Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)
Posted on August 29, 2020 Leave a Comment
all, the burritos out her in San Diego are the best in the country- there I said it. I have a couple favorites and me and my son have a tradition of grabbing a Carne Asada or Cali Surf burrito every time we jam on some early morning jam sessions in the water surfing. the burritos blow anything that CMG can put on the menu BUT their stocks (don’t think any of them are publicly traded and most are local dive Mexican joints – the best type, right?) aren’t flying at over 1300/share. But CMG is …
if you search on my blog you’ll see we were all over the high at/around 700. then, frankly, I lost track of it and came back it to recently and was like “YOWZA DUDE!”
so, here is the biggest “other” w/ the CMG chart … it’s the 2009 low. It’s BARELY below the IPO price. But, because we try (operative word along w/ hope) to count waves we BREAK a rule by labeling it 2 after the IPO. folks we only have 3 rules and one of them is 2 can’t go below the origin of 1.
that’s the purist …
me, I’m not sure what I am so I’m going to allow a little slippage here and there …so here’s my count and if you give me that little/minor break of a rule w/in EWT then we have a VERY CLEAR 5 wave count …
and here’s some of the math and geometry looking for the shown prize zone for targets to complete this run ….1320-1380 ish …
having taken all of the other ‘stuff’ off the chart, I want to show you a very easy yet powerful way to create “true trend lines” … take any planet (helio) and then move the planet 10 degrees from an origin point (in this case we are doing the IPO date) and that is your TIME component. Now, just add 10 points to the IPO price and where they intersect – draw a trendline. you can see the closer/fast moving planets have a more steep angle and larger, slower planets have less of an angle.
now, use those angles and copy/paste them and place them on different points to see the natural trend … you see, these trendlines are constant and don’t change … the planets move at a constant speed for time immortal.
BABA
Posted on August 23, 2020 1 Comment
a lot going on in this chart … bottom line is either here or a little higher we have significant resistance with the most “basic” of price projections completing the AB=CD.
in this case we have two AB=CD’s
a larger orange one that starts at the all time low around 58. and a “fractal” blue AB=CD that starts at/around 129.
I have also use a very helpful technique taught me by my friend and mentor Michael Jenkins. It’s simple and very powerful. basically take 1/8’s of the signal reversal candle and project up … as you can see, we have a 1.0 projection and a .5 projection hitting at our lower and upper target zones respectively.
we also have the light blue parallel channel being hit at the upper end
extension targets are present …
then, no kidding, NOW, I’ll take a peak at the “potential” count. what i do feel “ok” about (and that’s all I will every to admit to w/ Elliott Wave – an “ok”) is the sub degree count that is finishing (labeled in blue) and that shows we are finished/finishing 5 waves. Is the THE 5 or the 3rd wave …I’m going w/ a big 3 and a 4th wave correction is inbound …
hope this helps …
Bart
A look at Gold …
Posted on August 11, 2020 Leave a Comment
that was one heck of a breakout from the triangle back down around 1350! yikes … played the triangle well but took profit WAY too early. but, then again, anytime you can say “took profit” then yeah! why would you take profit w/ the mania that is gold … and that’s the reason: “mania.” Sentiment is more bullish gold than anytime in history!
and, believe we had a major (like a 5 count) high back around 1900 and the last “major” correction lasted almost 20 years so … do we have another wave down to complete the correction from a form proportion and balance perspective.
don’t believe Gold is a “sure thing” right now ….stay tuned.
Facebook – strong resistance hit
Posted on August 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
we have 4 aspects of FB that show the ATH to be significant resistance.
two 1.618 extensions, key trend line resistance and a projection from the ATL and while it exceeded .618ab*cd you can see as discussed in this blog it did hit the .68179ab*cd (musical note ratio) so we can see why this level/area was big resistance. I would watch for a close below (weekly close) 250 for a significant pullback to be in place.
XLK / XLP – still has major resistance just a little higher!
Posted on August 5, 2020 Leave a Comment
we had a sell off on the ratio a couple weeks ago BUT there was not follow thru and we still have the lingering level just a little higher which is the real test … again, until we have a strong weekly close above this level I’m in the conservative/flat camp as far at the NASDAQ and Technology goes …
Dollar Index … here we go and UPDATE
Posted on July 21, 2020 Leave a Comment
12/3 – please take the time to reread the below, as it is rather in depth, because it explains how important the coming levels are on the USD. folks, they are HUGE!
in the chart below, you will see no labeling. if bullish we poke our head below former support and ROCKET SHIP higher from 87-88. if bearish we find support but keep going down. how far down? well, of course, below the old all time low from 2008.
this second chart is the Monthly but added the RSI. this is key … as discussed below, the RSI develops bull/bear zones and can really help w/ your analysis .. in this case we are sitting right on the cliff of support for the BULLISH ZONE. If we go below there the RSI is telling us of a potential BIG trend change … adding more fuel to the fire for the key 87-88 level!
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it’s been almost 3ish years since I posted on the Dollar Index. My last post was the chart below and what’s shown are the many many time and price synergies between the current time and, well, 30 years ago. this chart nailed the high in the dollar and I’ve been watching it just seeing what type of FORM and BALANCE and PROPORTION the index would take … ummm, I still really don’t know but what’s important is the kazillion dollar COVID question – was the “high” a C or a 1. Folks, this is a HUGE deal.
so where are we ….? i don’t know where you are BUT I know that I’m somewhat confused …. is it wave 3 and we are correcting wave 4 or was that an A-B-C correction from 2008 and we are at THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN THE US DOLLAR INDEX right here, right now?
for the EWT purest out there, the top in 2017 around 103 is really dependent upon the correction into the 88-89 area. for the bulls, we know that wave 4 cannot overlap the end of wave 1. we don’t close below the end of 1 but we do go thru a little … man, are we cutting hairs here …? we do have the RSI transition into bullish zones but here’s all we need to know. we can’t go below 88-89 because then 4 goes below 1 and we have something else going on …..
the bears …? it’s almost a textbook zig-zag correction and the symmetry in time and price from the last BIG correction (1992-2001) is PERFECT in time and the harmonic .786 of that last big correction make the bears … hungry? The RSI resistance breakout doesn’t help BUT note how low the last rally was … again, the key is support. If we break the dashed green line … this puppy might be diving into the red sea, so to speak.
I DON’T KNOW …but here are two charts that spell out the “big picture” bear case and the bull case … either way, I suspect we’ll know soon.
Bart
SMG – Scott’s
Posted on July 19, 2020 Leave a Comment
now that I’m in SoCal doing a TON of SUP Surfing I really don’t spend my weekend like I used to in VA – cutting the grass, giving it fertilizer and aerating, etc … man, I had some very nice lawn going on … 🙂
I used to say, the grass just needs a stiff drink of “Scott’s and Water” …
anyhoo, took a quick look at SMG this AM and I’m going to be teaching some EWT to a fellow professional and this one popped onto the radar so I shot it over to him ….
EWT is great – when it works. that was supposed to be a joke and serious because it’s both.
just know the rules, look for corrective moves in form/balance/proportion and if your counting to may waves of sub waves of blah blah blah then put it aside and WAIT.
this count does not break any rules and is therefore a valid – subjective – interpretation. I do see that we are in a 5th wave. I also see the “why” behind the math and numbers of the most recent top.
TSLA-rocket ship – updated – updated-update-update resolved
Posted on July 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
12/9 – 5 waves up complete .. is this the 5 or 1 of 5? don’t know and don’t care. expect a pullback from here … lot’s of gaps on the way up so stand by …
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11/29 – TSLA blew thru the SELL PATTERNS shown below (11/19/20). the way it just took off made me rethink and look at the chart and, as Triangles usually do, after the fact (sorry about that) it appears to have been a 4th wave triangle. most of the time, you don’t realize your in a triangle – if you ever do real time – till after the fact or in the “e” wave …all this means… TSLA is completing/ has completed a 5th wave.
the PATTERN/CHARTS saying the risk is now on the long side … a correction down to 400 ish is not out of the question.
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11/19 – today, TSLA ran into the top edge of the “sell zone” and backed away … keep an eye on this one as it’s not a “no brainer” long, right now.
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11/18 – today, TSLA ran into a strong sell pattern. if, we start down from here it will be a BUY but not after a potential “large” drop. a daily close ABOVE the sighted “SELL ZONE” would be continually bullish and strong.
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as I’ve shown in the past on the blog, these type of parabolic – in this case appears like a rocket they built launching into space – moves ALWAYS end in a big liquidation.
I’ve used what we learned in kindergarten on how to create a circle using 3 points and have the 1800’s a being pretty significant resistance for TSLA. that target zone is roughly 15% away. folks, let’s put THAT into perspective, on Friday the stock (in a single day) was up 12% so is 15% or so that unrealistic?
great to be long but … don’t get greedy, this puppy could flip bearish on a dime …let’s face it, this is unsustainable.
note, do believe we have a good “gravity center” as the point in time/space was the reason (from a pattern perspective) for the top shown by the bold blue arrow.
Technology – kaboom
Posted on July 6, 2020 Leave a Comment
yes, technology and specifically the NASDAQ have been ROLLING. that being said, do see some resistance ahead and especially at the level indicated by the XLK / XLP ratio analysis. (technology/ staples) the level shown below has 6 mathematical derived levels all really really close to each other.
“should” provide resistance to this amazing run … that being said, appears like NOTHING can stop this run and this time it’s different and just buy buy buy as it’s all good …
OBTW, glad the REPO and sovereign debt crisis magically just went away …
one last, anyone else find it interesting that, w/ the NASDAQ soaring to new highs the ratio of the XLK/XLP is “barely” at the 50% level. if we had broad participation across the board wouldn’t this (the ratio) be making new highs?
Bart
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