Author Archive for: Alex - Chart Freak
Entries by Alex - Chart Freak
April 2 – Healing
Weakness followed by a break down in parts of the General Markets ( The TRAN & RUT) was reported here by me over a week ago. Over time, we gradually saw improvement, so that is what was also reported toward the end of last week and in the weekend report. These area would need to be monitored continually. Well, Monday we saw signs of healing, so we need to address that as a starting point.
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RUT - On March 22, the Russell 2000 lost the 50 sma and broke below the prior low. This is a bad sign and needed to be monitored. As this was taking place, the Transports were showing signs of weakness too, so these areas were to be reported on daily.
TRAN - The Transports were also breaking down as noted on March 20
TRAN -A week later the Tran stayed below the 50sma, so this is a concern and caution was warranted.
TRAN - I did point out a bullish possibility, but until the 50sma is recovered, I would be staying away from the Transports, and I would remain cautious in the General Markets.
Friday March 29th – The Game Plan
It doesn't matter if it is a Chess Game, a Football, Baseball, Basketball game , business planning ,or the Stock Markets- I have never known a winning team that did not think ahead and have some kind of a game plan. That's what Fridays report is going to discuss with the Precious Metals Sector...
Thursday March 28 – The Balancing Act
With the current market set ups, we have seen some choppiness. I raised my stops and got stopped out of a few positions, and I may just strike that balance between cash & positions until things settle down a bit. Let's take a look at the markets.
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SPX - The SPX lost the 10sma again and the MACD crossed down, and this would normally look a bit more bearish than bullish . Last week I took a position in the SOXS, but I'm going to show you why I decided to close it for now.
March 26th – What Time Is It?
Today I want to discuss the Precious Metals in more detail. This weekends report covered it extensively, but I think that a part 2 would be helpful too, so this report is going to be mainly be focusing on the Precious Metals Timing.
Friday March 22 – Refresh
Yesterday I discussed 2 things:
1. A Post Fed Reaction into the close Wednesday, that may or may not be just a 'knee-jerk' reaction, and
2. The next day where you can get follow through or another reaction. Today I want to take a look at a few sectors and see what we got. This is Friday, the last trading day of the week...
March 21st- Post Fed Observations
Last year it seemed like we were hearing about 4 Rate Hikes in 2018 and 3 or 4 more possible in 2019. Wednesday Fed Chairman Powell said that the US Economy is doing well, and no rate hikes should be expected in 2019. So now we will take a look at what happened to the markets after the Fed Decision and his speech, and then we face the question...
The Markets Building Blocks
Today is the FOMC Meeting , and even when the markets get a feel for what is going to take place, we often see periods of high volatility around the time of that decision, into the close, and possibly even into the next day. Let's just discuss the current market set ups...
