USDEUR: Short the Euro every day, for 1 weekSplit your position size in equal sized parts, and enter longs gradually against the Euro. The EURUSD pair is the one most people trade, so, it'd be an EURUSD short, but I wanted to show people how the uptrend in the dollar/euro cross looks to prevent biases.
We have 5 days without a new high, and a new low under the previous 3 days' range. This is a good excuse to start entering longs againt the Euro here. You can enter 0.03 lots, per every 10k in your account, gradually, and ramp it up if it drops a bit more, as long as it doesn't drop too much (more than a 229 pips climb in EURUSD).
Once we're in profit we can start adding and tightening stop losses. For now, I'm not using stops, simply adding gradually, for as long as the trade remains valid.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
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NZDCAD: Potential uptrend continuation trade$NZDCAD offers a low risk buy opportunity here. You can establish a position buying gradually at the close of each day until Friday's close. Position size should be 0.15 lots per every 10k in your account more or less. A stop loss is detrimental, but we want to see the low hold for a week here.
Potential upside is considerable, so it's worth taking this trade as a nice alpha source in your portfolio.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
USDSEK: UpdateWe have reentered longs on this dip back to the FOMC/Rate hike key level support.
I'm buying a position gradually for a couple more days, so far, I have fills at 9.1643 and 9.2085, which will constitute my reentry to ride the long term uptrend here. My trading plan lets me increase position size and reduce stops gradually, until the trend takes me out if it starts retracing, after which I wait to reenter at the end of the corrections.
Risking a drop under today's low is probably good, but also a bit aggressive for now. If it were to get oversold, we would have a bit less risk with tight stops, so for now, I risk 3 average ranges down from my avg. entry price. I'll gradually add, and eventually trail stops up in profit, and continue to add as per the plan if the trend remains up.
When markets are trending strongly, we can make a lot of money, so, make sure to not miss the moves here.
See related ideas for more information on this pair's signals. If interested in learning more, contact me via pm here.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
AUDUSD: Longer term charts might indicate a downtrendThere's a discrepancy between timeframes in $AUDUSD, with the daily recently turning into a downtrend, after suggesting buying dips was viable all year; the weekly in an uptrend, and close to fail to confirm bearish momentum within 2 weeks; and the monthly indicating a full flung downtrend is en route, and it should eventually achieve the 0.63111 mark by or before the end of December 2017.
In the short term, the daily chart despite indicating bears are in control, might indicate a retracement or sideways consolidation is about to start, specially viable after we hit the second target, and/or when time for the daily downtrend runs out by January 3rd.
RgMov warns you in the daily, if you wish to go long to catch a retracement, because price might just go sideways, chopping buyers and sellers out for a while, so it will be easier to take the sell side only, either after an overbought rally in the daily, or after a sideways consolidation ends.
(I prefer to do nothing for now, but, if you're interested in going long, you can try to buy a new daily high, risking a drop under last week's low)
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie
BTCCNY: Intraday update, short term dip during ChristmasChinese traders typically perpetrate some strange moves during public holidays, and today is no exception, we already saw a sharp decline after yesterday's strong advance. This dip is a short term buying opportunity, so, thank you OKCoin.
Let's buy over the next 3 days, gradually. I already bought 15% at 6375 and will add 15% more around here, and looking to add the remainder of my position if we go lower ideally. The buy zone is highlighted in green on chart. I don't reccomend setting stop loss orders, simply size the trade to reach a maximum of 80% of your capital once your position is full. That should keep you out of harm 99% of the time. That said, we don't want to see price drop under 6102.29, if it does, it could go a tad lower and test weekly support levels below. If we don't hit 7047 before the week closes, we might see price go sideways, but, for now, we need to focus on the present, which is screaming buy (gradually).
Good luck and Merry Christmas,
Ivan Labrie.
KSS: Getting good to buy it back againI'm watching $KSS here, I'd like to buy as close to support as possible. There's an interesting time/price juncture below, where the bottom of the uptrend's linear regression channel meets both the Key Earnings Level, as well as the uptrend speedline support, making it an ideal spot to buy.
This also happens to coincide with a potential bearish range expansion failure, where today's decline would fail to validate the bearish momentum, giving way to a good buy setup.
Risk a drop under $46.40-$42.40 initially, and buy a 10% position gradually during a week or two.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
USDCNY: The trend that keeps on givingI'd like to bring your attention to the $USDCNY monthly chart here. If we examine previous levels of support and resistance, and analyze price action using Tim West's methods, we could conclude that the uptrend in this pair, and logically, the one in Bitcoin, has still ample upside in its future.
It would be logical to observe 19% more upside in $USDCNY, and 760% more in $BTCCNY, if we maintain the current uptrend speed, which is yet to be seen. For now, we can look to fade short term and intermediate term selloffs in these instruments, with considerable comfort, and a rather high win rate.
My preference is to hold bitcoin positions, but we can speculate on both instruments, and also in smaller timeframes.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
AUDUSD: Downtrend signal activeThere are two potential targes in the short term in $AUDUSD, and potential for the downtrend to last until January 3rd. Let's keep an eye on it, I'm looking to go long at the bottom. I'm not shorting this pair, but if you're in, you can know what to aim for here.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
EURUSD: Downtrend activeEURUSD is tracing a downtrend for a good while now, and after FOMC, a new downtrend signal got activated, suggesting the pair will decline significantly in the next two weeks.
Watch the targets on chart for a potential retracement, or at least, the start of a sideways pattern before trending down (or reversing).
If we mive back above 1.063, the bearish case will be a flop.
You can take any intraday short signal to rejoin the larger timeframe downtrend here, but the daily isn't giving an appropriate entry here, only a viable hold if you're already short.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
HD: Short the topWe have a good opportunity to take a short here, risk is $5.91 per share, so factor that in when sizing your trade. I'd reccomend 0.5% exposure here. Earning 1.1% per quarter, with a modest 3% free cash flow yield, valuation up here isn't good.
Good luck if shorting it.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
NVDA: Short in 3 days on closeI'm looking to short $NVDA here, but need further confirmation of the top. If we get a smaller range day today, and we see a new daily low after that, or if we get a new daily low right away tomorrow, I'll short a half position then, risking $10.86 per share. I'll start building a position after tomorrow's close if the range is smaller than today's, and spread the selling over 1-2 weeks. Alternatively, if we see that within 3 bars, price doesn't hit 107.97, we'll get a low risk short signal, which would be a good confirmation of our fundamental thesis.
You can check out the post by @michaelgoldin on the subject, he spotted this trade during one of our conversations at the Key Hidden Levels chatroom.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
WST: Outrageous valuation, Time at mode signals a top is in placWe can short $WST without much difficulty here. Short at the open and risk either a new daily high, or use no stop and size the trade based on 0.5-1% exposure, considering a $4.83 risk per share.
Target on chart, but, keep in mind this can evolve into a longer term downtrend here as well due to the valuation the company has up here. It's practically a bubble, once it pops it'll get ugly, and fast.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
USDCAD: Uptrend in motion, potential targetsUSDCAD might start tracing a continuation of the intermediate term uptrend here. Targets are on chart, both time and price matter here. I estimate to see a strong rally, followed by a correction, until there's enough time chopping around, needed to make the late comers give up, to eventually resume the rally, maybe once or twice before hitting the targets.
If you bought gradually with me, or bought before FOMC today, you can hold with break even stop at your average entry price, and simply wait for price to approach the bullish targets on chart. My preferred approach is to monitor the trade, to trail stops and add gradually, and reenter if trailed out, once the eventual pullbacks appear to end.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
NZDUSD: Update, topping pattern, and weekly time at mode targetsWe're in this short now, and looking to add in the next 3 days. It is possible that we're seeing the resumption of the sharp downtrend that started after the US Presidential election created a solid LOW in the dollar and US equities. This could be the first 'wave 3 or C' after the first 1/A down. Since the first move was so sharp, it is possible the post pattern requirement of the end of a complex corrective structure is at play. The price action is reminiscent of a topping pattern here, and we have confirmation from RgMov showing the trend is mainly down now, so, fading overbought rallies results in good trades for the most part.
Weekly Time at mode analysis gives ample downside here, but there is a caveat: watch the low volume support zone, it might make this downtrend fail, if the prognostication isn't correct, resuming the upside chop again.
Once we're below that zone, we can look to book some profits, or simply trail stops after adding more to the position to increase our odds of conserving our profits.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
PBF: In an uptrend, buy dipsI'm looking to reenter PBF at support near the 27.55 mark. I've highlighted my recent trades in the chart, showing my exits and reentries. I'm adept at working like this instead of holding during corrections. I anticipate the turns based on price action around key levels, and the application of Tim West's 'self contrarian' signals that we use to time exits in good profits, or trail stops and add to positions.
What we do is constantly asessing our own emotions regarding our positions, specially the winning ones, since this gives us a great edge in finding good profit taking zones, and determining when to reenter positions.
I'd reccomend buying a position gradually near the 27.55 mark, starting as soon as Monday would be ok, but ideally the correction will last until December 14th which is what I estimate.
I'd reccomend opening a 7% size position if we hit 27.55, and you can look to add once in profit confirming the rally. Entering over a week would be better.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
BTCCNY: Daily view updateThe weekly BTC chart has failed to reach a 'momentum validation target' in time at the close of last week, but the chart remains bullish, showing the uptrend is in progress still. We have added back to our long position at 5350 give or take, and we aim for 6530 to 7390 to bank some of our trades.
There is time to hit these targets until January 15th, but in the short term, we don't want to see price go lower than 5369.53, if we do, we should keep a hard stop at 5145.08. If you have buys from way lower prices, keeping a 15% account sized position will be a good idea in the long term.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
BTCCNY: Good dip to buy up to 80% account with no leverageWe have a nice chance to enter longs here with a tight stop loss. We can jump in right now, or wait for a few hours if more conservative. Stop loss is 5145.08, if we go below it, we might get a correction in weekly scale, so ideally, we stay above it.
Timing the entry would help with getting in and seeing profits instantly. If you jump in now, although price is low, and at support, it might go in the red briefly, so, it would be easier to wait and go long by 6pm my time, GMT-3 to be safe.
Good luck, and either trade with no leverage, only holding up to 80% account in BTC, or risk no more than 3% per trade.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
USDCAD: Start buying now, and in the next 2 daysWe can start buying USDCAD here, risk 1-3% with stop at 1.2916. If we go lower, increase the amount you buy each day at the close until we reach our max risk goal.
Then we can enjoy the uptrend, if the setup goes well, and eventually add more and tighten stops once it is confirmed.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
AVHI: Good valuation and potential weekly uptrend continuationAVHI has a very interesting chart, here, and valuation is very good. We can look to establish a position here, aiming for a resumption of the weekly uptrend within 2-3 weeks.
Entering at market open, risking 0.5% on a decline to 14.37 is a great longer term entry in this stock.
Once we have some progress we can look into trailing stops and adding to the position gradually.
This is a good chance to gain exposure to the sector, so don't miss it.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
ETHXBT: Potential trend reversalAs you know, we have been buying ETH in the past few days, and now we have good evidence that a bottom is in place. Longer term charts are showing that we need to hit 0.007297 to confirm bearish momentum. The gist is this needs to happen during December and January, which I don't think will happen at all.
Good luck if holdings,
Cheers.
Ivan Labrie
ETHEUR: Update - Longs viableWe can take the long side here with low risk. Size it to fit 0.5 to 3% risk, if price drops against you by 1.9 euros.
Each coin you buy, your risk is 1.9 eur basically. For example, if your account is worth 10k Eur, you can buy a maximum of 157 ETH, which I'd reccomend you buy over a week or two, entering gradually. Split the purchase between a few days, amp up the size on drops, until you have a full position, if not, simply add the same amount gradually. A good time to buy is earlier in the day (5am in Shanghai), which usually aligns with the start of chinese activity in BTC, each day.
Cheers,
Ivan Labrie.
COST: Buy out of the money calls for a monthWe have a pretty low risk trade here. You can look to buy way out of the money calls for dirt cheap after the earnings report for $COST. Upside is crystal clear. Even though this stock isn't such a good value pick, as say, $KSS (which has been nothing short of amazing so far), it's still a good contender to catch up to the retail rally it's been lagging.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.
USDCNH: Pullback's done hereUSDCNH appears to have completed a correction and is ready to resume the uptrend here.
This bodes well for Bitcoin longs as well.
If you want to take the trade, risk a drop to 6.8374, or enter gradually over a few days, risking a bigger move down.
The other alternative is to dial down to 1h charts to take the trade, or simply buy a new daily high, with a stop at the recent low. In the current enviroment, I don't favor using stops at all, and start with smaller positions, due to the 'expanding bias' where markets go a bit further than expected, or take a little longer to turn, each time. If you have tight stops, you'll get chopped out multiple times.
Good luck,
Ivan Labrie.