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Market Report – 2.28.2012

February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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The SPX is set for higher levels ahead once price action breaks above the 1372 level, which has provided a bit of resistance in the short-term.

SPX – 30min chart

 

Crude Oil has corrected lower, but we believe this is only a temporary move and remain bullish.  Find how this bullish expectation fits in to our overall forecast as a Premium member.

CL – 30min chart

 

The USD index is setting up for another drop lower in the short-term.  We have been bearish on the USD for over two months now and we maintain that outlook.

DX – 30min chart

 

The EURUSD has moved higher as expected over the last few weeks.  We have been bullish when most were bearish.

EURUSD – 30min chart

 

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Market Report – 2.20.2012

February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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The S&P futures is retracing a bit as a result of overbought conditions.  Our expectations are for the uptrend to continue higher once this small correction is complete.  Join our premium members for more specific levels that we are targeting and more charts of our current wave count.

ES – 1Hour chart

 

The DX has likely made a significant reversal last week.  We have been forecasting a lower USD index for weeks and we continue to believe we are headed to much lower levels.

DX – 1Hour chart

 

More charts available for Premium Members below.

ES – 4Hour chart

DX – 4Hour chart

NZDUSD – 4Hour chart

USDSEK – 4Hour chart

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Weekend Update

February 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Hello everyone, we hope you are having a nice weekend.  We wanted to post an update on a couple new features that we have talked about for some time, and now will be a more regular service for all Premium members.  If you’re not already a Premium member, please join us here.  The new features are the following:

1) – We have added several new web pages that are linked to our “Market Forecasts” list located on the right hand side of our home page under “Information”.  We have an “**Updated**” tag in red to make sure you notice it the next time you’re on that page.  We will try to do that on anything that we want to bring your attention to.  These Market Forecasts are subject to change over-time as they become more fine-tuned when more information is revealed.  We will post an “as of” date for each of those posts so you know how current they are.  Keep in mind that those forecasts will primarily focus on the longer term picture.  Our posts that we make in the “Premium” section will continue to be the most current information, which will include the new posts to those “Market Forecasts” web pages.  We will always let you know when they have been updated.  We just posted a new Market Forecast for GBPUSD here.

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DX

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The USD Index is suggesting that lower levels are ahead.  It is interesting to note that the wave (2) retracement was very weak and had trouble pushing higher at all, which likely means that there is some real underlying weakness here.

DX 1Hour chart

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Market Report – Weekend Edition

February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Reviewing the charts from last week and it is noticeable that the EURUSD clearly outperformed most USD based currency pairs and the SPX/ES markets as well.  However, on Thursday, the currency pairs turned lower.  This is especially seen in risk-related pairs of the AUDUSD and NZDUSD.  When the risk-related currency pairs turned lower, they were ahead of the ES which is very typical.  The currency markets always tend to lead the equity markets.  The AUDUSD and NZDUSD remained heavy, while the ES rebounded a bit, as the markets closed last Friday which suggests that we may see a continuation of the risk-off tone to begin trading this week.

ES(gray), AUDUSD(green), GBPUSD(red), NZDUSD(blue), EURUSD(pink) – 5min Candle chart

 

It seems that traders may be anticipating a double top for the S&P 500 at the 1370 given the indecisive price action action at the current levels of 1340-1355.  Of course the S&Ps are due for a correction, but there is a lot bearish sentiment in the market still.  Since price action has exceeded the 78.6% retracement level of 1307, which price action slid right through, we should expect it to continue higher.  The next target to the upside should be the 127.2% fib extension, which is the typical target once the 78.6% retracement fails.  So the path of least resistance looks higher, and we may have some more reaction at the double top area of 1370, but those typically do not hold, nor do triple tops.  So over the next several months we are looking higher for the S&P 500 index.  To summarize we have had a three wave move higher off of the 2009 low primarily due to a violation of that move higher on the move lower from the 2011 high to the low. Therefore, we are expecting higher levels in the form of a fifth wave due to price action getting above the 78.6% fib level.

SPX – Daily Candle chart

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SPX Forecast

February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Market Report – Weekend Edition – 2.5.2012

February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The better than expected US NFP data that was released last Friday morning, and we receive a nice bullish move higher for the markets as we expected.  The path of least resistance has been higher and we have no reason to abandon that continued bias.  It does seem though that currency traders may cut back their expectations of a round 3 of a USD-weakening quantitative easing effort.  We are wondering if this will change the landscape for the USD against the EUR, perhaps in the short-term, however, USD shorts may experience a short squeeze.  Therefore, as we continue to stay out-of-the-way of a difficult EURUSD to trade, we must try to understand its impact on the markets.

Our initial target has been hit for the SPX at the 1344-1345 area.  Price action is in overbought territory on the 1hour chart, but we could see price action push higher in the short-term to our extended target of the 1356 price level.  It seems prudent to take partial profits at minimum with a potential wave 4 pullback that could unfold in the short-term.  Our bias remains bullish for the next several weeks.

SPX 1Hour chart

 

The USD index continues to appear bearish especially if price action can break through below the 78.75-79.15 area, which has produced a bit of congestion for the short-term.  Although the SPX/DX inverse correlation has been challenged a bit this year, the two have tightened up that relationship as of late.

DX 1Hour chart

 

Similar to the DX chart above, but inversely related, price action could breakout to the upside if this wave count is correct.  The 1.3144-1.3216 price area is the congestion zone for the short-term.  A break above could really get price action moving to the upside.  We continue to have a neutral conviction on this pair as there remains to be a lot of cross currents affecting price action.

EURUSD Daily chart

 

As of late, we have been tracking the EURGBP, and believe there may be a nice opportunity in the short-term for lower price levels ahead.

EURGBP 1Hour chart

 

Crude oil is critical for longer term SPX bulls.  If we have seen the completion of a wave 2, we should expect much higher price levels in the weeks ahead, which should support the SPX for a continued move higher.

CL 4Hour chart

 

Our forex darling, the AUDUSD, continues to move higher as we have forecasted weeks ago.  We continue to like the price action that we see here, and will likely continue to trade it in the days and weeks ahead.

AUDUSD 30min chart

 

Join our premium members as we continue to stick with what has been working to trade the EURNZD, AUDUSD, and EURGBP pairs, which have a more clear wave count providing us an edge on the markets.  Our current trade has been working very well and we are positioned nicely for further gains this week.

 

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Market Report – 2.3.2012

February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The targets on a move higher is 1332 and 1339 in extension.  We should achieve those levels in a short amount of time if the data comes in as expected or better.

ES 1Hour chart

 

The EURUSD is setting the stage for another move higher, which is contrary to a lot of the headlines in the news these days.  Price action tells us everything.

EURUSD 1Hour chart

 

Crude oil has been moving lower, but price action appears corrective.  Our bias is for higher prices in the weeks ahead targeting 113.78 and 120.85.

CL 4Hour chart

 

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AM Update

February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A few client questions came in this morning about cutting our AUDUSD long trade.  There were several reasons why we decided to cut the position.  We didn’t like the overall market correlations this morning as the S&P futures were heavy and crude oil was down over 1$.  Also there were several currency wave counts that were in complex corrections, which usually means that we are in a period of difficult trading conditions.  We clearly remain bullish on the AUDUSD on a longer term time frame, however when managing a trade we constantly must evaluate reward/risk.  The opportunity was before us to cut the trade at breakeven and that seemed like a win for us.  Of course the AUDUSD is now higher, which is always the way those things work out.  However, we are completely fine with that because our conviction in the shorter time frame was simply lacking.  As a side note, the EURUSD seems to be setting up for another bullish move despite what all the headlines want to tell us.  A long EURUSD position seems like a nice play.

Also wanted to welcome several new Premium Members.  We wish everyone the best in their trading.  Keep in mind that we only announce new trade alerts for opportunities that meet our trade requirements.  You can certainly use our analysis to put on other trades, and we know that many clients are doing that and seem to be doing quite well.  If there is a chart that you would like us to take a look at send it my way and we will get back to you.

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