A look at the high flyers in 2014 – all lower significantly!
Posted on December 30, 2013 2 Comments
I am neither bearish nor bullish. I am a pattern recognition trader that puts everything into the context of human behavior. the rally from 2009 is so over stretched that 2014 will bring, potentially, a down side move of enormous proportions. There I have said it …simply based on the MONTHLY (read long term) SELL PATTERNS present this is going to be a THUMP. If the PATTERNS FAIL (which they do, obviously) then the band will play on … I just don’t see it happening and, quite frankly, i am alone in my thinking.
The bullishness present RIGHT NOW is the most extreme it’s been in the history of the stock market …do you want me to type it again? Here’s a look at the high flyers and, again, I think they will all be lower, significantly. Hope I’m wrong…
GOOG: note the same pattern and measured move that is present. Tried at/around 925 and got my clock cleaned. in prove it mode now … but sure looks done.
AMZN: a 5 wave count is present and I was looking for a top lower, but got run over by the euphoria present in the market. this doesn’t change the count, it’s just going to hurt that much more …
PCLN: again, a clear 5 wave count present and a high flyer of AMAZING proportions .. perhaps a little higher to targets shown? but 5th wave is weakening.
TSLA: bounce occurred as expected .. believe it will start, in earnest once the new year rolls around.
TWTR: bouncing today, but possible count complete. believe this stock is going to get smoked
FB: unorthodox count but one that makes sense .. basically, this entire move has been a corrective expanded flat and FB will go to single digits.
the YEN in 2014
Posted on December 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
the monster move made by the YEN and, correspondingly, the Nikkei 225 has been extremely impressive. the BOJ drew a line in the sand 10/2011 at 76 USD/JPY. That monthly/weekly candle reminds me of the end of the bear market in gold at 252. Kaboom and off she went …
more importantly, take a look at these two long term charts – I believe there is a long way to go.
long term JPY vs USD since inception 1972
a possible count
using the date from the first chart I have superimposed a line that shows the “basic” movement from the all time high at 306. it’s “close enough” to get the look/feel of the count and I believe we have traced out a major 5 waves down. I like the 5th wave bottom because it corresponds to the “line in the sand” that the BOJ set …taking the long term perspective, an initial target of 160-170 is, quite frankly, a reality. so where are we now …?
right now, I believe risk favors sitting on your hands as a pretty nice 5 wave movement certainly appears to be completing and we are banging right into the .618 retracement of the “e” wave of the major 4th wave triangle. my focus will be on a a-b-c type of correction that could go rather deep but, ultimately, will provide a another opportunity to get long USD, AUD, POUND, CAD, CHF versus the JPY. If history is our guide, then this correction could last a while … waves 2 and 4 were multi-month corrections. so … sit on your hands and wait for a pattern to appear. again, patience will be our guide to look for a still monstrous opportunity.
USD vs JPY weekly
Crude, the Loonie and Oil Services Index for 2014
Posted on December 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
the chart below shows the Oil Services Index $OSX (candles) w/ USDCAD (inverted/line) overlaid on top …
some observations:
- when the blue line (Loonie) is going down it is weak. when the blue line (Loonie) is going up it’s strong …
- at most inflection points, the $OSX and Loonie are synchronized nicely. however, for most of 2013 this relationship has diverged. in that, while one was going UP (Oil Services Index) one was going down (Loonie weak)
- the Loonie topped a good 6 months prior to the $OSX in 2007-2008. However, once they synced they got smashed …
- the 2009 bottom was well synchronized and since then they have move very nicely together.
$OSX and USDCAD
below, we have added (black line) Crude Oil to the chart and, as expected, it is very synchronized w/ $OSX EXCEPT since September 2013. Note, the $OSX has held up, nicely. What is this $OSX?
Oil Services, Loonie and Crude
The OSX tracks 15 large companies w/in the context of the Oil Services world …Changes in the Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index tend to be associated with changes in the oil and gas markets, since greater exploration and construction of wells occurs when oil prices are high and less such activity is carried on when prices are lower. They were all affected by the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill …
so first let’s go thru the 15 components and look for big picture patterns – BUY or SELL.
so, as we can see, there are some nice SELL patterns coming in, there are a couple weak ones and where I didn’t post any charts there wasn’t a glaring pattern to be seen. Bottom line – I’m not seeing significant strength in the index but to elevate some of the stocks to hit their targets perhaps we’ll see some more strength. so, now we need to break down each individual component …
Crude Oil: https://bartscharts.com/2013/10/31/crude-oil-a-potential-roadmap/ this was my last post. I am still in the “look and feel” phase that the top at 147 was a 3 and the low in/around 35 was a 4. while the pattern completing at 110 was good, the thrust off this bottom trend line last week led me to see a triangle where we can see a,b,c,d,e – triangle complete and off to a new high ? CRUDE BULLISH
Crude Oil
USD vs CAD: just a little bit higher (200 pips) we have some pretty major targets. while I am a DOLLAR BULL, also recognize that the Loonie is a small percentage of the overall index. LOONIE BULLISH (after a little more weakness)
CAD vs USD
Oil Services Index: the only thing “wrong” w/ this chart is that, a RULE of counting is 4 cannot go below 1. In this case it does, However, the Crude chart spikes thru but never closes below. so, I am keeping this count. Note, we smacked right into the .618 price projection area at/around 294 and are testing it again. the 306-307 level will be key.
So, our roadmap to follow is:
- Crude – breakout of triangle.
- Loonie – BUY a couple hundred pips lower
- Oil Services – break thru – with strength and conviction (read volume) levels show
one last, this is something to be patient w/ …. I would not recommend jumping all over this tomorrow but wait and see these levels get attacked … the GREAT thing about PATTERNS is we now have clear lines in the sand for where we are correct or wrong. Go back to the beginning of the post – w/ that divergence between the OSX and CAD-Crude the patterns will tell us which way this entire family (Crude, OSX, CAD) will resolve. It very well could go completely opposite but not until the pattern levels are targeted. they will either work or fail and then we’ll pounce
Sugar Update
Posted on December 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
here’s the last post on Sugar:
https://bartscharts.com/2013/09/13/buy-your-fruit-loops-now-here-comes-the-sugar-train/
as you can see below, the level held extremely nicely but after peaking in Mid-Oct, the bid was crushed. IF this level is a significant low, then we shouldn’t go below 16 again. either way, a potential label is shown. the characteristics of wave 2 are that the general traders feel the bear trend is in fact (it could be) and it can retrace all of the first wave up ….so, that is why 16 is so crucial. If we lose 16 then back to the drawing board …
the bearish interpretation is the area labeled 1 or A is actually the completion of the corrective move and we will lose 16. not sure if that is the case because of the long term pattern that was hit back in July.
stay tuned …
Sugar Update
Happy Birthday to the Federal Reserve
Posted on December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
December 23, 1913 the Federal Reserve was created …
relative strength of staples vs the S&P importance
Posted on December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
in order to get up to speed, if you have not been following, please see the following post:
https://bartscharts.com/2013/10/07/staples-strength-vs-the-sp/
we completed a perfect price/time pattern BUY on the ratio and it did, in fact, respect the pattern level. HOWEVER, since then we have taken out the lows of that pattern and if we go back you’ll see that the .786 was ‘still a target.’ the importance of this ratio cannot be overstated – at every major inflection point since 2000 (I don’t have data that goes back any farther) it has pointed to all of the tops and bottoms of the market. perhaps we’ll go down and tag the .786 … what I can say, is if we blow thru the .786 then it will show a lack of institutional fear in this market as the thesis is the staples start to out perform as rotation occurs in a volatile or bearish market. so far, this ratio has been stagnant and correcting for a very long time … let’s stay tuned and see what a little lower does for our ratio.
additionally, I have included the WMT gauge. please see these posts to get a feel for the importance of this ratio:
XLP/SPX – looks like lower target to get tagged …
WMT/SPX – little lower …
the importance of the recent reweight in the S&P 500
Posted on December 21, 2013 1 Comment
yesterday was a quarterly option expiration AND an important S&P reweighing .. our last post at the sectors of the S&P 500 were dominated by technology, energy and financials … that changed, pretty substantially. now, hot of the presses the sectors are:
- information technology 18% : using VGT as a proxy. see chart below. SELL PATTERN complete/completing.
- financials 16.4%: using XLF as a proxy. see chart below. SELL PATTERN complete/completing.
- health care 13.1%: using XLV as a proxy. see chart below. no discernible pattern however it’s approaching PARABOLIC
- consumer discretionary: 12.5%: using XLY as a proxy. see chart below. no discernible pattern however it’s approaching PARABOLIC.
- industrial 11.1%: using XLI as a proxy. see chart below. SELL PATTERN complete/completing
- energy 10.3%: using XLE as a proxy. see chart below. no new high, an extension sell pattern complete at 88 but perhaps 97 is where it will go.
so, note the inclusion of health care, consumer discretionary and industrial and there close to parabolic states continues the advance. additionally, am using VGT and the NASDAQ as proxies for the IT sector. 70% of the S&P 500 are either approaching parabolic or SELL patterns are completing …
stand by …..
financials
health care
consumer discretionary
industrials
energy
Around the world update …
Posted on December 21, 2013 1 Comment
https://bartscharts.com/2013/09/14/part-1-the-sp-500-but-first-we-need-to-go-around-the-world/
the first post going around the world was in September … nothing has changed. No other stock market – except the US – has come close to their 2007 highs …
our first hint we are soon to be carving out a bottom in Gold …
Posted on December 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
as a pattern recognition dude, I simply look for patterns and try (it’s hard) to be objective and go w/ it. if you have been following we’ve been doing OK w/ everything BUT the equities. Patterns haven’t necessarily failed, but they are being tested for failure, that’s for sure. the bullish sentiment is at ALL TIME HIGHS for the past 30 years …
on the other hand http://www.marketwatch.com posted this today: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/golds-13-year-bull-run-breaks-with-29-annual-loss-2013-12-20?dist=countdown . my past couple posts on Gold and Silver have shown how I “think” we are carving out a 5th wave that could be the BUYing opportunity. As the pattern to BUY appears the PRESS will be declaring it’s no good, get out of Gold and we’ll stop seeing those CNBC adds about silver and gold and metals ETF’s …
so, I recommend not yet, but this is my first “quick look” that a low in th emetals for either a MAJOR bounce or an eventual march higher is w/in the next quarter or so …don’t jump the gun, yet.
the Copper Script …
Posted on December 20, 2013 2 Comments
if you have been following my blogs of late, you’ll find that I’ve been throwing some bearish patterns out there. simply, there are bearish patterns. period dot … they work, they fail and we manage RISK. just to show you that I am agnostic to the BULL and/or BEAR case here’s the falling knife of copper and the BUY recommendation that was put out … the FORM/PROPORTION/GEOMETRY was PERFECT. enjoy ….I still think Copper is a big deal.
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