In my posts this week, we have been anticipating each of the market's next moves in advance. On Sunday night, I noted that the market was about to fall with a target zone around the 1350 level. I noted that we were about to dip down to test last year's high (May 2011 high). You can see that post by clicking here. The market reached that zone. On Tuesday night, I said that … [Read more...]
US Stock Market Reaction
As I said in my last post (click here to see it), the market had good odds of reacting and coming back to retest last year's (May 2011) high. All the signs we look for were there. These are taught in detail in Chart Reading Mastery, and past students were noting these signs and anticipating the reaction. As you can see on tonight's chart of the weekly and daily S&P 500 … [Read more...]
US Stock Market Correction
We have seen the US Stock market as represented by the S&P 500 correct back for the past few days in a shortened holiday week after it painted a new high on the first trading day of April. The market is now in a support area where some buying had occurred earlier in mid- and late March. We see the potential of an Up Thrust on the daily chart along with three symmetrical … [Read more...]
Chart Reading Mastery Starts Tonight
I am a bit under the weather fighting off some vague illness, so I slept in this morning to miss this nice downdraft! Oh well, no worries. At least I am feeling better. Current Market A week ago, I noted supply was beginning to show itself on the longer term charts. I suggested that traders watch the weekly chart for a poor close. (You can see that post here.). Last week's … [Read more...]
Three Shorts
Three nice shorts set up today. The first occurred just before 11:00 AM EDT. The market traded within the overnight range during the first portion of the US morning session. We could see some weakness come in after 10:00, but the market pushed back up in a weak rally for a final test of the overnight high. When that failed, the odds favored either a test of the overnight … [Read more...]