

DAX 2 hour charts Diamond formation?

Extract from Edwards and Magee  "  Technical Analysis of Stock Trends"

 

"Diamond is not a common pattern. Since it's development requires fairly active markets, it RARELY occurs at bottom reversals.  It's "natural habitat" is Major Tops and high volume tops which precede extensive Intermediate reactions.  generally the new trend carries WELL beyond the minimum retracement. "

 

LET's see which way it breaks!!

Minimum targets....

on downside 4640

IF it breaks higher..5101 roughly

dow

 Also what about THAT big descending trendline?  A break above and THINGS become more BULLISH...IF we break

BKX again..!

Looks like H&S formation won over on the short term...

HOWEVER also looks like the bearish wedge is still valid....

from Edwards and Magee  "prices almost always fluctuate within the wedges confines for at elast 2/3 fo the distance from the base (beginning of convergence) to the apex...in many cases they rise clear to the apex and in some they actiually go a short distance beyond in a LAST GASP rally before collapsing"

link to previous BKX post

http://iberianviews.blogspot.com/2009/04/bkx-revisited.html

nasdaq

Finally a break through the uptrend since March lows...now will it follow through...??

1/3 correction 1306

1/2 correction 1239

Dow 1929 /1931 and NOW....

 DOW 1929..had a 49 % fall from the highs...then over 6 months recouped 50 % of the fall....

BUT then a down trend which lasted 2 yrs and 3 months..with  a total loss form the 1929 highs of 89%...

are WE going to see similar??  

comparisons abound with that era..history doesn't always repeat exactly...BUT human emotions are unchanged...so perhaps...

On the plus we may see a "bull" run for 6 months...but with world economied mired in debt, and joblessness the long run looks none too good...

DOW NOW... and possible paths...highlighted...in blue arrows

Nasdaq leading the market...longer view

Nasdaq weekly chart....

alternative scenario in red....
either way ..7 weeks up...probabilities are INCREASING for the next significant move to be DOWN...
a higher low would put us in the red scenario. Then possible for rally to that long term down trend line

BKX revisited

BKX today

We are at crucial junction...which formation will win? The banks led this move up..a break below the wedge likely means the first rally is done...










BKX 15th April

crude

self explanatory...

weakness in crude = weak equity markets

another wdge

SAVED by central ..ankers

PARIS (Dow Jones)--There is a consensus amongst central bankers that there could be an economic recovery in 2010, Philippe Mastadt, president of the European Investment Bank and chairman of its board of directors.

Mastadt also said commercial banks are still having difficulties and problems remain with toxic assets in some European countries.

These are the same ..ankers who CLEARLY saw the problems we are now experiencing...

bear market rallies

reading through my BIBLE of technical analysis ( Technical Analysis of Stock Trends - Edwards and Magee)...

"Rising wedge typifies a situation which is growing progressively weaker in the technical sense"

"Once prices break out of a wedge downside, they USUALLY waste little time in retracing ALL of the ground gained within the wedge itself and sometimes more."

"Rising wedges are common in bear market rallies"

So yesterday we had the "break" of the wedge formation...the rally started well but since 23rd March the move up has been overlapping....look at previous bear flags/wedges..

SO looks like we retrace a good portion of the rally from march 9th lows IF NOT ALL and maybe more...

Banking index bear or bull......???

Bearish wedge forming...

or bullish head and shoulders...

either way looks like retest at 30 level (approx 10 % fall)...

IBM breaking down?

usd jpy

self explanatory..

weakness in dollar vs yen has signalled weakness in equity mkts in the past year..co this could be the long awaited correction of the 26% rally in equities since March

looks like bearish wedge broken to downside (within what may be a larger bearish flag)
1st target 96.7/97,

quick tips

Medicines...

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We use 1 3% solution in the ears when we "feel" a cold coming on...

Also we gargle with it 3 times a day when we get that "tickly sore throat OH no I´m coming down with a cold sensation" !!!

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step back and look from a distance

Just trawling charts...sometimes when the shorter term action is unclear it´s best to step back and look at longer term, ie weekly and monthly charts.. a bit like looking at a painting too closely, step back and it becomes clearer

NDX which has been strong in recent rally...

broken above horizontal resistance at 1234 and now testing next level at 1305..

weekly chart shows 3 waves down, (not an Elliott wave expert) but this shows we could be in wave 4 rally (at least in NDX) which should give choppy trading for a while..ie short term stuff...

EURO POUND

BIG TRIANGLE forming...

gut feeling is we break down, ie pound will get stronger... EUROPE perceived to be stronger than UK, but in reality I think they are behind ie the worst is still to come..UK most know that the situation is BAD!! And psychologically a lot of talk still about parity...


PLUS: Pound has been showing strength against the dollar...

still not there..

DOW despite the news STILL has not broken through the down channel...today COULD be the day...with the JOBS REPORT out...

charts S&P, DOW...

heavy resistance in S&P 850 -870 level...

S&P crossroads..

Here's how it looks to me:

The recent fall has broken the current up trend from the lows..

so PRIMARY TREND DOWN comes back into play..

1. yellow lines..one more push up to test the trendline 850 max, then a fall to 720 level..form a HIGHER LOW, and then attack recent highs again..

HOWEVER...

a break back below descending trend line 3 ..resumption of down trend and NEW lows possible..

2.we rally up through here and break 870 level..(major resistance).. then in for a longer up move but working through the CONGESTION LEVEL..up to 940.. CHOPPY.. above 940 then 1020


At the moment seems like a lot of people are going for a rally from here (ie from near 770 level) gut feel markets do the unexpected!!