Nq - Short Interest / Gamma Squeee July 15 - July 21Call Buyers were able to earn off the July 15th Gamma Squeeze
into the Day prior to Expiry July 22nd, Friday.
Wall Street managed a near-perfect Trifecta on the move, flipping
the trade on its head into the Close Thursday.
Overbought Conditions moving into Friday assure the Squeeze has
a higher probability of Reversal.
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Kick 'em when they're down, kick 'em when they're up.
Perfection in Grifting MAximum Sh_t Mix
Algebra, brah... simple, basic Math that provided hope for the
Bulls and anxiety for the Bears.
It's a Counter-intuitive Trade on balance and what Traders need to
anticipate when we see large overbought readings for NQ.
We had that event with the Highest RSI of 2022 for NQ leading
into the TOSS.
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Aggravating - these perfect Pivots from Port to Starboard. The Boat
Tips and sends the mixed into the drink. Wall Street's Algos have become
extremely adept at siphoning off each and every spike in Liquidity within
the Options expected ranges.
This makes it difficult to determine exactly what they are doing on a
Weekly basis until Extremes are reached.
Unfortunately for most Options traders, the Pre NYSE has provided the
exit on Fridays if you are on the opposing side of the Ship.
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At present, it's a Holeshot range until the 2nd test of the recent highs
or an outright collapse to lower lows over the coming days to a week.
Nq!
NQ - Daily / Highest RSI of 2022 Prints - Preppin for Uncle Ted Buy the Highs again fails.
Breakout... Rejected.
Pirce... Ejected.
Was it FOMO?
No, it was not. It was Wally dragging the Futes on a Low Participation
Day which Snap'd lower.
VX SM'd again.
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Bulls cheering the 10 Year?
The DEPRESSION Inversion is extremely persistent.
...And wreaking havoc everywhere, everywhere.
A FED Pivot, a "Bottoming Process"... blah blah and blah.
It took TESLA 3 Days to reverse from the Q1 Fraud. Remember
that dunk Fanbois? 1250 to 50% lower.
Subtle eh?
Memories are short.
SNAP isn't trying to shake it off, rather the appetite for destruction
was enhanced to Single Digit Midget Mode.
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The TECH JUNK Co Junk is setting up for yet another large adjustment.
It will indeed Go - Full On Uncle Ted - Unibomber Jihadist.
Wall Street's Holy War on those seeking to Profit from incessant Greed
by Fading the Terrorists have conveniently unleashed RPGs at every
Soul willing to engage them.
Bone Drones circle above ready and willing to unleash hell from above,
be it those willing to bring down Airlines, Cruise Ships...
Wally simply goes full john Brennan and blows up every Wedding Party
in sight. Wed yourself to the SELL anywhere under Resistance and you
are fair game... you'll be dismembered from above.
Depeche Mode... be your own personal Jesus, resurrect yourself, I
Suppose.
JB's the on the Trigger, he'll just Rod of God yer ass, again and again.
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It's different this time, for the 7,120,127th time in Humanity's history.
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With the Game now being moved out until 2023, Wally is desperately
trying to arrange the Media Bullhorns to engage further "Hope"
Man, f_ck that.
Idiotic.
Hypotheticals abound, unfortunately, they are designed to imply progress
which is NOT being made by any measure.
Below expectations is not a Positive, Lower the Bars lower and then suggesting
it's not as Bad as we thought, it's bad just nearly not as Bad as it could have been.
Buy the Bad.
No, KMA.
We have until July 27th to 28th to Pivot into the 2nd TOSS.
Time's up after that... into August 12th Pivot.
The sentiment is absolutely terminal and will is not about to reverse.
Globally Central Banks are getting Aggressive... ignore it at your own peril.
ES at 3200, where doth NQ end up... easy Sub 10K.
NQ - 4 Hour / Trend to Counter-TrendThe Casino is back baby~!
Beloved Flamingo participants are now able to Game their PS5's
at assorted Tables, regardless of recalls - Major screw up SONY
aka "Standard Oil New York" is lubricating the Slots, Tables and
Bottle Services to a select crowd of Insiders.
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In the larger context of the Full High to Low Range, we see NQ has
managed to pop its little head over the very Negative 764 of the
Range.
Bullish?
No, a Counter Trend.
Can it reach the magical Negative 618?
It's possible, it's Summer, but is wholly dependent on degenerate
stupidity, of which there is not much left in the spank tank.
Add in the Corrupt Oligarchy Inbred Cult of Insiders and Political
Grifters and we've got one enormous and very Toxic cocktail for
further, irrational crazy.
The Range is quite large, given the large decline in NQ from 16767
to 11069.
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In reality, the Equity Market is a complete and total disaster.
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Investors and Money Managers continue to Buy this overpriced Junk,
albeit at a vastly slower pace.
Da Boyz are enjoying the ride, which is completing 3/3 or 3/5 higher.
The obvous Price objective is the Negative 618.
Any issues?
Yes.
In large downtrends Price rarely meets "Expectations"
Trade Safe, we're getting close to the even larger disruption dead
ahead which will bring prices into an extreme adjustment for
E, P, and S.
Europe has turned the corner after 8 years of failed experiments.
The FX accident will simply begin to unravel everything. Contagions
will spread with intense velocity.
Plan for it, earn from it, and be patient with it.
NasdaqI think we are in an ending diagonal within the primary 4th wave position. Inside of the larger intermediate ABC.
LTF daily chart looks like we have lost the lower TL of the ending diagonal in what should become an overthrow on the weekly TF.
Currently working on the Z wave which is the strongest wave of the WXYXZ pattern which usually sends the price up or down depending on whether or not the WXYXZ pattern is bullish or bearish.
After wave Z a strong reversal hits. This is what my chart implies.
RMSLAs of right now the 5 up off the dump looks bearish in nature.
Likely an A wave on the daily as part of a zig zag ABC correction and we are now finished with wave B.
The C wave can extend past the recent highs and the bulls can flip the 5 up in a HTF wave 1,2 and start a 3 wave off the recent lows.
But gun to my head that's not likely anytime soon.
NQ - 15 Minute ALGO Prop / Globex Thru TuesdayAnother O/N Stick Save and Prop for the TECH - Surprise again.
Cutting jobs outright a la' MSFT, or our new favorite - "we're
slowing Hiring Velocity"
Or this GEM - "Hiring Rate of Change will slow"
It's as though Uber Karen has stolen the Bullhorn and run off to
the nearest Comedy Clown Show.
Netflix is down 68% YTD, and password sharing and outright cancellations
will have skied again. We'll see if they Pull a Tesla and begin reporting
"Streams Delivered"...
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The Financial Media is searching for its 11th bottom, citing a "Pendulum
overestimating the Gloom..."
Patience, there is more to this EPS season silliness dead ahead.
NQ - 15 min / 11767 LIS - Upper Boundary 12262 - GLOBEX OPENRoughly a 500 Handle Range has developed for NQ. The 711s have seen the largest Call Option activities.
but it remains a complete lock on IV, while the VIX is seeing its Summer Squeeze lower. Cross out VX and
yet those Puts on the SPY continue to hold up well at elevated Price levels.
Look over the 400 / 380 / 360 / 340 for AUG SPE OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB and you'll clearly see Wall Streets
expectations for Price out the Curve, there are some very large adjustments for Price on TIME.
This implies - it is a time for extreme patientce.
MSFT GOOGa GOOGl AAPL NVDA AMZN META TSLA - The MANGs have all been in relative Distro on balance
while grinding higher... Apple cam off the 132s to 150 at present. Can it fill the Gap at 155? Appears it
can.
The Nasdaq 100 was down for the week, not a good look. In fact, it all was down for the Week. The Trend
Lower is intact - BUT - there is room overhead within the Downtrend. How kinky can Wally behave?
We already know.
Short term, the 15 minute has some tailwinds on MBS providing a mild increase in Oil Supplies to current
US Consumption... an accident? No, it meets the daily @ 70% of the present "reported" consumption.
A win, as the Financial Media, will derive some tout mileage from it.
Nancy found it prudent to load up on NVDA Calls front running her push on the Hill to shive the Semi Bill
through during the Summer Doldrums. She's managed to accumulate an outsized position @ $8 Million.
The rest of the handlers are struggling to hide Fiscal irresponsibilities behind the scenes while talking
tough - "We're not spending another dime as America is broke." And yet negotiations on a $2 Trillion
package remain underway carving out a lesser amount, close enough for comfort.
Biden’s Build Back Better agenda focuses on a few healthcare items, incentives to rein in climate change,
and raising taxes on the wealthy. An end to talks that Biden and his senior advisers led last year with Manchin
and other Democratic holdouts on the full $2+ trillion agenda for the Green Beans.
More spending as the Inflation / DisInflation tug o' war is underway won't give way until the August / September
timeframes. The Bond Markets will embrace it by skying yields again.
This provides cover for a limited amount of time. A very limited amount of time. Time is not on the Rigger's side.
A nasty whacking of the VIX is in trade, and frankly... the Indies are lagging by a bunch, so they have some
catching up to do ahead of Tuesday's 4 PM Settlement. We'll see if 24.30 now holds for the M1 VX Futures.
The prior range of 25.80 to 29.30 was crushed, VXN remains elevated to a higher degree, still well off its highs.
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Short Term, the next 10 trading days, we'll see how they range this - there should be a TOSS (Throw Over Short
Squeeze) into Mega Cap EPS.
11767 to highs unfortunately will expand on either side... patience on this event as the Risks need to reveal
themselves first.
I have moved out to trading December NQ during RTH on the SELL, SEP as well, with minimal BUYs.
Bonds remain on Dunk Tank Watch, it will require the Market to call the FED the FED again, it's a few
weeks away.
Patience. The Markets are consolidating a Downtrend Sell, Price has much further to Fall.
Breaking down in the next 10 days, it amplifies the SELL.
NQ - 15 Minute / 75 Sqeaks, Waller & Bullard"We're sticking to 75 Bips.... we swear."
The Bullhonrs @ our destructive Federal Reserve is attempting to calm the Short End of the Curve
for Bonds.
Bonds that continue to fail at every auction, every one, epic fail after an epic fail.
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The Global Economy is in ruins, no amount of short-term Discount Rate jiggering will ever serve to
correct the malaise the FED created.
Cost of Sales remains a loser to Inflation - it exceeds Pricing Power.
The Consumer is under extreme duress, passing along further increases will be met with a decline
in Sales Volume, as Net Incomes collapse 30-40% - Profit... they indeed implode.
This is the Factual state of affairs within all Corporations.
Expenses are vastly outpacing Net Incomes.
Presently, on average - Corporations are losing at a rate of decline of 163% as Costs of goods sold
runs away as Pricing Power contracts markedly.
Consumers resist after substitution effects give way.
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Delta, by example, Net income slid ~50%, and yet they report a beat... rather a beating.
Good look?
Clearly not.
More Layoffs.
This is the overwhelming Trend across all Sectors... it is unequivocal.
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TECH is not immune to the phenomena, it is not special. By way of Fact, it is far more susceptible to
faster and further Ratio reductions - by a very large reduction.
With EPS ahead - Big Tech can likely see another attempt at a large Throw Over Short Squeeze (TOSS)
only to crash back to lower lows, significantly lower into September thru October.
Apple's Gap @ 155 can fill, and Tesla can trade over its recent high although Eron is Burning down the House.
This week's close is important, Buying the Dip is being faded in the extreme.
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The Q;s are outperforming the Spoos for July, the rotation is being defended... for now.
Tech gender confusion? AOC on the Block? Nah, just more identifying with distraction, delay and
derailment.
I see sub 10K NQ into Fall without breaking a sweat.
Using DEC Futures for Sells regardless of where Junk.Co heads ST, it's going far lower.
Bring on the Squeeze Wally, we're looking forward to it.
The Economy... it's terminal, we'll see if Sentiment agrees and dips in below 50 or does the Chef at the
BLS buys some time while the souffle rises only to collapse in on itself.
Nasdaq 100 index - NQ1! shows signs of weaknessDespite the recent bounce in the price of NQ1! we remain bearish; indeed, we think the current price is attractive for the (re)entry of a short position. That is mainly due to the fact that fundamental factors which weigh on the U.S. economy did not change. Therefore, we still maintain our price target of 11 000 USD for the Nasdaq index.
Illustration 1.01
The Nasdaq's retracement toward the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) indicates that the index is undergoing a strong correction. However, the price drop below the upper bound of the channel adds to the bearish odds; additionally, it invalidates the bullish breakout that took place recently.
Technical analysis - daily time frame
RSI is showing weakness; currently, it reverses to the downside, which is bearish. MACD is bullish. Stochastic is flattening. DM+ and DM- are neutral. The ADX is very low. Overall, the daily time frame is neutral.
Illustration 1.02
The picture above shows simple support and resistance levels for the Nasdaq 100 index.
Technical analysis - weekly time frame
RSI, Stochastic, MACD, DM+, DM- are all bearish. Overall, the weekly time frame remains bearish.
Please feel free to express your ideas and thoughts in the comment section.
DISCLAIMER: This analysis is not intended to encourage any buying or selling of any particular securities. Furthermore, it should not be a basis for taking any trade action by an individual investor. Therefore, your own due diligence is highly advised before entering a trade.
NQ Daily in sell zoneThe NQ daily time frame is in a down trend. The
market is making lower lows and lower highs in
the sell zone. The market broke a counter trend
line bearish. The market has a down Fibonacci
price point 9156.75 about -9,554 ticks below the
market. It will be a good idea to turn to the one
hour time frame and to look for selling ideas
in the sell zone.
NQ has a small H&S formation on smaller time frame.Markets didnt close bullish to my eyes, looking for some weakness on Monday, ideally good gap down
NQ has a small H&S formation on smaller time frame, ideal target is 11825.
Ideal target to hold next week is 11700.
Im short few contracts as of Fri close.
NQ - Daily / EPS Squeeze on Low Volumes / Trap Door Opens AgainWall Street and its beloved twists and turns are ever-present during the Summer Months.
Apres June 21st, an environment of predatory and opportunistic Counter-Trends always
seem to manifest into Labor Day, or so it went.
I believe you may or can toss that out the window in the near future - prior to the FOMC
spike hike July 27th.
The Fed is poised to deliver another bigger-than-usual rate hike at its next meeting on
July 27th. It desires to "tame inflation" now running at more than three times its 2% goal,
with fears growing that the economy will tip into recession as a result.
The Upper Decker kicker -Daly suggests - "The labor market is strong enough to take more
rate increases."
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Is it?
No, hell no.
Let's prod into this steaming Pile of fecality.
P.1 - "Recession"
Every School of Economic Thought, every single one defines a Depression as 3 consecutive
quarters of declining GDP.
These axioms for every school of thought were defined when the United States was a
Production-based Economy.
Let's simply review the St Louis Fed by the Numbers:
fred.stlouisfed.org
GDP Peaked due to Stimulus - both Fiscal and Monetary
In Q1 2021, it took 2 quarters for the Hangover to arrive.
4 Consecutive Quarters of declining GDP.
Textbook Depression - Factually by the FED's own numbers.
The Bump in Q1? The one the FInancial Media touted so highly...
Complete and total Fraud - a cruel joke the Investing Public swallowed
after having been told very early on - "It's all priced into the Markets."
Real GDP decreased at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022.
5 Quarters on Declining GDP with Number 6 On deck.
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P.2 The Strong Labor Market
There has been an extreme number of Layoffs recently, largely ignored by
the Investing Public.
3.6% Unemployment at a Labor Force Participation Rate of 61%.
372,000 "Jobs" Added.
According to the Ministry of Labor and Statistics.
Once again, numbers do not lie, liars do.
388,000 People left the Labor Force - Jobs Fell.
Add in a seasonal Adjustment of .1% and we simply add 411,000.
799,000 People abandoned the Labor Force.
Not a strong Jobs Number when the headlines are ignored and
the Facts are accounted for in sum total.
People DO NOT have an incentive to Participate.
Ask yourself WHY.
There will be another BLS adjustment in hindsight @ .2% or another 800,000 Jobs.
There are 1.6 Million Jobs left for dead. Gone, Poof... Adios Jobs.
Believe the Bullsh_t or do the Work required to determine the Facts.
Conde Nast - No. of Employees Laid off: 90% - adios publishing, Vogue, Vanity Fair,
et al.
For All Tech - the Numbers are rather large, San Franciso is about to see the Unicorn
haven status revoked entirely. Every Firm Mega, Large, Mid, Small is letting go of its
Peeps. Adios, enjoy Van life in Slab City.
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What's the TRADE PLAN? Simple, fade this Junk Co Junk out through October, then
again post Selections into February.
We will peak this month on this fraudulent Counter-Trend off the SloMo into a very Mild
FOMO.
Participants will need to be dragged kicking and screaming back into this decidedly messed
Trap n' Snap.
The Economy is deteriorating at an outsized pace, it is a terminal decline. We'll see where
this week's TOSS takes us, we're positioning into PUTS across the Curve and Loading Up on the
VIX Contango to the Inversion.
Counter-Trends in Depressions can have an all-or-nothing approach to them, why not, what's
left to lose...
Q2 will be extreme in the sheer show and tell of destruction.
Prepare yourselves for the next very large move down.
Good Luck and Be patient with entries.
Tech Reversal In Play: Allow Price Action To PlayoutThe market complexion has changed greatly from "there is no chance of a recession" to "well, maybe there could be a recession" as the economic data continues to deteriorate. Continuing Jobless Claims in the United States increased to 1.375M in the week ending June 25 of 2022 from 1.324M in the previous week. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose by 4K to 235K in the week that ended July 2nd, compared to market expectations of 230K, suggesting labor market conditions could be moderating.
But, I think it is just getting started as many companies are laying off and cancelling employment offers. These activities take time to get into the system and "The Counting Rule" is... they must be actively looking in-order to be counted. So, don't hold your breadth. And keep in mind the Fed will remain hiking rates, while the ECB will eventually need to jump on this wagon.
Speaking of the ECB.
The United States is acting as-if The Federal Reserve Raising Interest Rates solves everything. Government Debt in the United States increased to 30,499,619 Trillion in May from 30,374,155 Trillion in April of 2022.
The US Debt to GDP increased to 137% from 128%. They act as-if there is nothing for the public to worry about; however, many issues have not begun to trickle into the US, as far as we're concerned.
🥶Winter is going to be a huge test for the US and so will the household debt crisis -- not yet discussed in media as companies are trying to figure out how to keep consumers spending (e.g. buy now; pay later).
But, raising rates does not stop the government from spending, nor does it stop the government from issuing more debt. We also have other factors in play such as the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet, M2 Money Supply, and WH Executive Orders at play here.
HOWEVER.... The point of this post is the "very tight" interconnection between the US and UK.
Remember it is a global market and just like the global market crash of 1929 we are more connected today than ever before.
👉 The US and UK are at EXTREME levels of government debt and both facing economic collapse scenarios.
😳 If the UK goes down - don't think for a minute that the US cannot go along with it. You have seen my recent post about the US Liquidity Swaps, right? If not, scroll down the news feed and you'll see it.
Nevertheless, through my external analysis of the markets (with annotated charts) there remains a very-strong conviction that the recent lows of the financial markets will be tested and broken. This also takes into account the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet and the fact the Government Debt continues to expand against the GDP.
Downside targets for the SPX and NDX
NDX = T1 9,538; T2 8,200 (current price is at 12,109.05)
SPX T1 3,040; T2 = 2,750 (current price is at 3,902)
I GET IT... Many will not be supportive of the above, nor have many been on my Public Posts within TradingView; however, the same people bashing never seem to return when the outcomes play out. I am not here to say, "see, I told you so" or anything of that nature - as I'm providing my thesis into all the posts I provide with thorough assessments into the global markets and not based on raw emotions.
I really hope this post (and others) have been informative, helpful, or at least worthy enough for your review. I "value your time" and am humbled that you took the time to read, comment, etc. on any of my posts.
Thank you again.
Bill Davis - Technical Trader
NQ is in no mans landNQ is riding the broken down trendline and the top of the channel, also its near the mid of the downtrend channel.
I have no good feeling of a direction at this point. Ideally we sell in am and then rally up again to top sometime tomorrow, targets are still 12100-20 and if above, then its bullish and it goes to 12400+
Volatility is going to start rising from the next week, so much biger moves are coming into mid of the month to 20th