June 20 Trade Ideas

Please read the weekend report, this is part 2. I wanted to post a few trade ideas...

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WKEND REPORT – brEXIT STAGE LEFT

The Fed Decision is behind us and just when we thought that maybe we could enjoy a week free from extreme volatility, we have BREXIT this week. The vote regarding the European Union is on Thursday, and that could give us another week of volatility.  That said, by using Cycle analysis and Technical analysis, we have been expecting a certain outcome and things do seem to be lining up as anticipated.  Lets do a review.

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SPX- We may have seen a 1/2 cycle low. This would lean more to the bullish side indicating that the current consolidation is building steam to attempt a break out. This looks like a 'W' pattern with a handle.

SPX WKLY 6-17

The W-Pattern is a bullish pattern mentioned in William O'Neil's Books. This one ran to $800, and is currently at $1800.

W pattern  

That is not the only Bullish chart on our Brexit Week, there are more ...

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Not Always An Easy Climb

When a climber begins his or her ascent, they are full of energy and the start of the climb may be easier than when they near the peak. As the climb continues, you may see him or her periodically rest, shake out the tightness,  even drop back and pursue a different path to the top.  I often see that same thing happen in the climb of various stock market sectors, and Precious Metals and the Oil sector is experiencing that now. They remains bullish long term in my opinion. We will discuss that briefly, but first...

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SPX - SPX put in a reversal on Thursday just as it started to lose the 50sma. We'll see if there is any follow through to its recovery today. 

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Our Hands Are Tied

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That's what I heard from the Fed. 

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SPX - This needs to move higher soon. It is starting to show internal signs of weakness, even though it doesn't look like much of a pullback. The VIX looks like a bull flag may be forming.

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June 15 – Relax, It’s A Fed Wednesday

This was my thinking from yesterdays report...

    SPX from 6-13

This is how Tuesday ended. We lost and regained the 50sma and today is Fed Wednesday. Will the 50sma hold or will this drop to the 200sma? Lets look at 2 more things.

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Pre-Fed Syndrome Again

Monday we saw a little more selling in the general markets as we approach the Fed meeting Wednesday. I have been bullish for a possible break out to new highs,  but recent action is less bullish and it may be that we wont know for sure until after Fed Wednesday. Tuesday may also be a little bit boring ahead of the Fed.

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The SPX -  This looks a bit better than the DOW, NASDAQ, And BKX at a glance, but notice that it looks to be dipping into a daily cycle low. MAYBE the Fed Wed decision will hold it at the 50sma and set a new trend line, but right now, this warrants caution.

SPX 3-16

The NASDAQ  is a tad weaker

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June 11th Weekend Report

After we review the general markets, Oil, the CRB, etc, this weekend report will focus mainly on Gold, Silver, and Miners. To the charts...

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SPX - This is a Fed Week, so I am watching the markets very closely at this critical area. This is rather early in the daily cycle, and if this is "the Peak', it will likely be left translated. We saw a slight break to new highs and then it gave them up. On day 15, I'll we watching this closely going into the Fed mtg.

SPX 6-10

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Friday June 10th

We have 1 trading day left in the week and then we can relax.  The weekend report will further our discussion on Energy and Precious metals, so today I am going to just show you 3 charts that will be in the weekend report.

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You may have heard that you should not buy miners until after a 'blood bath phase'. As mentioned in my May 18 report, I have received emails telling me that warnings are out that the next ICL ( meaningful cycle lows that occur roughly every 5-6 months) will NOT come until we first see a huge sell off.  Many think that will happen around Brexit ( June 23rd).

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I used this chart to show what happened coming out of the 2008 lows, when we looked for our 2nd ICL. I do NOT see a deep bloodbath phase 6 months after Oct 2008 lows. I see higher lows for 1 year, so that is noteworthy.

GDX 2008 ICL SEARCH

 Actually, for 2 weeks I have been saying that we could be at the next important low in the precious metals sector. Last weekends report discussed this idea further and this weekend will include more research in that area .

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June 8 – Coming Together

The trading has been good for the past few weeks and as time goes by, we are seeing many things coming together as expected.  By the time we get to the weekend report, pieces should fall into place and give us a clearer big picture too.  Lets review some of the recent action and how it has been playing out.

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DJUSST WKLY - I posted charts of STEEL in May and June and expected another run higher. Steel stocks should benefit. 

6-2 STEEL WKLY

STEEL - This is the daily.  Lets look at steel 1 week later. Steels daily 1 week later.

6-2 STEEL

STEEL JUNE 8th - One week later and Steel is breaking out.  Steel stocks like STLD, AKS, X, etc have started running again too.

STEEL 6-8

Notice how Steel broke above the 50sma, stalled and then took off higher? Then take a look at this...

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June 8 – Energy

We've been discussing Oil and Energy among other things recently, and I wanted to mention what I am noticing in this sector lately.

WTIC - Over a month ago, I had a target of $51.60.  I felt that Oil may struggle at the $50 area and pull back before moving higher. A drop into a Daily Cycle Low would be the red path shown.  The Green path is possible too.

6-8 WTIC

We do see that struggle at the $50 area, but here is something to consider...

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