Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Battle for the Line In the Sand

The ES daily swingline indicator currently has a lower low and now, today, a higher high bar against the 18-day moving average as in the chart below.


So, a flat or more extensive combination off of the low is still possible. The daily slow stochastic is still in over-sold territory. It feels like "summer quiet" and like someone sucked the energy out of the market.

Have an excellent start to the evening,

TraderJoe

30 comments:

  1. SPX500 (CFD) 1-hr: overnight & opening contracting diagonal, so far.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/s4Lp0dlq/

    TJ

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    1. ..this candle now has a slight length violation so it is either converting to the w-x-y-x-z form of the triple zz, OR the impulse form to go over the top again. There was a very brief retrace. TJ.

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    2. ..yechh .. everything still overlapping; for now.

      https://www.tradingview.com/x/PzAeAV7H/

      TJ

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    3. ..the impulse version, with a flat wave in the middle would invalidate below the 9 am lows. That 'might' leave 1) a triangle, 2) an expanding diagonal in either direction. But, first it would have to invalidate. TJ.

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  2. https://schrts.co/HVYdXzyS

    Could an EED be valid? (from the ath labeled as a b) Looks weak to me but it's the only way I can make a case for a new impulse starting from the low of the 24th.

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    1. Something like this is still good in hourly cash, subject to the usual contracting diagonal limits.

      https://www.tradingview.com/x/rQvYBqAT/

      TJ

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    2. .. a fourth wave of a contracting diagonal 'c' wave may not go below 763.26 in cash for the contracting variety. TJ.

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    3. Right, an orthodox 5 waves down followed by an inverted flat is definitely the preferred structure. I was just trying to find a count that would allow a new impulse to have started from the low of the 24th. Granted the 5th wave of a diagonal down would have to be called a failure.

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  3. The 9 AM low was exceeded lower. The lower trend line is 'tentative'. A triangle is possible. Diagonals are also possible.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/Ff7TXYTb/

    TJ

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  4. ES 4-hr: the hourly futures could try something dastardly like either of the two counts shown w-x-y-x-z, so cash could complete and upward diagonal, previously shown OR just the famous w-x-triangle y; which could look like a failure and start a third or 'c' wave lower quicker.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/5R0P0q1z/

    TJ

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  5. Reminder: NVDA earnings after the close. TJ.

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  6. SPX500 (CFD) 1 Hr - here's the break of the triangle on the NVDA conference call.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/30EGVUBK/

    TJ

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  7. SPX500 (CFD) 4-hr: here's the best fit so far. One hourly cash gap filled and now approaching the area of the prior fourth wave.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/wBqVCXYL/

    TJ

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  8. fyi - conference call high in futures now exceeded higher. TJ.

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  9. SPX500 (CFD) 5-min: yes, there is now downward overlap making things about as murky as one would like. Over the top again might be a diagonal or 'possibly' 3.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/HDBXcy33/

    TJ

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  10. Here's the next overlap. "Caution".!

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/mFjA6KRg/

    TJ

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    1. The only way I can see to count upward is with a much larger diagonal, with (1) at today's high, and now into (2) down. (2) down would need to be a zigzag, but not below the 09:40 low. Wave-counting is getting ugly. TJ.

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  11. SPX500 (CFD) 5-min: this would be the larger diagonal idea to carry into tomorrow and maybe next week. The internal waves are getting very, very difficult to count.

    https://www.tradingview.com/x/G0Hhtg33/

    Again, no diagonals below the low.
    TJ

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  12. TJ - does this look like an impulse on SPX http://tos.mx/!ko1mmgAo

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  13. A new post is started for the next day.
    TJ

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