Category Archives: Price

The US stock market as measured by the S&P 500 (SPX) could be in the first 10% decline since the September 2020. The turn down from SPX peak on 05/07/21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average top on 05/10/21 has been  strong and steady.  The SPX 30 – minute chart courtesy of Trading View illustratesContinue reading “The First Downside Target For US Stocks”

The 05/04/21 post noted that usually after a break of a  support level, the prior support then becomes resistance.  On 05/05/21 the S&P 500 (SPX) pushed above the prior battle line support, hinting continuing bullish action. On 05/07/21 the bulls pushed  the SPX  to a new all-time high.  The daily SPX chart courtesy of TradingContinue reading “The Bull Strikes Back”

On 05/04/21 the S&P 500 (SPX) opened at 4170.87 below the battle line discussed in the prior post “Battle Line – May 2021”. That post noted a break below the line could open the door for the SPX to rapidly fall to the 4140 area.  This was achieved in the first hour, and shortly afterwardsContinue reading “Battle Line Bearish Break Through”

Markets are a form of non-violent warfare; each trading days is a constant battle for dominance between  the bulls and bears. Determining strong points  defended  by bulls and bears, known in trading as support/resistance is key to knowing which side could prevail.   A  strong area of support for the S&P 500 (SPX)  has appeared thatContinue reading “The Battle Line – May 2021”

The first phase or kick off of the S&P 500 (SPX) secular bull market was from 03/06/09 to 04/26/10. This move lasted 286 trading days and gained 82.9. This was one of the farthest and fastest rallies in US stock market history. The bull phase that began on 03/23/20 to today – 04/16/21 has lastedContinue reading “Blow Off Top on Top of a Blow Off Top”

On 04/06/21 the supposed S&P 500 (SPX)  – Ending Diagonal Triangle (EDT) throwover was at an extreme.  The 04/06/21 blog “The Cherry on Top” noted  “ If the rally into the high of the day was a completed EDT there’s a high probability the SPX could trend down throughout most of 04/07/21”.  This didn’t happen,Continue reading “Pattern Broken”

Today 03/10/21 the Nasdaq – 100 (NDX) opened above the upper of two Fibonacci resistance levels.  Normally this break out at the open of the trading session would have triggered a bullish move for the remainder of the trading day. The NDX 30-minute chart courtesy of Trading View illustrates what happened. The high of theContinue reading “Nasdaq – 100 Breaks Through Resistance Then Declines”

Today 03/04/21 the S&P 500 (SPX) broke below the rising trendline from the bottoms  made on 03/23/20 and 10/30/20. Additionally, the short- term bottom at 3789.54 made on 02/26/21 was also broken.  These dual breaches of support contribute to the massive amount of evidence that US stocks may have formed an important top. The dailyContinue reading “Important Trendline Support Broken”

The rally in US stocks since the crash bottom of March 2020 is the strongest since the kickoff of the secular bull market began in March 2009.  In  Elliott Wave Theory wave “one” of a five-wave impulse pattern usually has a relationship to wave “five”.  The most common relationship is equality in price and time. Continue reading “Clues From the Past, Key to the Future?”

After successfully triggering short squeezes in US stocks, supposedly Reddit users were attempting a short squeeze in Silver.  If there’s a Silver short squeeze is in process it will likely fail and may have already trapped traders going long Silver. Its much harder to short squeeze a market as opposed to an individual stock becauseContinue reading “Silver Short Squeeze”