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PLTR: Just filled a gap! What's next?Hello traders and investors! Let’s see how PLTR is doing today! We had a Red Monday yesterday, and PLTR crashed along with the rest of the market. Now, what’s for us here? First, let’s keep in mind that PLTR just filled its gap at $ 23.19, and now we have the beginning of a bullish reaction. This candlestick pattern could be a Harami, which is not the best reversal pattern, I agree, but since it is near such a good support level, the odds of a reversal increases dramatically. In addition, PLTR has been dropping since Sep 24, but the volume was below the average. This is another sign that PLTR has been dropping just because it has been following the market. We still don’t see any meaningful bearish structure that could sustain this drop for too long. In fact, there’s a good chance that we just hit the bottom for now. What we must see is a clearer bullish structure in the 1h chart: If PLTR closes above the previous support level at $ 23.67, it’ll be a good sign, but what we really must see is a bullish structure. So far, PLTR has been doing lower highs/lows, and as Dow would say: Trends persist until a clear reversal occurs. This week is going to be decisive on PLTR, and if you liked this analysis, remember to follow me to keep in touch with my daily updates. Have a good day!
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by Nathan_The_Finance_Hydra
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💡🎓 Dow Theory & Bitcoin 🎓💡To share awareness for the beauty and history of our art of Technical Analysis of financial markets, in this educational post, I look at the six fundamental principles of Dow Theory, applied to Bitcoin and its current macro/local trends. Dow Theory Principles; 1. Markets Discount Everything 2. The Market has 3 Trends 3. Major Trends have 3 Phases 4. Markets must Confirm Each Other 5. Volume must confirm the Trend 6. A trend is assumed to be in effect until is shows clear signals it has reversed [Below is a summary of who Charles H. Dow was and his impact, by John J. Murphy; “ Charles Dow and his partner Edward Jones founded Dow Jones & Company in 1882. Most technicians and students of the markets concur that much of what we call technical analysis today has its origins in theories first proposed by Dow around the turn of the century. Dow published his ideas in a series of editorials he wrote for the Wall Street Journal. Most technicians today recognize and assimilate Dow's basic ideas, whether or not they recognize the source. Dow Theory still forms the cornerstone of the study of technical analysis, even in the face of today's sophisticated computer technology, and the proliferation of newer and supposedly better technical indicators. On July 3, 1884, Dow published the first stock market average composed of the closing prices of eleven stocks: nine railroad companies and two manufacturing firms. Dow felt that these eleven stocks provided a good indication of the economic health of the country. In 1897, Dow determined that two separate indices would better represent that health, and created a 12 stock industrial index and a 20 stock rail index. By 1928 the industrial index had grown to include 30 stocks, the number at which stands today. The editors of The Wall Street Journal have updated the list numerous times in the ensuing years, adding a utility index in 1929. In 1984, the year that marked the one hundredth anniversary of Dow's first publication, the Market Technicians Association presented a Gorham-silver bowl to Dow Jones & Co. According to the MTA, the award recognized "the lasting contrbution that Charles Dow made to the field of investment analysis. His index, the forerunner of what today is regarded as the leading barometer of stock market activity, remains a vital tool for market technicians 80 years after his death. Unfortunately for us, Dow never wrote a book on his theory. Instead, he set down his ideas of stock market behavior in a series of editorials that The Wall Street Journal published around the turn of the century. In 1903, the year after Dow's death, S.A Nelson compiled these essays into a book entitled The ABC of Stock Speculation. In that work, Nelson first coined the term "Dow's Theory." Richard Russell, who wrote the introduction to a 1978 reprint, compared Dow's contribution to stock market theory with Freud's contribution to psychiatry. In 1922, William Peter Hamilton (Dow's associate and successor at the Journal) categorized and published Dow's tenets in a book entitled The Stock Market Barometer. Robert Rhea developed the theory even furtherIn the Dow Theory (New York: Barron's), published in 1932. Dow applied his theoretical work to the stock market averages that he created; namely the Industrials and the Rails. However, most of his analytical ideas apply equally well to all market averages. “ John J. Murphy, Technical Analysis for the Financial Markets, 1999, Page 23-24 What are your thoughts? yemala
COINBASE:BTCUSDEducation
by Yemala
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SPX: The bulls won once again!Hello traders and investors! Let’s see how the SPX is doing today! We are in a very strong bull trend, as usual, and the index is just retesting its supports before it jumps again. We have been saying this for a very long time now, and since we apply Dow Theory in our methodology, we know that trends persist until a clear reversal occurs (Dow Theory, 6th tenet). As long as we don’t see any reversal around, there’s nothing to do, but buy when it does a pullback. Thanks to this strategy, we nailed every single movement on SPX since last year. Now what’s for us here? The index is far from the 21 ema and we have no bullish pattern around. We don’t have any bearish sign either, but this only makes me neutral on the index. If we drop, the 21 ema and the 4,501 are support levels for us to work with in the short-term. In the mid-term the 4,480 is still a nice support, which is above the 21 ema. Technically, the index could drop to the purple trendline, and the trend would still be bullish , and for this to happen, we must see a strong bearish structure in the 1h chart first. But again, I don’t see it as a buy because the risk/reward ratio is not the best, and I always like to buy near support levels, like when the index did this fantastic Piercing Line candlestick pattern just above the purple line. We buy in moments like this, not right now. Some individual stocks are looking much better, and if you know where to look, you’ll find some undiscovered gems around. If the index drop, probably it’ll create even more opportunities. If you’ve read this far, remember to follow me to keep in touch with my daily updates, and please, support this idea if you liked it! Have a good week.
SP:SPX
by Nathan_The_Finance_Hydra
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AMD: Pullback + Low Volume = Dow Theory 5th Tenet.Hello traders and investors! Yes, AMD finally hit the 21 ema in the daily chart, which is something we were already expecting since our last study, but is it a good time to buy? We’ll see. This analysis is another real-life example of how to apply Dow Theory in our chart reading. Last week I said to you and I’ll just quote myself: “I would prefer to see it at the 21 ema , and there’s still a good chance that we’ll see this happening.” This analysis is public, and the link to it is below this post. But there’s something else, as it is not only the 21 ema which is holding the price, but the 50% Fibonacci’s Retracement too. Therefore, we are sitting at a very strong dual-support level, and now it is the best place for a bullish reversal pattern. The fact that AMD dropped with low volume confirms that the recent drop was just a correction. According to the 5th tenet of Dow Theory , the volume must increase when the movement favors the primary trend, and decreases when the price goes against it. Clearly, the primary trend on AMD is bullish, and drops are just corrections. Not only the odds favor the bulls, but the Risk/Reward ratio too. The price was above the $ 120 recently, and now it is a terrible time to sell. If I were shorting it, I would probably be buying it back right now at the dual-support level, as the chances of a reversal are high, and there’s not much more downside potential. In the 1h chart, we don’t have a clear bullish structure, but if AMD defeats the $ 106.17 it’ll bring something new , and might be the beginning of a bullish reversal. Personally, I’m not convinced that AMD will fly again so soon, and I would rather prefer to see more sideways movement for a while. However, I agree that now it is the best place for AMD to find its bottom and start doing bullish patterns again. If you liked this analysis, remember to follow me to keep in touch with my daily updates. Thank you very much!
NASDAQ:AMD
by Nathan_The_Finance_Hydra
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