C3.AI - A Highly Volatile Fade With A Big RewardWhether you like it or not, the AI pump, even though it lasted for four months, has come to an end, because "artificial" has never been much of a compliment in the first place.
Consider this:
Artificial butter is called "margarine" and if you use it in pastries in France you'll go to prison
Artificial milk is called "soy drink" and if you drink it then you'll get hormonal problems.
An artificial bed is called a "couch" and you only sleep on it when you did something stupid and hurt your wife's feelings or have become poor.
Regardless, C3.AI, just like Docusign, shows curious signs that it should rally and be a big bagger in the future, but the timing for it to do the go train doesn't make sense at present.
I outline Docusign here:
Docusign - In Theory, A Long-term Technical Multibagger
for C3.AI, the evidence is made the most clear on the monthly bars, which is the big gear that dominates all the smaller time frames anyways.
The point is this:
1. All price action in the four month pump was simply retracing a mid-2021 gap down liquidity void, as evidenced by the bodies of the candles and the move away from the level.
2. The big "omg ChatGPT" pump candle from May, which formed an outside reversal bar, has had the 50% level traded through on two monthly bars
3. The May low of $16.79 is still higher (and meaningfully so on a % basis) than the $13.37 level, which amounted to little more than a stop raid during the 2022 lows
4. These numbers and ranges are enormous in magnitude, but C3 is a very, very volatile stock and only worth $3.16 billion at current levels
5. The same idea for an upside gap play exists at $90, and a strong Q4 rally is extremely possible.
So, let's say that the market makers are willing to take price on a 300%+ moon mission. Let me ask you a question, is it very likely that this will happen before, or after, some sort of manipulation to the downside that shakes out weak hands?
The answer is obvious, and so the target is circa $15 in the remaining portion of September and/or October.
The problem with going long the bottoms on the pump thesis is that the situation in Mainland China with the Spectre of Communism controlling the "Chinese" Communist Party is that the CCP is about to fall.
The Yuan is in rough shape, property developers and commercial real estate are about to explode like they ate a crit from the rocket launcher in Quake 4, and cities are starting to appear empty as a result of Mainland China, the world's motherland, being made empty as a result of the Wuhan Pneumonia epidemic.
And to think that all these problems are nothing more than a prelude to the real elephant in the room: the 24-year persecution and organ harvesting genocide against Falun Dafa's 100 million practitioners launched by the CCP and former Chairman Jiang Zemin on July 20, 1999.
The CCP, Xi, the remnants of the Jiang Faction, and the "International Rules Based Order" that smeared its hands participating in the persecution to court Shanghai and Tsinghua Marxist-Leninist vows for material benefits, can absolutely not escape the consequences of these crimes against humanity.
Humans won't hold people responsible, but Heaven will. There will never be a Nuremburg 2.0, and there won't be a "Great Judgment," but there certainly will be a historic retribution for evil that will be passed down forever.
And this makes long into January of 2024 as the market rallies extremely dangerous.
I can only ask you to consider hedging with volatility when you see the VIX at a 9-handle in November and an 8-handle in December.
When "That Day" really comes, everything will be over in a night.
And it will be too late to cry. You'll be trapped on the greatest gap of all time.
Manipulation
AMD Wyckoff Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution 📈💹📉 The Wyckoff Phases Recap: The Wyckoff method consists of Accumulation (smart money buying), Manipulation (price action controlled by insiders), and Distribution (smart money selling) phases.
📈 Applying Wyckoff to AMD: We can adapt this method to AMD stock. During Accumulation, savvy investors may be accumulating AMD shares quietly. Manipulation is when price action might seem unpredictable but is driven by insiders. Distribution marks the phase where these insiders might start selling.
📊 Accumulation Signals: Look for signs of increased buying activity in AMD while prices remain relatively flat. This could indicate the accumulation phase.
💡 Manipulation Hints: Manipulation can be tricky to spot, but unusual price movements or volume spikes might provide clues. Consider this phase as a time of price consolidation before a potential move.
📉 Distribution Clues: During the distribution phase, watch for decreasing buying interest and potentially diverging indicators. This might indicate that insiders are slowly selling off their holdings.
🚀 Trading Opportunities: If you can identify these phases correctly, you might find opportunities to trade AMD more strategically. For example, entering during Accumulation when prices are low and potential upside is significant.
🔮 The Future of AMD: Keep in mind that while Wyckoff analysis can provide valuable insights, no strategy guarantees success. Always combine it with thorough research and risk management.
In conclusion, applying the Wyckoff method to AMD stock can offer a unique perspective on its price movements. Recognizing the phases of accumulation, manipulation, and distribution might empower you to make more informed trading decisions.
Stay analytical, stay vigilant, and remember – understanding market phases can give you an edge when trading AMD or any other asset! 📊🚀
Crude Oil ~ Snapshot TA / Bullish ReversalWell well, H&S Short Position was there ready to be taken - but unfortunately Price Manipulators were also ready to defend..
First warning sign was wick reversal beyond 38.2% Fib.
Second warning sign was another reversal just underneath previous wick for the Stop Hunt.
Price action has since rallied above neckline, consolidating just under 23.6% Fib.
In hindsight, makes sense why Market Makers would intervene an imminent sell-off when globally significant news haven't hit wires yet (Powell/Jackson Hole).
All you can do is highlight key levels, set alerts & wait for Trade Setup to come to you..
Ps, retained H&S Short Idea on chart as reminder & part hopefulness of potentially playing out lol...we'll find out soon.
Boost/Follow appreciated, cheers :)
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Bitcoin and the Engineering of a Mass 2-Way LiquidationBitcoin is set up to perform a two way liquidation any moment now - as it corresponds to DXY.
The chart is loaded with stop orders shown respectively as buy orders in green and sell orders in red.
This is how the chart engineers such moves to perform at such speed without reliance on retail traders at all - the orders are embedded in the chart itself.
Think of lighting the fuse of a chain of explosives that accumulate more and more momentum in a big chain reaction.
Look at my levels shown here for liquidation top and bottom - Bottom is the entry of a bull market to 60,000 or more.
God speed and be safe.
EUR/USD London Session Long - July 18 '23Price on a bullish trend is currently on our favour with liquidity. Took out asian low with a Wolfe wave as well, reacted and broke the m5 market structure giving me the confirmation I was looking for. Looking for a continuation of this bullish trend with a 1:3 risk-reward ratio. Good Luck Traders...
EUR/USD Short - July 17 '23We are currently on a very high premium zone on EUR/USD. Formed lots of liquiidty with equal highs as well. Price liquidated higher forming a bearish engulfing candle on the H1 timeframe. Now price is closing the bearish engulfing candle imbalance and shifted market structure as well. Price above the NY opening price. Targeting a very nice zone of imbalance below. Lots of zones to rebalance below. Aggressive reversal trade, good luck traders!
EUR/USD Buy Limit - London OpenWe have a liquidity hunt on London Open with price confirming a bullish reaction. Buy Limit set on the imbalance of the bullish engulfing candle for a potential 1 to 3 risk-reward ratio. Let's see if we get filled. If price hits target without getting us filled I'll remove the limit order
EUR/USD Short Idea - June 26 '23Potential trade to go short on EUR/USD, we just reacted on this orderblock that's the origin point of this strong bearish candle (imbalanced). We had a push higher on London Session (Potential fake move?) and a retest on the order block on NY Open with a bearish engulfing candle as confirmation. The retest of the zone is also the end of a Wolfe Wave pattern. Aiming at the next lows of liquidity for a potential 3.3R. Good luck traders!
EUR/USD - Back to fair valueEUR/USD analysis for next week. Price currently reacted on the H4 fair value gap after a long bullsih push. We took out liquidity first on London open and then on NY open causing a market structure shift on the m15 timeframe. You can look for a potential setup to go short once price retraces and potentially fill the FVG + Imbalance on this m15 swing that caused the break. Wait for rejection on the zone for a potential short targeting fair value (50% of the swing).
EUR/USD London Session - June 20th '23Setup to go short on EUR/USD. We are currently on a new formed uptrend on the m15. Filled imbalances, taken out liquidity during Asia and we are now aiming to target at least the double top above. We just closed the H4 imbalance and the bullish engulfing candle on the 15 min gave us a nice confirmation to enter long.
DGLY is due for a correctionDigital Ally, has had a bit of a slow motion pump after earnings in mid-May. Insofar as the
earnings go, there were none. The news is DGLY is burning cash less than expected. No matter
how you cut it shareholder value is not there and still the price went up since then especially
in the last few trading sessions. DGLY could dilute shareholders to raise capital. Insiders
could be manipulating the price. According to FinTel, there are 12 insiders who own 7.7% of
the shares. Seemingly, if they act in a coordinated scheme without any paper trail they could
have run the price up especially if they got help with one of the several penny stock trading
rooms with lots of followers. Overall, this looks like a pop and drop pumped up and ready
to flush. I will take a short trade of put options on this expectant for a quick profit over
a week or two.
GBPAUD ShortUsually I like to go long but this short was calling my name, lots of downside targets that need to be hit, and since momentum has brought the price up I'm looking for a retracement point to. The golden pocket lines up with confluence W/ an imbalance and market structure and manipulation area. Very confident in this one
ACA/USDT 1D. Fall out of channel. Manipulation.Here's coin in DOT ecosystem - Acala network.
Though it has problems with its stable coin etc. there's space for earning money. Here's how.
There was an accumulation channel(logic of the current movements). In it the volume was accumulated.
Now there;s a break down of this channel. Price is dumping. The meaning of it - is how i've already described - collection of stop losses.
From the support price has now dropped 37% down. We've come to the first support and potential reversal zone 0.545$. Yellow level.
The second one is on the chart.
When dropping out of that horizontal channel we had - the downtrend channel started to form, this is when we speak about technical side of this potential manipulation.
Now as you can notice on the chart - the price is on the support of this downtrend channel.
Hence we can at least work locally from the support considering potential bounce of the price.
How Market Makers Manipulate Retail Pt. 2This is a follow up from the previous tutorial analyzing the One : Two liquidity sweep and entry confirmation after both directions have been taken and confirmed a swing failure pattern. The premise is to trade based on the direction of the first sweep only after confirmation and retest above or below the median consolidation line.
EOS/USD 1W. Basic trend. Potentials and manipulations.Here's the EOS/USD 1W Chart on Bitfinex(long history).
Right now we can see the horizontal channel forming. In this channel harmonic pattern on daily TF formed and worked out the first target, which is the middle of this local horizontal accumulation channel, in terms of 1w TF.
Now we're near the support of this channel 0.86$. Recently the big amount of EOS were deposited on the exchanges.
Showed the classical potential manipulation - look.
On the bottom we have the support zone. Also it's 0/61(16)$ zone which often acts as bottom.
This 0.61$ zone is -25% from the current support which is basic percent for pulling out stop losses.
Though, if the market gives an "opportunity" it can dump further. The global support is 0.5$. This is also a possibility.
And if on the moment it's very scary - the price can drop up to 0.36, which is also -25% but from the main support 0.5$. It will be 0.36 $ zone.
Still, the potential is very good. Shown the potential distribution(local distribution) zone on chart.
Those are - 2.5$; 5$ and then maybe 15$ but probably not in this local cycle.
You can potentially work martingale in this type of situation, which means buy more if price drops.
Algorithm vs Liquidity In Determining PriceBased on my research into IPDA and algorithms, central banks, trading firms/hedge funds, and smaller banks use execution algos (EAs) for trading with different objectives. Small banks use EAs to split large parent orders into smaller child orders generally in one direction, buy or sell. These orders are executed separately over a period of time to either open or close positions.
Trading firms and hedge funds use opportunistic EAs to buy and sell to turn a profit.
Central banks use market making EAs to buy and sell in order to bring liquidity providers net positions back to or close as possible to neutral. (This sounds like equilibrium). Central banks use EAs cautiously and only during their main trading hours and always under the supervision of people.
A key reason for using EAs is to access multiple liquidity pools in order to reduce market impact or footprint.
This is similar to a parent child relationship between Central Bank algos and other smart money players, where smart money (including central banks) accumulate orders in consolidation before expanding price, then the central bank algo pulls them back to equilibrium like a parent calling their child that has strayed too far away. Then they rinse and repeat.
I am of the opinion that with the function of central bank algos to facilitate the provision of liquidity with minimal market impact, that liquidity itself is the determining factor in price delivery.
Algos used by smart money break up large orders in to smaller chunks and funnel them to multiple liquidity providers (market makers) for fulfillment since forex is decentralized. If there is enough liquidity (buyers and sellers) to open/close positions at a certain price then it is done at that price. When liquidity is low or there aren't enough buyers and sellers at the current price, the market maker's algo has to fill these received orders where there is enough liquidity based on available buyers and sellers. The algos move very quickly which can deplete available buy or sell orders rapidly leaving unfilled counter party orders in its wake which defines liquidity voids (imbalance).
Algo adjustments to meet buyers and sellers at their price is perceived as a stop hunt but it's just economics.
Example: If I must sell something and I want to sell it for $100 but no one is willing to pay $100, I would have to look for buyers willing to pay $95.
If I must buy something and I only want to pay $100 but the seller is charging HKEX:105 , then I have to pay $105.
Either the buyer crosses the spread to meet the seller or the seller crosses the spread to meet the buyer. When there are limit and stop orders the buyer or seller isn't moving so the liquidity provider has to move to meet these buyers/sellers at their limit or stop order prices (including orders left behind in liquidity voids).
When the orders trigger and price reverses it takes out both buyers and sellers so people call it a hunt, but I'm sure it is intended for actual institutional trading entities because retail traders such as ourselves can not provide the liquidity to be on the other side of every order placed by institutions.
We are simply collateral damage in the battle between financial titans seeking to provide and tap into liquidity.
SXP LONG PERFECT REBUY ZONEInstitutional traders will massively rebuy this level: 0.4598 - 0,4550. After a mid-term downtrend we could backattack our untested Pandora´s box with expected profit 5 to 10 percent in case the order would get filled. SXP is currently respecting our backside and frontside trend on higher and microtmrfs.
REBUY ZONE: 0,4598 - 0,4550
USING VERY TIGHT STOPLOSS - 15. MIN. CLOSE OF THE CANDLE UNDER 0,4549. THE WHOLE BODY OF THE CANDLE MUST CLOSE UNDER THE LVL.
Little advice for today: Start your market analysis with highest tmfr possible and always chase for the best entry.
Accumulation Manipulation Distribution Ran into this 'AMD' concept on Twitter, never looked at charts as such. Can this NASDAQ:SMH Daily chart play out as such? Does it make sense to indicate Accumulation Manipulation and probable Distribution like this, or do we need more for this (?)
Keeping an eye on it this way is harmless. Let's watch and see how it plays out. Always keep learning.