Author Archive for: Alex - Chart Freak
Entries by Alex - Chart Freak
And They’re Off
Hang on, They're running again!
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I 'm going to skip the general markets and get right to Oil and Precious Metals. Why? This is a chart from yesterday, and again, nothing has changed.
July 27th – Another Fed Wednesday
Waiting on Fed Wednesday to see if there will be any special reaction is getting old 🙂
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SPX - This was after Mondays trading, we could see a drop or just continue sideways.
Not much changed , huh?
The Big Drop
Sometimes what looks and feels like a big drop turns out to just be a small dip in the action. I think that we are seeing that in Gold and Miners now. We'll discuss that after a brief market review.
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SPX - I've been expecting a small dip here, possibly back testing the break out after a measured move finishes. That may or may not happen. A sideways consolidation can also act as pause before continuing higher.
SPX - Holding the 10sma is bullish in a run out of the ICL. Temporarily breaking below it and recovering is fine too, I'm just pointing out the recent strength here.
July 22 Weekend Report
I hope everyone is enjoying a nice relaxing weekend, lets review the markets and discuss our expectations for the coming week.
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SPX - The break out that I expected after seeing the 3 white soldiers pattern is in play. Breaking to new all time highs get price above resistance, so a small sideways consolidation may be all that is needed before price continued higher. I expected a back test of the break out based on the VIX being below 12, so that still may happen.
SPX WEEKLY - I know someone that is trading ( holding) UPRO and TQQQ as a result of me pointing out the 3 white soldiers, and they are doing very well. Congrats! I didn't take that trade. The VIX is quite low at 12, leverage at this point may be a bit too much. Use caution.
Lets look at the NASDAQ...
Fridays Check List
Tonights report is going to be a great lesson on how we can view things as the markets ebb and flow , breathing in and out. We're at the end of the week and we saw a little selling in Precious metals Wednesday followed by an immediate reversal Thursday. Does that reversal mean that the selling is over? We will look at a number of things that help to give us confirmation as to whether a short term low is either in, or may not be in place yet. Also buying the dips tips.
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WTIC - First a chart of oil, since many do ask about the energy sector that we were trading over a month ago. We had a reversal Wednesday, but I pointed out that I still see weakness going forward. Patience is needed here.
WTIC - That reversal vanished on Thursday. This needs to prove itself, and it is still proving to be weak.
Now on to Precious Metals...
July 20 – A Miner Dip
Wednesday we saw the Miners (GDX, GDXJ) gap down and close near the lows on fairly high volume. What can we expect going forward? We'll discuss that after a quick market review.
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SPX- The general markets broke to new highs and since there is no resistance here, they have just continued higher. I do expect a dip soon, maybe this measured move will be close enough?
3 reasons that I am expecting a dip...
July 19th – Expectations
Not a whole lot has changed since the weekend report, so lets just do a quick review and then discuss our expectations.
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SPX - As expected
Miner Ideas In A Major Move
I am releasing the premium report that I wrote last Thursday for Friday mornings trading. I feel that much of it is still applicable today. Enjoy.
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In a recent report I was discussing what I called Giraffes. These are the special set ups in certain Miners that explode higher giving the chart a look of a giraffe neck. Certain set ups form during consolidations and lead to this price explosion, giving us some big profits. Obviously finding them BEFORE they pop is the key to maximized profits. Lets take a look at some of our Giraffes from past set ups, then I want to discuss what I think will be the next ones.
This was our set up in XRA at when it was just under $1.00
2 days later we were up over 30% with the giraffe neck 🙂
