SPY falls out of its channel on geopolitical risk SHORTSPY on the 2H chart shows the past six months of trend. SPY has been in an ascending channel
but fall out of the channel. Iran's ambition to retliate against Israel and the movement of US
NAVY warships into the the Middle East raises concerrn as does "sticky inflation" and early
earnings reports from big banks. On the chart, trend angle analysis suggests the SPY may be
topping or correcting its ascend. The shorter VWAP line are more flat than the longest VWAP
line. I see this as impetus to further implement my hedging strategy with conviction and
discipline. I can easily appreciate that SPY could pullback to 490 ( the middle anchored VWAP
line) and easily could pullback into 465 as a standard Fibonacci retracement. Obviously
fundamentals can trump technicals. Geopolitical risk is significant can easily trump both of
them. I find good cause to hedge with inverses of ETFs of the indices and inverse ETFs for
technical stocks, and perhaps banks, financial stocks and bonds as a means to buffer any fall
my long positions moving forward.
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GM may be pivoting down SHORTGM on the weekly chart has ascended to the top of the high volume area of the long term
volume profile. The predictive algorithm forecasts a bounce down from that level. The
MACD indicator shows lines crossing over the histogram while the RSI lines are in the 60s
about the same level as the market pivot in 2022. The Supply / Demand indicator has the lines
with zero slopes ( flat) and ready for a reversal. Fundamentally, GM is challenged by the
dynamic between EVs and hybrids moving foward and federal mandates on fleet production
efficiency quota. I will take a short trade here along with Ford.
SPX: Flashing cautionary signals (again).My cautious call of 2 weeks ago may have been premature (see link below).
However, we are now seeing additional cautionary signals on the SPX :
1. Two consecutive down days at the beginning of this week;
2. Visible break yesterday on the index (gap down);
3. Reasonable volume on the downside;
4. Traded and closed below SMA10;
5. Tech indicators turning (MACD, RSI, Stock);
6. RSI coming from very overbought levels >85;
7. Treasury yields picking up;
8. Some divergence/topping signs from tech market leaders;
9. High-volume surge in the VIX (please see chart below);
10. VIX broke/closed above two resistance levels in a day.
Current earnings should bring further steam to this market, either for a highly-expected consolidation or for a rebound.
In this context, am warming up to buying downside exposure in one -or multiple- of the following ways:
1. Reducing portfolio risk by taking selective profits/losses;
2. Buying puts on selected stocks ahead of earnings;
3. Shorting the market outright (SPY, QQQ);
4. Buying volatility outright (VXX).
The rest of this week should be interesting and followed closely.