$YHOO should find support …”should”

the last time we blogged for @seeitmarket about $YHOO we looked for pattern completion around 48-50. http://www.seeitmarket.com/will-yahoo-stock-top-alibaba-ipo-yhoo-13758/

since the highs we’ve corrected roughly 33 percent in the biggest correction since the 2008 lows.

today, we finished the first pattern BUY since the top and we also have 34 a little lower.

  • .382 retracement from 2008 lows w/ a projection (blue arrows) SHOULD be support.  we’ll see ….

if your a bull, these are critical levels.  also, note on the weekly, the RSI does not show bullish divergence at lows (blue arrows) – it hits the RSI low and then starts back up.  we “might” go lower on the RSI but bullish divergence isn’t needed.

YHOO weekly

YHOO weekly

YHOO daily

YHOO daily

Still the most important chart out there …redux

I would say a “high percentage” of the Americans out there are going to be really excited about $SHAK doing a secondary offering when, overnight, the WORLD’s 2nd largest economy was at it again …

Bloomberg: “China’s move has raised the risk of a “currency war” as export rivals seek a weaker exchange rate to stay competitive, according to Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at Yale University and former non-executive chairman for Morgan Stanley in Asia.

“It’s hard to believe this will be a one-off adjustment,” Roach said. “In a weak global economy, it will take a lot more than a 1.9 percent devaluation to jump-start sagging Chinese exports. That raises the distinct possibility of a new and increasingly destabilizing skirmish in the ever-widening global currency war. The race to the bottom just became a good deal more treacherous.””

WSJ: “The stability in the [yuan] over the past few months, in the face of a stronger [U.S. dollar], had helped to serve as somewhat of an anchor for the region’s currencies,” said Khoon Goh, senior forex strategist at ANZ Research. “With today’s move, this is clearly no longer the case.” The risk of further yuan weakness, he added, would pressure Asian currencies even lower.”

USA Today: “A devalued currency is sure to boost foreign trade by making Chinese goods cheaper overseas. In the process, it helps guarantee that Chinese factories will keep their work forces mostly intact, with millions on payrolls, and help avoid the political turmoil that mass layoffs could produce.”

So, again, please pay attention to these moves folks.  They are “big time” and show the global macro picture … currencies run EVERYTHING.

That being said, as a pure play chartist/pattern recognition dude … 6.3351-6.3600 are key.  We get thru those and things could really heat up, so to speak.

Isn’t this fun?

Rock on, ok?

Bart

Chinese Yuan devalued overnight ...

Chinese Yuan devalued overnight …

 


 

09/06/2015

What is the Chinese Central Bank up to …?

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Per Bloomberg.com a couple hours ago:

China’s one-year interest-rate swaps completed the biggest weekly drop in four months after the central bank cut borrowing costs and stopped draining funds in open-market operations.

The People’s Bank of China reduced its benchmark rates for the first time since 2012 a week ago, supporting growth in an economy set for the slowest full-year expansion in two decades. Yesterday’s auction window was the first since July that the monetary authority didn’t offer repurchase agreements at, and maturing contracts added a net 35 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) to the financial system this week, the most since August.

watch this … closely.

Silver and the Sun King

always enjoyed this song … the Sun is kind of cool.

Beatles, The 3

if your going to study this chart below then also spend some time doing a quick search of “SILVER” on http://www.bartscharts.com ….14 level is a BIG DEAL based on patterns …here’s the link:

https://bartscharts.com//?s=silver

feeling pretty confident we have started a really really strong short squeeze LONG silver play in a C wave that’s going to go higher than anyone is expecting …

why the “Sun King” reference?

well … it’s usually a good thing to keep track of the Sun and it’s position relative to where it is in the zodiac.  In this case, we bottomed at 14 on December 01, 2014 and the sun was located at 249 degrees geo.  (earth centered).  IF we move the sun 249 days from that low we get (missed by a day) the recent low in Silver. I know, I know it’s all “voo doo” and “chicken bones” and it doesn’t make any sense.  Ummmm, yup.

Also, note that his PATTERN had 1.05946*ab = cd and it landed on the .9438 retracement.  (1/1.05946 = .9438)  Monstrous sentiment against the metals, the LOW had not been taken out and a PATTERN.  Throw some “sun king” in there and well, let’s all take a ride on the Yellow Submarine …

ROCK ON, OK?

Bart

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is it LIVE or is it MEMOREX – what is going on w/ fixed income?

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great commercial w/ that dude sitting in his chair …

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one of the things that I’ve been watching amidst the “noise” (yes, noise) of the talking head pundits saying “rates this and rates that and rates are xxxxx” is, simply, the Fed Funds Interest Rate Futures.  In past posts we have successfully captured swings in the fixed income market via ZB #F, $RYJUX, $IRX, $TBT, $TLT.  they have been swings w/ a backdrop.  What do I mean?  Well, in the back of mind, I’ve been asking myself – “is this the one or is it more of the same?”

Essentially, is it “real” or is it “memorex” …. have the bonds finally “topped” and are rates going  higher?

here’s some past blogs:

here’s what I wrote a year ago …and the chart to accompany it:

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“BUT for all intensive purposes, it can’t go any higher.  It really hasn’t budged, which makes sense.  So, if you don’t like playing the LONG side of RATES down here at these levels THEN monitor the Fed Funds for a breakdown.  Believe it will be a big move to the downside, ultimately, but will be a nice confirmation of a generational low in interest rates has had it’s day and the “trade of our lifetime” to go LONG RATES is at hand.”

So, what has me “spooked?”  Check out this breakdown that occurred last week in the FF#F …

is this the first sign of a breakdown or more of the same? Is it LIVE or is it MEMOREX.  WATCH closely!

is this the first sign of a breakdown or more of the same? Is it LIVE or is it MEMOREX. WATCH closely!

folks, it could be a “breakdown” into the gap and support is found on top of the “open window” and it meanders back and forth into the abyss of low rates.  that 100% could happen … I don’t know.  What I “see” (not believe) is an early indication that 1) this is a big candle and 2) it gapped down and more than likely (look at the past gap downs) it will target the lower end of the range.  IF we close on a weekly basis below that range then get ready to rumble as it could be the beginning of higher interest rates … WATCH CLOSELY.

Punch line: support found on red area – Memorex // breakdown (weekly close below) -it’s real and the LONG RATES could be the trade of a lifetime.

rock on, ok?

Bart

the Music of $NYA

equal octave scale of music is based on the 12th root of 2 … 1.05946. (darn there goes those square roots again)

taking the all time low of 346 we can project price just like we do music.

if you look below, it’s good to pay attention to where an octave ends … looks like we just completed 5 octaves, almost perfectly, on the $NYA.

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so, if PRICE equals TIME (which it does) THEN we can take a PRICE delta between an octave – in this case between Octave 4 and Octave 5 (non log) and look for a time cycles to spin out from important highs and lows? right?

please see below ….

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perhaps draw trend lines like this …?

the earth travels around the sun in 365 days … we all know that.

a circle has 360 degrees.  we all know that.

how do you keep track of “where” the sun is w/out the internet, calculators, etc …?

basically how did the ancients do it?

one, potential, was by tracking a planet from a certain starting point in the sky and then calculating how long it took to return.  make sense?

so, perhaps, just perhaps, they could tie in music (music of the spheres – pythagoras) and understand the square root aspect of tracking stuff and time?

so, perhaps, just perhaps, if we have  stock that starts at 4292 then we could “track” it’s progress using the same principles?

in order to get around a circle – numerically – we have to take the square root and then add 2 (if going up) and then resquare it to travel once around the circle.

we also know that we have 4 seasons based on equinoxes and solstice so every 45 degrees might ( 🙂 ) be important so to get to them we would add, say, .25, .5, .75, 1 (we are now half way around the circle) etc. to find those points in PRICE and TIME.

w/ this knowledge we “should” be able to draw trend lines that are harmonic and provide a road map of the journey up and down.

just did this w/ the NYSE Composite Index …one thing I didn’t do is connect trend lines and then calculate. No, I just took my calculator and did this:

  • square root 4292
  • +2=67.51
  • resquare: 4558
  • go out to March 06, 2010 and plot that price (purple line) – one year after the low (remember the sun above?)
  • did it all the way up to 10

now we have the trend lines that are basically showing us the way … sure looks like the $NYA wants to go tag the blue trendline … another 300 points or so will give us a good feel. here’s the chart

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why are these trend lines important …? Well, let’s take the TOPS and BOTTOMS and horizontally move over to touch them and then go up or down to look and see what happens …

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now remember, we need to be patient and realize their could be some slippage … this is a weekly chart.  BUT, what we can know is that important tops and bottoms are ALWAYS harmonically related to the future tops and bottoms and by simply taking the time to draw these type of trend lines and then look for synergy between the highs/lows that are intersecting them and then moving up or down we find “roadmaps” to manage risk.

let me ask you … if you look at the first top after the march 06 low and then move horizontally across to intersect the purple line and then move UP into the present time do you think it’s by chance that we are now finding resistance in TIME …..?

here’s the LOG of the $NYA – the face that we are below, on a 6 week closing basis, doesn’t make me very confident UP in this cards near term.  need to see us regain that trend line in a hurry …

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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Meets the Matrix in two charts …

folks, work w/ me …

  • ratio analysis: A/B ….if A stronger (relative strength) then chart goes up. if B stronger (relative strength) then ratio goes down.
  • $NYA – New York Stock Exchange Index – largest  barometer of stock market health
  • XLP – institutional rotation occurs into staples in a “risk off” world .. people need “staples” to live so they should outperform and have more relative strength …

here’s my “if-then” logic …

IF $NYA is good to go and healthy THEN a ratio of $NYA/XLP will go UP and IF the ratio of $NYA/XLP is going down then something ain’t right at the circle K ….

something aint right at the circle k

something aint right at the circle k

$NYA / XLP

$NYA / XLP

Note: at these levels (in the past) the $NYA has always started to outperform (the ratio goes UP).

Now, take a look at this chart w/ the $NYA overlaid on top of the ratio ….

note the massive DIVERGENCE - the ratio should track the $NYA UP into new highs ... instead it's plumbing new lows.  IT WILL RESOLVE

note the massive DIVERGENCE – the ratio should track the $NYA UP into new highs … instead it’s plumbing new lows. IT WILL RESOLVE

so, if you’ve read this far, then your a SPECULATOR and you like to play.  One thing that I’m fairly certain .. this discrepancy in the ratio and the $NYA will resolve.  Two outcomes …

  • w/ $NYA at new highs, the ratio will find support as it did in 2001-2002 and 2008 and start back up and the $NYA will take off and move higher and higher and higher …
  • w/ $NYA at new highs the ratio will crack thru this decades old support (showing institutional rotation into staples) and cause a rather big move to the downside and, perhaps, much larger correction than anyone is expecting.

YOU CHOOSE:

Blue - $NYA keeps going higher and higher ... Red - $NYA cracks, ratio accelerates to new lows and ... you do the math. PICK!

Blue – $NYA keeps going higher and higher …
Red – $NYA cracks, ratio accelerates to new lows and … you do the math.
PICK!

rock on, ok?

B

Sheep, Milk and the Kiwi …

7:1 sheep to people ratio in New Zealand

7:1 sheep to people ratio in New Zealand

In New Zealand, there is roughly 7 sheep to every person.  They have a lot of sheep and sheep = cotton, correct?   The country has the highest density of sheep per capita in the world.  However, this year has seen the sheep numbers fall to their lowest level in 75 years.

Around 1987 farmers to took to dairy farming and that overtook conventional sheep farming which until then had been the backbone of the New Zealand Economy.  Take a look at the chart below … at most inflection points in Cotton Futures the KIWI followed suite.

 

KIWI and Cotton Futures .. they turn together

KIWI and Cotton Futures .. they turn together

 

Mooooo

Mooooo

As discussed above, the dairy industry is the backbone of the economy.  Prices have plunged.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-zealand-dairy-farmers-hope-for-relief-in-globaldairytrade-auction-1434442028

Below is a chart showing Class III Milk future w/ the KIWI overlaid on top of it. Note, milk futures have completed a buy pattern so prices “should” start back up and therefore KIWI can potentially find some support.  Emerging Market Currencies are at an extreme low w/ regard to sentiment.

note the brown line (KIWI vs USD) and how it tracks milk ...

note the brown line (KIWI vs USD) and how it tracks milk …

The next chart below is of Non Fat Milk futures (continuous monthly) and note the synchronization of tops and bottoms.  These are the lowest prices in decades ….

Milk Nonfat Dry lowest in decades ...

Milk Nonfat Dry lowest in decades …

 

Here’s the KIWI today … decimated sentiment for EM Currencies, RECORD low dairy prices, cotton hanging in there and a big old thump into very oversold bullish divergence .. it’s going to start up today or soon.

 

KIWI vs USD Monthly

KIWI vs USD Monthly

so this looks so PROMISING but when I put the EEM (Emerging Market ETF) w/ the KIWI overlaid on top of it I see a very nice symmetry BUT I also see a CLIFF OF SUPPORT that the EEM is about to fall off.  OUCH ….

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EEM:

note EEM and pay attention closely. IF WE ACCELERATE THRU THE 4+ YEAR SUPPORT THEN EM FX SHOULD FOLLOW …playing a bounce for the FX so this is a major area to watch for Risk and Reward …