SPX possible H&S pattern targets 3500 or soI have changed the color theme on my chart and removed everything I could to make it clear for those who are having troubles reading my charts.
Look what I just saw!
Let me introduce a possible pathway after tomorrows FOMC announcement.
On June 15th we have spike up and had a big range day. Then next day the price gaped down and made new lows.
I see kinda similar pathway were we either make a new low in am - 3802-17 and maybe 3795, then rally up to 3925-65SPX level to make a right shoulder. (I prefer 3955-65 in case we see low of 3800 in am)
Then the price can start moving fast and get below 3700 even by Friday, bottoming on the 27th in Tuesday turn around structure.
That low can be as deep as 3500! I have fibs supporting this possible move down from 3680 to 3500
So my plan for tomorrow, exit shorts (partly) in am and go long for a FOMC squeeze. Then short the close and hold into the 27th low.
Please do your own risk management as the price can be very volatile and will take both sides in stops (been there done that)
22nd is a reversal day of whatever day we get tomorrow and should bottom or top on the 27th. So if in fact we see selling after the FOMC, then I will be looking for a long at the end of the day instead of shorting the hole.
- 3802-17, 3752 and 3721 are the support levels to watch!
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SPX to hit 3802-17I missed am short, now waiting for 3802-17 to go long.
Wont rule out a move down to 3750 tomorrow before FOMC
The way I see it is that we will bottom today tomorrow and rally back to 3880+ after the FOMC decision, then completely erase the move by Fri.
Should bottom on the 17th and rally up into EOM early Oct, then continue lower
Dont try to trade this, very choppy designed to take both sides. I got chopped with stops here, now entered with short and exit at my 3802-17SPX level
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SPX to retest broken trendline from the bottomMain resistance for the SPX is:
- 3942
- 3952-60
Support cluster is still the same:
- 3802-3817
- 3750-55
and much lower (check my last SPX update)
Im currently long ES and some SPY calls and will be adding to my swing short NQ position tomorrow and ideally on Wednesday.
- 3955 and 3975 are the 2 numbers where I will be adding to my short position.
In case of a super bullish case (like the one in NQ going to 12700), next resistance level to short is:
- 4025-35
So far Im looking for lower level, again please see my latest SPX update (link above)
And I think there is one big move down is coming up very soon.
Ideally we bottom on the 27-29th and rally hard into early Oct where we should see lower prices printed before this is over and another 11-14% rally starts
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SPX is riding the decending resisnace lineDidnt do much except covered ES short from last night entry.
3886 is a very important resistance level.
Looking at ES small timeframe chart, there is a possible IHS is developing, but so muted, it can fail, but I will go long at 73ES and 68ES (might extend to 58ES) with a stop for tomorrow's exit.
Still want some squeeze into tomorrow and fail there
SP500 direction for next days and weeks...Hello all,
I would like to do some comparison here. On the LEFT side you can see chart pattern on 3D timeframe during the 2008 mortgage crisis in US. What happened?
From TA perspective - we can see broadening descending wedge or channel where price was strongly rejected from white MA (green circle) - what happened next you can see on the chart = BEARISH SCENARIO.
Meaning FED will rapidly increase interest rates in near future or we will have another conflict or whatever like this. I hope just for increasing interest rates.
ON the RIGHT side you can see my price prediction - yellow line with the BULLISH SCENARIO
BUT we have there the same chart pattern like we had in 2008. Very similar or same... so what we can expect? For bullish scenario FED must start print money again (quantitative easing). BUT i dont think so they can do it right now - because it will cause a higher inflation again...
So just small recap of the chart on the RIGTH SIDE:
From TA perspective - we can see broadening descending wedge or channel where price was strongly rejected from white MA (green circle) - we need buz pressure to not collapse like in 2008 (ABCDE) on the right chart...
IF BEARISH SCENARIO comes out, we can see SP500 under 2500 - BUT this will be one of the biggest economic crisis ever... Do the FED really want it? I have some doubts here because Chinesse currency juan can be new number one currency if usd falls...
I think we will see the result in next months... personally I think that downside is more likely to happen...not sure if really under 2500 but most likely under 3500...
PEACE and have a great day
Svarog
SPX Weekend quick updateI was busy all weekend, this update will be quick.
Still seeing this as a bear market, well it is for the past 9 months wasnt it.
The main trend is still down!
Please note those purple lines are the unfilled gaps, will be gone each time the price will fill those, otherwise act as magnet to fill, depends on the trend
Looking at the price action, I can see 1-2, 1-2 development (Im not an EWT pro or do I want to be at this point) to the downside and much lower levels into Oct/Nov low.
Also think, that this bear market will merge into Q1 2023 and should bottom sometime in Apr/early May
As for this upcoming week of Sep 19th:
- Im looking for a day or 2 muted bounce and continue lower after the FOMC decision.
- If we see the opposite, a drift lower into the FOMC decision, then I would be looking for a long right before the announcement.
I think we will bottom this week on the 21st-22nd, or make a intraday low next week 27-29th.
Friday price action wasnt what I expected and limited to the downside by holding 3850 level.
I dont find that level important to hold and think its a low level of support at this point.
The most important thing on Friday was this - the price gaped down below my 3880-86 support level, which was much stronger then 3850 level.
So I think this can still get to 3802-17SPX early next week, ideally on Monday and then move up into a muted action to 3950-60SPX level and reverse lower from there.
Main weekly resistance is 4155-60 with 4015-25 in the middle.
Support levels:
- 3802-17
- 3750-55
- 3735-40
- 3720
- below last number nothing but air till 3636 and my ideal target of 3580, 3550-55 and 3500 even.
My main target for this move is at 3200-10SPX! And I think we will see lower into 2020 higher lows in 2023
Im looking to buy longs tomorrow in 3802-17 zone or just short 3950 zone.
No need in over trading this but the levels of importance!
Have a great weekend, do not over trade, this bear market will get both sides, wait for a good setup to take with higher R/R odds
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ES1! SPX500USD 2022 SEP 19 Week
ES1! SPX500USD 2022 SEP 19 Week
ES's long trap played out on Monday, later than the other 2 US indices,
before the shorts took over on Tue 13 Sep.
Friday's last 2 H3 up bars happened on very high volume. Keep stops
tight if long as there is likely selling into the up move.
Possible Scenarios are considered:
1) Temporary long opportunity if 3853-3902 is supported
2) Short if test and rejection of rotation area (circled on chart) /
rejection of 4051 / 3981
Weekly: High vol down bar close off high = demand coming in
Daily: Ave vol down bar close toward high = demand > supply
H3: Ultra high vol up demand bar followed by 2 very high vol up bars
= caution as there may be selling into the up bars
Price reaction levels:
Short = Test and Reject | Long = Test and Accept
4303 4175 4051
3981 3903-3853 3742
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Posted this on the 12th of Sep, playing out so well!!!I did post this warning on Sep 12th as well as emailed to those who are on my email list.
Check the MACD on that day and now! It created a hook and continued lower, bearish!
Some people noted and didnt get trapped on that day, it was daily high close
DO NOT GET TRAPPED Today!!!
Dont short this red whole!
Have to leave, will be back in few hours, again dont get trapped on the short side today!
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Watch for S1 to hold on closing level!S1 is right at first gap to fill 3831, can act as a very good support.
So again, its a day when I will be buying longs, question is from what price.
Ideally I buy at 3802-18 level, but might buy at higher price if I see that S1 holding into the close and no new lows.
Please note
Futs can always extend into AH's session
DO NOT GET TRAPPED Today!!!
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SPX Sep 16th updateThe price has broke down and Im waiting for 3880-86SPX to be lost.
Ideally we gap down below 3880-86 and it becomes a resistance.
Futs already down and below those numbers if convert to SPX.
My pathway for tomorrow is to buy a gap down to 3802-18 for at least a day or 2 bounce.
- There is nothing but air after 3880-86 is lost, all the way to the numbers above.
- If we loose 3800, next support is not there till 3750-52SPX
Im looking for a low in am and reversal into the close and Monday/Tue high
On the other hand we held 3888 level today, close enough to my support zone, so if it gaps up, it could be quite a big squeeze imo. But I give low odds for the gap up scenario.
Its a weekly closing, important numbers to watch are:
- Weekly support is at 3720-22SPX
- Next weekly support is at 3635-40SPX
- Weekly resistance is at 4018-20SPX
We should bottom next week, ideally at or after FOMC decision, then rally up in another bear market rally into second week of Oct and continue lower into Oct final low for this year.
- Next week low is expected to hit 3750 or 3680SPX
Final low I have is at 3580SPX. i was looking for 34-35 handle to get hit, it should get there sooner then later imo
If it gets hit next week, then we will see 32 handle in Oct
The trend is down till it's not!
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SPX - Long term uptrend line unlikely to hold.SPX - Long term uptrend line unlikely to hold. Even if prices where to be halted at the yellow uptrend line (SPX 1750), this still represents a further 55% fall in today's prices.
'Post crisis we will likely end the positive uptrend that began in the 1930s, and enter a period of zero or negative GDP growth furthermore' - to paraphrase Klaus Schwab (Founder/CEO of World Economic Forum).
This is the end of abundance and fractional reserve banking and all the exponential growth the twentieth century has become accustom to.
SPY Analysis: Mid September 2022This is an analysis of the S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ) for the period of September 12th through September 16th.
Weekly Expected Move
There is a 68% chance that SPY will close the week within this price range:
High price: 416.90
Low price: 396.30
There is a 95% chance that SPY will close the week within this price range:
High price: 427.20
Low price: 386.00
For those who do not already know, the weekly expected move is the amount that an asset is expected to move from the close of the prior week until the close of the current week. It is calculated using the implied volatility from the asset's options chain after the close of the prior week but before the opening of the current week. For more information on how to calculate these values, see the link at the bottom of this post.
Volatility & Seasonality
Historically, volatility typically remains subdued from about the 5th trading day of September until around the 12th trading day of September (September 19th) at which point volatility spikes substantially going into early October, as the chart below shows.
This year, the 12th trading day of September happens to coincide with quadruple witching on Friday, September 16th. There is a particularly high chance that the market will become volatile from around that time into early October.
There may also be increased volatility if the CPI report that comes out before the market opens on Tuesday, September 13th surprises to the upside. Although inflation is subsiding, I will note that the consensus prediction is higher than the Fed's prediction. In my post about the Fed pivot, I noted that we can extrapolate from the overnight reverse repurchase operations that the inflation rate may be around 8.3%, which is higher than consensus. I also note in that post that inflation is likely to continue to subside modestly in the coming months. See the link below to my post to understand how I reached that prediction.
Of note, even though we had one of the worst first 6 months of the year in stock market history, there has still not been backwardation in the VIX term structure. VIX term structure backwardation simply means that the market is pricing in decreasing volatility in the future. This is concerning because VIX term structure backwardation is a characteristic of virtually all major stock market bottoms, as it reflects the type of capitulation that major stock market bottoms typically exhibit.
Fibonacci Levels
Price found support last week almost exactly at the golden ratio (0.618) using the June bottom and the peak in mid-August. This is generally bullish as it reflects a fairly typical retracement. See below chart.
At the close of last week, the 4-hour chart became overextended and printed a bearish reversal candle right at the EMA ribbon. The stochastics are overextended as well. Thus, there is a chance that price may either consolidate or reverse to the downside for the short term.
If SPY overcomes the EMA ribbon on the 4-hour chart, it is likely to face significant resistance at the Fibonacci level around the 415, as shown below. This level also resisted price in late May and early June.
Regression Channel
Regression simply refers to the idea that price tends to revert back to its mean (or average) for a given timeframe. Regression channels can help us identify which trend is governing price action. These channels can give insight into trend reversals.
In my SPY analysis for the end of August, I posted the below regression channel.
I indicated that the June-August rally is no longer governing price movement and that price is regressing to the mean of the larger bear market channel (red line of the longer channel). Indeed, price reverted precisely to that line, as shown below.
What this means is that the larger bear market downtrend is still intact and is governing price action.
As many market participants know, our pathway to breaking this bear market will involve one or both of the following:
(1) CPI reports continue to surprise to the downside;
(2) The market begins to price in a Fed pivot (the Eurodollar Futures will provide insight after quad witching on Friday, September 16th).
Weekly Chart
The weekly chart shows that the bear market continues unabated. In the below weekly chart, I placed the EMA ribbon (yellow and orange lines) on the chart to show that it continues to resist price downward. This is the longest period of time that the S&P 500 has been resisted by the weekly EMA ribbon since the Great Recession.
In the below chart, I added the WaveTrend indicator. Do you notice the two teal/light blue shaded weekly candles?
These represent bearish crossovers. They suggest that further downside is likely.
Based on my research, when two weekly bearish crossovers occur on the WaveTrend indicator while price is consistently being resisted by the weekly EMA ribbon, further downside occurs before a bull run. Specifically, at minimum, price drops below the low of the week in which the second bearish crossover occurred before a sustained bull rally occurs. In other words, we can expect that SPY could drop below 388 before a sustained bull rally occurs. This is not a perfect indicator, but it's quite plausible.
On the flip side, there is a major positive sign in the weekly chart. Specifically, there is a possible formation of a reverse head and shoulders as illustrated below. As you know, a reverse head and shoulders pattern is bullish and the measured move up is generally the distance from the bottom to the neckline.
Monthly Chart
The monthly chart continues to undergo a bottoming process. Price is being supported by the EMA ribbon and the WaveTrend indicator is trying to build a significant bullish crossover (the third most significant bullish crossover on the monthly chart in SPY's history -- the SPY ETF was created in the 1990s). If the Fed pivots by October, then I would expect the close of November will give us a formal bullish crossover. Until then, there's room for caputilation-type candles to continue.
Stage of the Economic Cycle: Late Stage
(Stages are early, mid, late and recession)
Since the 10Y/2Y yield curve remains inverted we are in the late stage of an economic cycle.
Below is a chart of how each sector typically performs during this stage.
Credit: Fidelity Investments
We are most likely in Stage 6 of the economic cycle as shown below because stock, bonds, and commodities have all been declining to some degree in the past several months and because the yield curve is inverted. Once the yield curve inverts, economic contraction will subsequently occur. Although the general trend of all assets is down during Stage 6 there can still be rallies before contraction takes hold.
Credit: StockCharts.com
Yearly Chart
While the monthly chart suggests a bottoming formation that can lead to a rally in the 4th quarter of 2022 into the 1st quarter of 2023, the yearly chart is much more bearish.
Below is a regression channel that I created of the entire stock market history dating back to 1871. It helps us measure and compare every major market top and bottom in history.
Below is a closer view.
To put things in perspective, the June 2022 bottom was the same standard deviation from the mean as the Great Depression peak. The stock market is so overvalued from a historical perspective, that we had to undergo one of the worst first 6 months in stock market history just to get down to a level that is roughly as overvalued as the Great Depression peak.
The Shiller PE Ratio confirms this scope of overvaluation, as shown below.
The stock market is extremely overvalued because of monetary easing. Monetary easing is a central bank experiment that began in recent decades and was normalized in the years following the Great Recession. Today, the amount of assets on central banks' balance sheets due to monetary easing is unprecedented in the past 322 years for which reliable data exist. The monetary easing experiment has created tremendous reliance on its continuity. Under the surface cracks are beginning to appear, as indicated in the chart below, which shows the impending rise in cost to the U.S. federal government to finance its debt in the future.
Only time will tell how the experiment ends...
Please leave a comment if you find an error in my analysis above or if you'd otherwise like to share your thoughts. Thank you.
If you'd like to plot the weekly and daily expected moves for SPY on your chart, try the indicator "SPY Expected Move by VIX", which is calculated from the VIX rather than from the implied volatility of the options chain. The expected moves that I've posted above were manually calculated by me using SPY options chain data.
If you'd like to learn how to calculate the weekly expected move yourself, this video can help: www.youtube.com
SPX Sep 15th mid day updateI was sleeping in today, no point to trade this market but hold swing short position.
Mid Bollinger or 20MA crossed 110MA on daily, not a good sign for the bulls. MACD is still making new lows.
This seems to get to 3680SPX by the FOMC decision or right after.
Main resistance now is at 4030-45SPX
Mid resistance is at 3970-85SPX and I think we wont get above on any test, like it came short yesterday.
I will short 3970-85 level for a continuation of this move down
So far its breaking down here to my eyes and should follow through soon.
Main support is at 3880-86 now! On closing level
I will be trying long at 3880-86SPX tomorrow am, but its OPEX day and all the quarterly hedges will be off the lines and this can unleash much bigger swings in both directions, but main direction is down.
After the FOMC meeting 3680 should produce a good size bounce and ideally we see lower in Oct, 35-34 handle is very doable imo.
So need to over trade this as it chops both sides!