Public Report – December 19th – Weekend Review

 

 Welcome to the Weekend Report. This version of member premium report has been made public for you.  Let’s do a quick review of 2020 in the trading world.

As 2020 draws to a close, the year that was terrible in many ways was nothing but absolutely excellent in Trading & Investing. After the March crash, we entered Miners and Biotech at the lows (Covid related Biotech trades) and made great gains into the Summer months from March into  July & August. After a  somewhat dull period of trading in August, things really ramped up with our Solar, EV, Clean Energy, Blockchain and Bitcoin related trades and eventually Oil stocks entered the race. What may be the next best trades? Miners again.

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 Well, after Selling Leverage and most of my Miners in August and finding other areas to trade in, we’ve been tracking and monitoring the Precious Metals sector for that consolidation phase to end and for the next leg up to take hold. The evidence shows that we are there, so with this kind of rotation,  things still look really promising going forward too. Lets get into the report, discuss the big Picture Charts, and see why the Precious Metals Sector is looking promising to me. To the charts!…

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SPX  WEEKLY – After a very strong rally out of the March crash, we experienced a consolidation (and an ICL) that has taken the shape of a triangle. Though I have discussed a blow off top possibility over time, this Triangle also may be a 1/2 way point in the rally higher. So far the markets remain Bullish.

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So far the markets remain Bullish, but let me discuss briefly that ‘blow off top’ kind of rally again…

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NASDAQ WEEKLY – The funny thing is that with this chart in Jan 2020, I warned of a ‘blow off top type of a run’ after that flush out crash in 2018. I said that the rally could continue into 2020, but then we could see a crash similar to the 2000 top. See the chart below.  Well, we did get that crash in March 2020, but the blow off top wasn’t finished apparently, because…

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NASDAQ WEEKLY – You can see that we did get that crash in 2020 (March), but then another blow off rally seems to be taking place.  This rally even appears to be steeper.  We have enjoyed this rally through 2020 and the gains have been great, but I want to keep us aware that these kinds of straight up rallies just cannot be sustained forever. Stay Frosty my friends! I will continue to discuss these things in the weekday daily reports too.

 

IWM DAILY – The Russell 2000 was lagging a bit, but it also started to ramp up in November.  Let’s take a look at the Big Picture for the small caps too…

 

IWM WEEKLY – From this perspective we have had a straight up rally with 7 straight green weeks. This can continue into 2021, but can it last indefinitely? No. This 7 week ramp up only adds to the idea that these markets will eventually get too frothy and top out.

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SIDENOTE:  I posted this in early November to point out that we needed to be very cautious, since things that I monitor like the  PUT/CALL Ratio and Fear % Greed indicators, and a few other extremes were calling for at least a short term top.

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The GREED side of this indicator has calmed down closer to the midrange level of 63 with our recent chop & pull back into a mild DCL (Daily Cycle Low). The Put Call Ratio also improved quite a bit, so we should still see the rally continue for a while longer from here.

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At the end of the report, I will review and discuss a summary of what I see in the big picture for the General Markets.

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WTIC  WEEKLY – After chopping sideways for weeks and months, we finally got The Buy. I was personally trading Solar Stocks, Clean Energy , and EV set ups so I only took a couple of these Oil Stock trades, and many of these more than doubled already!  These should continue higher with normal dips along the way. I am mentioning this for a reason…

 

XOP WEEKLY – We got a higher low bottom buy here in the XOP as it broke a down trend line.  I started to look at buying Oil Stock set ups like ERF, APA, WTI, AROC, CPE, MRO, VLO, COP, etc., so …

 

LPI DAILY – You may recall that even after LPI ran from $8 to $12, I called it a ‘lagger’ at the time and expected it to play catch up after this triagle forms. I said that I was in this trade with this Nov 23 chart near $11.oo.  …

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LPI DAILY – It has doubled from  there in less than a month and tripled in less than 2 months.  So why am I pointing this out?

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MINERS COULD DO THAT TOO AND I FEEL THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR  THOSE INTERESTED IN THE MINERS: 

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This is why am I pointing this out:  When I first called these Oil stocks a buy, I said that they were a buy at the lows, like ERF here.  I also bought this one, CPE, APA, etc…

Most gapped open and closed up 10% or so the next day, and some that did not buy yet wrote to me and did not like the Gap up and wanted to wait to take position. You will recall that in my reports

1. I told them that break away gaps often do not fill, start a small starter &

2. Then add to it whether it dips to gap fill or if it rallies

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As you can see with LPI:  Many of those Oil stocks gapped open and never filled. I am pointing this out now because several Gold/Silver stocks started to gap open recently and I do have some readers that are saying they’ll wait for all of the gaps to  fill. I recommended & started positions about a month ago with the GOLD ICL in November. If you don’t have any positions now, I would say that you need to at least have some starter positions. Most of the Oil stocks doubled within a month and so could some Miners, so if you start a position here on a dip, you then can…

1. Add to those positions if the gaps fill or

2. Ride them higher and add along the way too

3. I’ll discuss miners a bit more later in the report

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BITCOIN –  We have traded mainly RIOT, MARA, and a few others like HVBTF , CAN, NXTD, XNET, FTFT, GBTC, etc .

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From here I still have a measured move to $26,000, but with Bitcoin things trade a bit differently (for example it just ran from $3000 to $23,000!) . So I wouldn’t be surprised if it extends even further than that. Bitcoin & other crypto currencies tend to move in extreme measures.

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USD WEEKLY FROM DECEMBER  4th – I felt that we had an unconfirmed ICL in place with Gold in November, so here I discussed the implications of a failed Cycle in the USD (weeks of downside ahead). Please Read the chart. This should be helpful for Gold to rally out of that ICL.

 

FAST FORWARD TO DEC 18th : The USD continues to sell off with the small bounces along the way unable to even get back above the 8 ema /10 sma.  This will continue to Help the Precious Metals rally.

 

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PRECIOUS METALS: BUY 🙂

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GOLD WEEKLY #1 : As mentioned Gold put in an ICL ( an Intermediate Cycle Low) in November and we began to go long or buy Miners at that time. Golds last ICL was in March, so the time was running late for this one to develop. Gold finally reached the oversold level of prior ICLs and reversed after a shake out of support.

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GOLD WEEKLY #2 – I developed the 2 lower indicators years ago and back tested them during the 2000-2011 Gold Run. They often ONLY cross higher when an ICL is in place. A push above the blue trend line on the Gold price would also confirm that the ICL is behind us.

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SILVER WEEKLY OCTOBER:  To be honest, I was thinking that Silver would drop to $20 for the next ICL as a back test of this break out. At this point Silver has dropped to $21.66 and now I am comfortable with the idea that that is all we will get…

 

SILVER WEEKLY DEC 18 – Silver is breaking out from a downtrend now, but thankfully we were buying Silver stocks a while ago. The Buy Signal in Silver triggered at the end of November too.

 

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GDX WEEKLY – After calling the low and buying Miners, the move out of the lows was delayed with sideways chop for 2 weeks.  Day after Day the slow chop made it a bit difficult times, wondering if the lows would be taken out, but they held up and never broke down.  This week we especially saw Solid Upside in many individual Miners . I think we are seeing a shake out in the GDX ETF.

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FOR THOSE THAT WERE WAITING FOR ALL GAPS TO FILL:  FROM FRIDAYS REPORT:  If you waited for these gaps to fill to buy back in April 2020, when would you have had a chance to buy? You would have actually missed the run. When an ICL is in place I always say that you should just Buy ‘something’ and adding if it dips. If a gap does not fill, at least you are in.

 

So we all should at least have a core position from weeks ago and I have had many charts of Miners in the past 2 weeks of reports too.  This week has been very rewarding, since many stocks like CDE, EXK, etc are up 30% alone just this week. This chart was as of Thursday and placed into Fridays report.

At the end of the report I will use CDE & EXK  as an example of  some of the coverage that was found during the weekday reports.

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– The General Markets: A while ago I mentioned in a past report that it is possible that we get that so called year end  ‘Christmas Rally’ because (at least in the U.S. ) people have such strong gains that they may not want to sell in 2020 and have to pay taxes on their gains in early 2021. If that is the case, we should continue higher into 2021, but as mentioned, a blow off top could form sooner or later.  So while it is possible that the rally continues for a while longer, it is also good to have this ‘topping’ thought in the back of our minds so we wont be caught off guard if we top out.

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– Oil & Oil Stocks: After the recent lows, the gains have come very quickly in this sector. many Oil Stocks are already up 100% , but they look set up to run even higher. The next dip down into a dcl should provide another low risk entry in this sector too.

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– The USD broke down and is a failed intermediate Cycle now. Even if it bounces from time to time, I expect lower prices over time for the coming weeks and even months. This should help the Precious Metals.

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– The Precious Metals : An ICL in Gold for the month of November should be confirmed with a push above this blue upper trend line in Gold. Silver has already broke above its downtrend line.

We started buying Miners in November and have also increased positions recently. I’ve also posted charts of many Miners in the past couple of weeks with low risk set ups and they are already performing very well!  If they perform as well as the Oil Stocks have, many could double rather quickly.  Since there are also some Miners that are still close to their lows, this may be the next best sector to make nice steady gains in.

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We’ve had some exciting trading over the past several weeks and it looks like we may have some more great opportunities ahead. Many sectors remain very bullish and it looks as though we will have many more opportunities and trades ahead.   Rest up, Enjoy your weekend,  and as always thanks for being a Chart freak with me!

 

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~ALEX

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Below is just a small example of some of the charts and information provided during the weekday reports when looking for entries in some of these Miners.

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CDE NOV 30  -With a dcl (Daily Cycle low)  and most likely an ICL in place in November, we could buy CDE with a low risk/ high reward entry, using a stop under price. I bought near $7.

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CDE & EXK  WEEKLY  –  Now by Dec 11 Price started to run higher, so I used weekly 2 charts to show the weekly set up for CDE & EXK. They were also quite bullish and had lots of upside potential.

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EXK WEEKLY was  pointed out as a buy at support too, near the $3 to $3.25 area . This weekly chart was in a report to help to show the bullish set up & potential was playing out and it was still a low risk type of entry.

 

When EXK popped over the 34sma this week at $3.50, it was an immediate buy (or place to add to your position), so I mentioned that I added.

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EXK saw immediate follow through too, now over $4.00.

 

Now look at the Big Picture. EXK is already at $4.44 and was up 30% this week alone. The buy was anywhere from $3 to $3.50. These move quickly!

BACK TO CDE:– Now from our $7 buy CDE was quickly up over $11 as of Thursday. It may pull back as shown, since it did start to dip on Friday, but from here it would be considered a buy the dip opportunity.  Why?  Well…

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I used this chart in my report on Dec 16 to show the kind of upside potential that some of these Miners have. A quick run from that $7 entry to $15 is very possible, but since I expect weeks and months of upside out of an ICL, this can even go a lot higher than that.

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I also made a few more purchases this week of some laggards that I pointed out in the daily reports.  They have already started to make gains since we bought them too.  I will continue to cover the Buy Set Ups in various Miners in my daily reports.

 

 

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