Thursday, December 12, 2019

Jammed Up Market

U.S. Debt Clock: $23.11 Trillion; prev $23.11
ES Daily Candle: Higher High, Higher Low, Higher Close: Trend Candle
Market Posture: Neutral-to-Negative
Daily Swing Line: Higher
Daily Bias: Up (Settle Above 18-day SMA)

Tariff tweets - about what was already previously announced, that being a potential Phase I deal -  sent the news reading bots into a frenzy and jammed the ES daily futures up against the upper daily Bollinger Band.

ES Futures - Daily - Into Upper Band

The first touch of the daily band is often (not always) where the Smart Money "takes some off of the table", especially with the daily slow stochastic in over-bought territory and not embedded.

With this being the case, the DOW also came into position where it can be the (b) wave of a flat, as well as the ES futures. While the upward (b) wave may not exactly be done yet, we know that Ira Epstein usually teaches not to "buy new" against an upper daily band (see Ira's Guidelines HERE if you have questions). That is not trading or investment advice from me - just a summary of what Ira teaches.

So we have sketched in, above, how we think the Intermediate (B) wave could eventually come to an end. At the moment we do not see a "five wave up move" from (a). Do you? So, let's take it slow and steady - one day at a time, and recognize the highly choppy nature of this advance.

Have a good start to the evening.
TraderJoe

18 comments:

  1. TJ
    Notice on your daily chart the Negative Divergence in the new high
    unconfirmed by the lower high of the Slow Stoch !

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  2. Rare futures gap higher. Looks like the 3200 round number in Mr. Market's sights....

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  3. Boris Johnson reportedly on track for big majority in UK election.

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    1. He needed 11 seats and looks to pick up 50!
      The EU's days are numbered...

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  4. I'm confused and perplexed that you and Glenn Neely -- two of the all-time best market timers -- can be so out of sync! You have us in an imminent (C) wave down and Neely has the S&P going to 3400 by the end of January 2020.

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    1. There is a too much strength for a top right now.

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  5. You are not the only one. This market is stumping a lot of very good analysts of all stripes. I know a number of very experienced traders who are no longer using what used to be very reliable indicators because of the plethora of whipsaw signals that have been generated the past few months. Some cycle gurus say we are putting in a 500 year cycle top, so we are likely seeing market behavior not seen in any of our lifetimes. Word on the street is that Poszar's article really spooked Powell and gang and they told Trump to speed up resolution of the China trade dispute and that they also ramped up the printing presses. Looks to me like panic-time...

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  6. Everyone is discounting QE, it’s a skew

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    1. Yes sir! I am completely baffled by why so many EW analysts refuse to acknowledge its effect.

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    2. If you are talking about Prechter, with whom I have had quite a few exchanges about this, he still insists that news announcements, events, etc do not affect how Elliott waves unfold, and that any apparent correlation is merely co-incidental, and that the waves would have unfolded the exact same way with or without such c0-incidental announcements and events. When we look at how markets react to Presidential tweets and Kudlow jaw-boning about China trade, that is a remarkable position to maintain. I agree the man is brialliant but on this point I think he very obviously mistaken.

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  7. Well, that overnight up gap in the futures didn't last long. It was filled by 8 AM ET this morning.

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  8. TJ mentioned that in addition to their rarity, ES gaps are generally more quickly filled than cash sesson gaps.
    I have never ever previously witnessed a same session exhaustion gsp in ES. I went back a few years and could not find a single one. What worries me is the more evident signs of market weakness become, the more reckless and panicky the CBs cabal will behave. Is Poszar onto something?

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  9. Boris gained 51 seats. Sadly for the good folk in the U.K., the EU criminals are going to make them pay...

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  10. ES futures now have a new lower local low, before a higher local high - still in the overnight session.

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  11. A new post has been started for the next day. It is another Interim Report.

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