WTI A STRONG CASE FOR BULL PHASE TO 55 Well for sometime I been waiting for a final washout in wti into my two targets 1st was 49.58 we saw that and rallied to 54.5 in a 3 wave rally then we formed a triangle for a 4 wave or a alt is that todays low at 47.26 is a wave B low both wave counts now point to a sharp rally as the alt downside was in a window of 47 60 to 45.98 therefore I am long today at 47.55 fill and missed a fill at 47.26 look for the rally to take a 5 wave up to 55 to confirm we must break above 48.65 todays dsi is 5
Today's
NZDUSD: Long Opened TodayHey guys, here we go again.
Im thinking of publishing every trade i take here for a time from now, what do you think about it ? Leave a comment.
Today in US Market Session we entered a buy on NZDUSD. Above you can see our analysis on this pair on the 4h timeframe. Price formed a support zone (marked in the grey box) - even on the daily. The lowest low is a fake out with a divergence indicating a trend change. Trend already had 2 correction waves (marked in yellow boxes) and we are looking to buy the next wave up to the last high. Honestly, as i mentioned before, the daily looks good for a buy also, so maybe the take profit will be much more pips. Will keep you updated as always.
Stay safe.
SPX: S&P 500 Index Trade Points Today S&P 500 Index SPX500USD
Was looking for a selling climax around yesterday's open, leading to a counter rally which would last into Friday's US open before falling away again.
Well we got the counter rally just after the open in US, leaving a spike off the low at 2708 and 9 points from the next support line at 2699. Not much good, really.
Then the S&P had to regain 2763 to have a decent chance of ralling further overnight.
It managed to do this and went on to reach a high at 2781 before falling away to retest the 2763 line yet again before bouncing.
Nasdaq has had a good overnight too, rallying to resistance and Goog is called up around 1100 again on the open.
So far so good.
The next big question is how markets will react on the open, obviously.
Will they top out here with Goog at 1100 and fall away again - or can they break the highs of yesteday and spark a bigger counter-rally as the day wears on and more near term confidence starts to return as price builds?
Downside Trades Today
Ideally it will be the former - if so the first clue should be a break back below 2763-2760 range.
That should be worth shorting back to 2744-3 range
It should try to bounce again here, trying to form a right shoulder to lean on.
A break below 2740 would suggest that attempt has failed and it should then start to fall away to 2699 and 2674 support lines.
Upside Trades
2763-2760 must hold up around the open if this counter rally is hold up a while longer, tempting more longs as well as some bear closing back up towards the 2784-2794 range where it should become vulnerable again.
Hoping that Google will again help to clarify price action from here. It has to hold up above 1100 today for markets in general to remain positive, imo.
A break above 2794 on SPX should ideally be accompanied by GOOG pushing higher above 1100 too.
That should then trigger a decent relief rally back to 2834 on S&P at least and potentially as high as 2865 before collapsing again.
Again we need to be prepared for this if it materialises and to follow long to 2834 (and suspend disbelief for a while :)
Markets are still super volatile still and still trying to make up their minds whether to stabilse for a while or break lower still.
This volatility is similar to Bitcoin of old.
This is where the skill sets you learned trading the crypto markets should be useful.
Once again there's likely to be plenty of whipsaw around the open.
Once more it will be a close-run game of cat and mouse - with a break above 2794 needed for the counter rally to turn into a relief rally higher as above.
The overall picture is still negative looking into next week. That will remain the case unless and until a double bottom materialises when the next decline sets in.
Often a poor October leads to a counter rally around mid month leading to another sell off in November.
A volatile couple of months are in store with a series of great trading opportunities still to come.
Like Bitcoin of yore.
Be lucky. Follow the chart and not blind hunches or dogma and you will be ;)
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Bitshares on sale today!There's a lesson to be learned every day! For me the lesson is: always "cost average" into a position. I was too lazy to ladder in, so I bought at the .618 retracement, and unfortunately we dipped deeper.
Putting it more correctly: unfortunately for me, because for those who didn't buy Bitshares is on sale today! We've briefly dipped below the long-term support trendline, most likely to go to the .886 retracement. Given the low low low RSI's we're seeing on multiple timeframes today.
I think you need to be blind not to scale into BTSBTC at the moment so if you ask me: start accumulating, and set your stop loss right at the 100% retracement, then move up the stop loss as soon as price goes up for a free trade.
Bitcoin Today: only 7000 mattersPrice
The bullish tendency remains, yesterday BTCUSD overcame 6600 level and now trading on the 6700 level. 6800 level is the resistance, which sent the price down on July 8th, a breakthrough above this level will add more to the bullish view. Nonetheless, much more important resistance, for now, is 7000 level. As long as the price holds below 7000 level - either lateral movement or fall will be prevailing forecasts. Important levels for today: 6600 must hold on to support bullish scenario, piercing of 6800 will send the price to test the most important 7000. Still, the chances to see a breakthrough of 7000 and sustained movement upwards are low until the 16 August, the date when SEC should answer on the Bitcoin ETF regulation inquiry.
Today forecast
Trading in the 6600 – 6800 zone.
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BTCUSD Sunday Chart Update and Key Trade-Points TodayBitcoin Sunday Chart Update and Key Trade Points
So far this looks like a good Reverse/Inverse Head and Shoulders in classic formation with a perfect retest of the neck-line yesterday at 7600 (even more so because no one seems to have really mentioned it - the low today here is 7600 precisely).
It carries with it a minimum implied upside target at 8163 on Bitfinex.
But in the near term Bitcoin has made an 07:30gmt break higher from the 7644 line as it did yesterday too -before spending 24 hours moving sideways again.
The new normal. Sheesh. Every break higher is getting faded now for hours and hours after the intial impulse. £0 minutes of action followed by 24 hours of continuation. Just like fishing on a slow day :(
But this break today is still potentially significant.
We now have a technical battle emerging between the power of the RHS on upside and the power of the upper dynamic of a loosely defined rising wedge-like formation on the downside, both in opposition to each-other, one a positive force and the other negative.
So we can spend quite some time today in yet another continuation pattern with support at 7700 and extending to the lower parallel of the newly forming pattern from the intra-day high.
Both these opposing patterns are powerful. Which pattern will prove stronger ?
Well, so long as the dynamic which forms the lows of the right shoulder holds up on retests today the likelihood is that eventually the break will be higher and not lower.
If so other than buying the dip to 7700 and below to 7768 and maybe to the 7644 line the only other option is to buy the break above the upper small falling dynamic from the intra-day high when and if it comes later on - need a volume spurt to follow it to know it's good - but the pattern is still overall positive at this point and the uppermost risng dynamic which capped the high today so far, is beginning to lose its power and on the 5th strike it should break too. That will open the way for a RHS to take control and begin to drive price towards the upside target at 8163.
Returning to the downside Bitcoin has to break below the risng dynamic underpinning the lows of the right shoulder of the RHS to start flipping longs out back to 7644 and if this then fails to the neck-line itself again at 7600.
This level must hold up throughout the day from here. Any failure by more than 15 points will flip Bitcoin back into bear hands, signalling ultimate failure of the RHS and trigger a short from this point with stops 50 points or so higher if struck later.
BTCUSD: Bitcoin Reverse Head and Shoulders Trying to Complete 10:00 gmt 05:00est Saturday Bitcoin Bitmex Chart Update
After holding up overnight Bitcoin began to break higher above
7450 at 06:00 am in Europe triggering the next long to the
7624-7735 range with a high so far at 7681 on Bitmex.
In doing so Bitcoin is defying the bears as it tries to complete
the RHS pattern we've been watching develop over the last
few days of trading. To do this Bitcoin has to find buyers
enough to break above the 7735 level on Bitmex and the other
feeds we cover to trigger the next long or add from here to
7948 initially and then to the minimum upside target created
by the RHS at 8157.
Returning to the downside, although this RHS pattern looks
'real' it hasn't completed yet and can't do without fresh buying
power to push it through the 7735 level.
It can stooge around for some time here making up its mind.
Despite renewed optimism for the weekend ahead it can still
fail and end in disappointment if we don't see that break
above 7735 materialise later today. It's Ok for price to come
back to the 7641 and then retest the 7600 main neck-line
again but it should hold up from here if it's to stay positive
from here.
Any subsequent failure to hold 7600 during the course of
today would be the first clue that the RHS is failing due to
lack of interest - it should then start to fall away further to
7500-7448 range again at first and attempt to rally again from
there.
More as the day develops...
BTCUSD Bitcoin: Next Trade Points TodayBTCUSD: Bitcoin: Next Trade Points
Bitcoin was expected to fall back to 7301 before bouncing
away again. In the event it fell to an intra-day low at 7273
before the bounce came. Not great.
Since then it's made a high at 7599 and extended to touch the
upper end of the same (less acute) parallels that have been
running inside the noise of the last 4 days or so.
The near term picture is still more positive than negative at
this point and Bitcoin should push higher still towards the next
upside target at 7760-7817 as the day wears on.
But in the near term it's a little over-extended and needs to
consolidate again. Initial support lies at 7480- any failure here
will likely create a fast retest of the 7401 line at lowest
today. It must hold here off the lower rising parallel for the
counter-rally to stay good from this point.
If wrong at this point any eventual failure here at 7400 will
turn the tables yet again and trigger another near term short
back to 7166.
BTCUSD Bitcoin: Trade Points Today
11:34 Gmt 06:34 Est Bitcoin Coinbase Update
OK. So a little a break higher to bust out bear stops around
7166 - stop hunters and bots! But at least a little
continuation pattern looks to be forming now giving us break
points either side of the smallest parallels . Only gets
interesting again once we see a break either up or down -
which we can follow with stops under 7166 if the break is
higher, and more likely, above the lower smaller parallel of
the continuation pattern on an eventual break lower.
12:59 Gmt 07:59EstBitcoin Coinbase Update
That was a great break up to the next level at 7431 with spikes
above the line to 7479 here. The rejection spikes are big though.
It needs to unwind under the 7431 line .
But on the bull side now we have the biggest green candle for
ages - nothing to compare in the run down.
This is more than a bear a bear squeeze. It's buying intent as well.
So will be looking to buy again from lower down later
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BTCUSD: Bitcoin - Next Trade Points Today
Bitcoin Bitfinex Update 14: 24gmt 09:24est
Having hit the near term target Bitcoin is unwinding off the underside of the upper parallel of what is still a large continuation pattern - it should spend some more time moving sideways to downwards as it consolidates the recent break higher and day traders take their profits and some reverse short too. It can come back to 9290 and to 9250 at likely lowest before it rallies again.
The next resistance above 9348-9361 lies at 9436 followed by 9500-9560.
13:55gmt 08:55est Bitcoin Bitfinex Break Examined
The first break above the dynamic was an initial failure and it
came back 50 points to the support line again around 9180 to
make a 3rd wave down - we look for 3/4/5 wave sequences
usually but with Bitcoin usually 4's. The 4th minor wave took
Bitcoin back above the dynamic and was followed by a retest
of the same line from above (not quite touching the same line
again, doh) before it finally moved in a near straight line
higher, with one last chance to get long at the 9250 just a few
minutes ago.
Stay long for now. Day traders will close out at 9350 though
most likely...
13:42gmt 08:42est
The dynamic has been broken and triggered the next longs.
The rally so far is not particularly great but it is bear
engulfing - it can come back some again from 9300 and just
under without some volume kicking in here - but it's Ok and
despite some sideways movement and back to the 9250 line it
should rally later to 9348 and potentially higher still
On the downside Bitcoin has to break below 9160-9150 to
trigger further near term weakness and a potential short back
to the 9064 line where it should bounce once more.
Bitcoin Bitfinex Update 10:29gmt 05:29est
Although it's had a reasonably positive overnight start the
rally has still not reached the next upside target at 9348 on
this feed yet.
Since reaching an overnight high at 9292 Bitcoin has fallen
back some and looks to be cosolidating off the 9183 line.
It cannot be bought again until the dynamic off the overnight
high is broken to the upside in which case can follow long with
stops under the dynamic when broken.
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BTCUSD Key Levels for Longs TodayBitcoin Coinbase Update 12:52gmt 07:52est
Although it's rallied above the 8768 line and held the the little
retest the rally from there has been very lame so far.
Looks to be waiting for more buyers going into US open. They
need to be there or this long shot will get stopped ...raising
stop to 8810 as if it gets hit it will come back to the 8768 line
again most probably. If so will look to buy again around there
if stopped out at 8809.
It will need some volume to arrive soon along with
buying interest for this long to stay good from here.
Bitcoin Update Coinbase 10:53gmt 05:53est
Since making a high at 9763 and missing the upside target by
fully 100 points - sorry for that, missed it by a country mile -
Bitcoin has lost nearly 1200 points and is now resting on the
lower parallel. But there is little interest showing right now,
even at these lower levels.
A safer potential long lies not far above here and it looks
prudent to wait for better confirmation than we have right
now as this continued lack of interest is making a long from
here just too risky.
It has to break back above the dynamic from the recent high
to attract any more buyers.
It's a safer buy/add only once it can achieve this, needing to
break and hold above the 8768 line as it does so with stops
below 8750 when broken above.
Small spikes above and below price on the 15 minute chart
shows the indecision here at the 8700 level
On the downside Bitcoin has to break below 8600 to trigger
further weakness/short back to 7760 and 7584 .
Bitcoin Futures Chart Update: BTC1! Next Trade PointsBitcoin Futures BTC1! CME Near Date
The futures chart is showing some of the clearest trend lines
at moment so is worth a look. Price action yesterday has not
helped the bull cause.
The chart shows Bitcoin is still in a very precarious state.
Yesterday's fencing battle with thrusts upwards and spikes
down was by turns dreary and stultifying and mixed with
moments of excitement that untlimately led nowhere slowly.
Although there is minor support at 8570 here it is not likely to
hold up for long. No evidence of human activity now, just bots
battling in no-man's land. After yesterday's small-scale roller-
coaster ride of flips and false breaks not even day traders are
showing much interest now. But the Bots have won a hollow
victory in near term. They've effectively scared the market to
a near stand-still. Once bitten, twice shy.
Another test of 8286 line looks likely here soon. Although it
should try to bounce from here the overall pattern is
suggesting that this level will break eventually and trigger a
short to 7619 initially. In turn a break below here is likely to
lead to a retest of the lows at 5950.
On the upside any rally from here is likely to get rejected by
the dynamic now forming from the last rally high. Cannot
think about a long from here unless 9300 is retaken and held
by the bulls. That would turn Bitcoin back to positive again
and can be followed if we see it happen. It looks unlikely now
but we still need to be prepared for both eventualities just in
case.
But until we get a clear signal as above the best course of
action right now is to keep powder dry and try not to get
sucked into false breaks in the meantime.
BTCUSD Bitcoin Key Levels TodayBitcoin BTCUSD Key Levels Today
Busted out of the long just under the target at 11738 on the
Bitfinex feed with the high at 11700, some 38 points shy of
the final completion target. Cruel Bitcoin. We were looking to
short from the target - those who did so have been rewarded
for their courage. If you were one of them then well done to
you. It was close to perfection, but not exact. Sorry for that.
So now we are short and looking for a test of 10740 line here
before a decent bounce where we can look to close out any
shorts - think it will bounce but fail here later, coming back
to the lower parallel at 10448 on Bitfinex where it should
begin to rally again. At all costs 10448 must continue to hold
up throughout the day today. For any failure here would tip
Bitcoin back into the hands of the bears again who won't
release their hold until 9285 is tested. If we see this develop
today we can short again - but right now we need to keep an
eye on the lowest parallel at 10448. It must hold up today if
we are to avoid a serious day of damage unfolding right across
the entire market.
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NEOUSD: Still Positive - Next Buy Point ApproachingNEOUSD Still Positive - Next Buy Point Approaching
The minimum upside target created by the RHS is 173 but it's
taking its time to get there. Looks to be in process of
completing another continuation pattern before firing higher
again soon. Once it passes 128 and holds there it should
advance to 148/150 where the upper dynamic will most likely
reject it again on the next touch. But WD Gann tells us that 4
touches should be the maximum and on the 5th attempt it
should push through the dynamic and complete to the target
at 169-173 range. Can therefore split trade into two parts,
from 128 to 148-150 and then from 151 to to 169-173 - or
can buy and hold depending on trading profile.
Support lies at 121.5 and whilst above here Neo is positive.
Stops for longs just under 120.
Bitcoin BTCUSD Still Positive Today: Next Buy PointsBitcoin BTCUSD Saturday Update/Buy Points
After another 15 hour period of dreary consolidation lasting
through the European session and right through the US session
to the close Bitcoin finally bottomed right on the low point
forecast for the day before the rally we spent all day waiting
for finally kicked in. Patience was finally rewarded as Bitcoin
began to push higher again into the far East session, rallying
to an overnight high at 11419 before the customary 06/01est
sell off. Later today it should push higher still to test 11790.
In the meantime though, it can spend quite some time moving
sideways once more, using the 11192 line here on Bitfinex as
support as it does so - and can come back to the parallel
underneath it at lowest to stay good from here today for the
rally to 11790. This process may be mercifully short - but it
could also last several hours as it did yesterday. We need to
be prepared for both. Look to enter long if not already from
11192 -11050 range (with stops under 11000) or can add/enter
long again once 11430 has been broken above for rally to
11790 where we will look to close out and maybe reverse
short if touched later on - depending on price action when we
reach the upside target. More as this move develops.
Whilst Bitcoin remains within the parallels guiding this rally it
remains overall positive.
Bitcoin BTCUSD Next Buy Points TodayBitcoin Thursday Update
The devil fools with the best laid plans. By 22:39 we were
looking for a rally to kick in from the lows at 10200 with 3
near term upside tagets in mind, at 10684 and then 10857 and
11180. Then, because Bitcoin never sleeps but unfortunately
we do, set a stop on the long under 10400 for overnight - and
it was taken out about half an hour later at around midnight
gmt at around evens. MOFO. If you were more sensible you
left your stop 'under 10270' as per 22:39 update - and Bitcoin
then made a secondary low at 10296 line precisely before
finally rallying away. A change of nearterm trend at around
midnight, as we see so often. So a sensible/good stop was
ruined by overcaution due to going into the overnight session
and not being able to track Bitcoin live as a consequence. . M
any apologies if you too raised the stop. Since then Bitcoin
has rallied to the second target overnight at 10857, making
high at 10915 on Bitfinex before once more falling away
again. You win some and some you just break even. The perils
of 24hour trading laid bare.
Now Bitcoin is tracking down a new set of parallels after
topping out at 06:30 gmt (change of trend again between
05:00 and 09:00 gmt, as so often) in what looks to be another
continuation pattern. Looking to buy once price can escape
the upper upper parallel to upside - not a spike - a break with
some green candles emerging and some pick up in volume (or,
more risky, on test of lower parallel at 10296- 10200 range
with stops below 10200) - want to see Bitcoin halt and find
some support at 10300-10200 range to follow long - otherwise
can wait until the upper parallel is broken through on
successsful retest from above once broken
Bitcoin: BTCUSD Still Positive: Next Buy Points TodayLatest Update 11:00est:
Bitcoin is still positive and a near term buy on retests of the
smaller dynamic underpinning the day's rally towards the blue
support line at 9960-9940 with stops below 9900.
Also raising the stop here to just under 9900 on current longs
on Bitfinex to trap in 100 + points if it gets struck (day
trading). The other choice for swing traders is to leave the
stop just under 9800 for break even from here. The overall
trend will remain positive whilst Bitcoin remains above the
larger rising dynamic it bounced from earlier and that we
used for this original long entry.
Last Tv Update, yesterday:
If it loses the main dynamic it will unravel a little but looks
unlikely to break below 9496-9450 levels if it does - there
should be a lot more upside from here though.
How you prefer to trade it up to you. But for the forseeable
future this is a buy dips market. That only changes if the
lower larger dynamic gives way at any point from here.
1st Update today 05:05 est
Some swing traders will still be running the long and using the
bigger dynamic as a final exit (as per Tv updates). If so stay
with it. If not and looking for the next long from here, we
have a chance of a trade from here at 9740-9700 if using a
stop below the dynamic which is at 9700 now for smallish loss
if wrong here - otherwise we need to see the upper parallel
broken on the next rally to follow long again, with stops
below the dynamic, under 9700. So long as Bitcoin holds up
off the largest upper rising dynamic that it is closest to now
(at 9700 now) the trend will remain positive and swing traders
can stay long. And if this line gets broken at any point today
the 9496-9450 range must hold up to all challenges from here
to stay bullish overall.
Update 09:31est today
Can raise the stop on this long to just under 9800 for small
win/break even from here. Some traders are happy with 200
points per day so that over 5 days they make 1000 or so. All
depends on profile - some are big game hunters and swing
traders and some are shorter term scalpers. There is no right
way, just the way that suits your temperament and time
available best - it takes every type to make a market...
FTSE 100: UK100 Key levels and Trade Set-ups todayFTSE 100 UK 100GBP Key Levels and Trade set-ups today
This chart shows FTSE's great 9 year rally from start point at the lows of 2009 to the end point on 11.01.18. This cycle
forms part a longer 9 year year cycle that was described and shown in last FTSE comment. The lines of support and
resistance are clear and should be helpful in coming trades...
FTSE has bounced excatly where it should have (last comment) and rallied to exactly where it should have within 3
points or so. Day traders and bottom fishers have closed out where you'd expect looking at the lines and now left FTSE
vulnerable to further selling pressure...looks quite likely to restest the 7085 line here and if this cannot hold it will fall
away further still to 6904 and just under to 6870 - but it should try to put up a fight at 7085 if tested later - it's most
likely the key level today, being positive above here and negative below.
On upside it has to break above 7210 and hold to trigger a long up to 7294.
Markets are due to remain voolatile - A break below/above any blue line should lead to a test of the next one. But run
stops around 30 points higher/lower than the trigger levels and trail up/down. Still expect a bottom to be reached
between 3rd and 10th March as per last comment but it can whipsaw in between and should present some decent
trades (with stops) as a result.