January 30th – Waiting On The Fed Again
Let's take a look at the markets current set up, as we wait for the FOMC Decision at 2 PM. Eastern today.
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Tuesday Jan 29th – Hang On
When a trade is acting correctly, sometimes we just trade out of them after they hit an estimated target, and wait to see if they pull back and offer another entry point. In some set ups, however, if the run looks really bullish, I may just encourage selling a portion on the way up and trying to Hold On if you can. I will explain that a bit more later in the report, after a brief discussion of our markets...
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SPX - Last week I mentioned that because of the rising wedge, Price may need to crawl sideways along the 50sma as shown (XYZ) to form more of a channel.
SPX - So far it has done just that. It is day 21, and I feel that we could still run to the 200sma and then 'peak' and drop into the dcl. 
The January 26 Big Picture Weekend Report
We had another very active week of trading, and opportunities were wide ranged for traders and the short term Buy & Hold investors alike. Trading has been excellent and profitable for weeks now. Let's take a look at The Markets and future expectation...
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SPX WEEKLY - The run out of the December ICL has been a sharp rally with a slight pause this week. It should continue to the 50 weekly ma (Blue line) over time. 
Round 2. Pot Stocks
I want to show you how I follow individual stocks over the course of a month. In this post, I’ll show you how I have been covering NBEV. [The following is a sample of Alex’s work over the past few weeks] (1/10/19) NBEV DECEMBER 21 – Back on Dec 21, NBEB broke down through an […]
Jan 25th – Even More Hope Ahead?
After avoiding the stormy waters of the sell off in October through December, we had the hope of a nice rally out of the ICL , and some good trading opportunities presented themselves. I have mentioned the importance of watching how the first daily cycle unfolds, and especially the 2nd daily cycle. Well, we have some 'things' to look at that add hope that the current gains may continue for a while longer...
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Just yesterday I said and drew these two things about the market...
Jan 24th – Swim At Your Own Risk
When a Red Flag shows up on the beach, it means that for some reason, it is unsafe to swim in those waters. Well, after 3 nice weeks of gains in the Oil & Energy sector, I am still seeing a Red Flag in those waters. As mentioned in yesterdays report, Oil itself still looks fine, but it seems that some of the Oil / Energy stocks may not like the waters that they find themselves swimming in. It looks like a Red Flag to me.
Let's take a look at our markets...
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SPX - I mentioned that the General Markets can pull back to a 1/2 cycle low, or just go sideways along the 50sma . So far they are going sideways along the 50sma. I expect higher price ...
Jan 23rd – Wednesday
SPX - Day 17 has us in the middle of a move out of an ICL, and it is overbought. The short term move gets difficult to predict from this point, since it could dip to a 1/2 cycle low and then continue higher, or it may just churn sideways along the 50sma as it struggles in a wedge. Price held above that 50sma, but the Wedge is cautionary short term. My long term view remains the same.
Let's look a bit closer...
Jan 19th Big Picture – Is That Etched In Stone?
The Big Picture Outlook is based on current information and the formation of current set ups and what they seem to indicate going forward, but they cannot be considered 'Etched In Stone'. They give us a solid idea of what we may expect in the upcoming weeks or even months, and that helps us to move forward with our trade ideas. We have currently taken some trades at Major bottoms (ICLs) in the Equity and Energy Sectors, and we have used the Big Picture set up to have confidence in those trades.
So far, everything is right on track for what that Big Picture outlook here at Chartfreak has been for the past few months. The current trades are playing out well, but as time goes on, we need to stay alert to those big Picture set ups too. Things can gradually change over time, and adjustments are also made if necessary. For example, some may raise stops, others may decide to cut leverage, or even add to current positions , depending on how things are playing out. My admonition remains that as time goes forward, we need to stay current, stay flexible or adaptable, and Stay Frosty! Yes, we want to continue to examine the markets as we watch and see how things unfold.
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That said, Let's examine our current Big Picture Market set ups. I am noting one change in the Precious Metals sector that needs to be mentioned and monitored going forward.
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I said this in Friday Mornings report:
SPX – After about only 4 days sideways, The SPX , DJIA , NASDAQ , etc are slowly pushing above the 50sma. It does look like the SPX held the 8 ema, and wants higher price, so that may become the lower trend line. The 200 sma is the next likely target.
SPX Daily 1 - I also noted a rising wedge that might cause a pull back at the 50sma, but here we see here that on Friday it did break above the 50sma, and a run to the 200sma is possible ...
SPX Daily 2 - Since Friday saw the markets push higher, that wedge may become a channel higher. Read the chart.
Precious Metals – “Oh My Precious”
Let’s take a look at Precious Metals (Below is a sample of Alex’s work from the week) GOLD – I posted this in the comments, just showing how GOLD does not want to sell off, it has formed a triangle so far. GOLD #1 – I have stated in the past that ‘TRIANGLES’ usually mess […]
Friday Jan 18 – Options Expiration
Today is Friday, the last trading day of the week. It is also "Options Expiration,' and that can affect pricing and volumes a bit, but so far things continue to play out pretty much as expected, so lets just get into our Friday report...
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