Great Short Trades on the DOW as price dumped on FOMCThe DOW was sold lower as traders looked to lock in some profit.
By planning ahead and assessing recent price action, you were able to steer clear of the early rally and focus on Sell Setups to take advantage of the selloff.
In the video review, I talk through the previous sessions price action and why I was looking for selling opportunities. I then discuss the Price Action on the trading charts and the momentum plays that led to the Sell Entry setups!!
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YM1! trade ideas
Winning Trades thanks to a clear Price Action readIn the video I talk through my trades on the DOW and reasoning for the executions.
I aim to take some trades early in the session if they setup and we had a few good setups in a generally range bound market.
I like to initially plan out the key levels using higher timeframe charts and then trade using the 5 min and 1min charts. By using a fast and slow MACD, I can define the short term momentum moves and then trade around them using the price action setups.
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High of the week sell off of Weekly Open and Golden PocketWith Monday and Tuesday off the books, we have the last three days left in this weekly template.
I see an obvious peak formation high printed on Monday and to me, this looks like Monday will set the high of the week.
The opening price of the week is at the neckline of that peak formation high. It also coincides inside the golden pocket of Mondays range as well.
To me, this looks like a down/doji weekly candle that will be printed. Small doji weekly candles have a range of about 350-500 ticks from high to low. If Monday is indeed the high of the week, then 500 ticks down will be at 39,700 and at around 1.5 times the range expansion of Mondays high to low range.
I will place a sell limit at 40,150 on the hourly chart
I will place a stop loss of 75 ticks above the "high of the week" if it holds.
I will place my target at 1X range expansion at 296 ticks
DOW JONES: Channel Up targeting 41,400Dow Jones is supported by the 4H MA50 and just turned technically bullish on its 4H technical outlook (RSI = 55.413, MACD = 58.400, ADX = 34.689). As long as it does, we are bullish, aiming at another +5.03% rise (TP = 41,400).
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Elliott Wave Analysis Expects Dow Futures (YM) to Pullback in WaShort Term Elliott Wave in Dow Futures (YM) suggests rally from 4.19.2024 low is unfolding as a 5 waves impulse Elliott Wave structure. Up from 4.19.2024 low, wave ((i)) ended at 38801 and pullback in wave ((ii)) ended at 37866. Index extends higher again in wave ((iii)) with internal subdivision as an impulse in lesser degree. The 1 hour chart below shows the subdivision of wave ((iii)).
Up from wave ((ii)), wave i ended at 38527 and dips in wave ii ended at 38037. Index then extended higher in wave iii towards 39127 and pullback in wave iv ended at 38936. Final leg wave v ended at 39781 which completed wave (i). Index then pullback in wave (ii) towards 39405 and extended higher in wave (iii) towards 40191. Wave (iv) pullback ended at 39955. Final leg wave (v) ended at 40213 which completed wave ((iii)) in higher degree. Expect wave ((iv)) pullback to unfold in 3 swing before Index resumes higher in wave ((v)). Near term, as far as pivot at 37847 low stays intact, expect dips to find support in 3, 7, 11 swing for further upside.
Dow Jones Weekly ATR EstimationsGoing through the weekly chart for the averages of how far Dow Jones can move in a week.
The last 84 weeks averaged out to 937 ticks. This lines up with the medium sized candles.
There are three types of weekly candles
1. Small Doji candle (28 occurrences)
2. Medium sized candle (47 occurrences)
3. Large expansion candle (9 occurrences)
This small set of data sampled tells me that the vast majority of weekly candles have a medium sized move between 700-1200 ticks with the average of all 84 weeks being 937 ticks.
Large sized expansion candles are rare with only 9 weekly candles exceeding 1400+ ticks
Small doji style candles are also fairly common with 28 weeks being between 350-550 ticks
Now that I know this information, the question is how to use it effectively in Live Time.
Trapped traders provides a great Short opportunity on DOW The plan for the session was to trade short off resistance on the DOW after an initial opening drive higher. The short side was the play and paid out nicely for patient sellers.
In the video I talk through the key Price Action for the move and prime trade areas on the DOW Index.
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Dow futures - heading for further correctionCBOT_MINI:MYM1! Dow Futures have broken below the distributive uptrend channel and confirms the double top formation. Long-term MACD is bearish while mid-term stochastic has shown an oversold crossover. 23-period ROC is below the zero line and Ichimoku has shown first sign of bearish signal. Support is at 37,600
Short video of Lord Medz trade on NQ today.Dear Great Souls,
This is a video of Lord Medz trading MNQ live on a 5-second timeframe. In this video, I will demonstrate how I manage trades using anticipated swing highs and lows. For more information, please connect with me directly. Stay safe and stay strong.
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Break Down a Trading Session and Price Action Taking NotesIn the short video I show the price action from a session on the DOW JONES and the key price action that I see important for my daytrading.
This is a process I do each day to improve my trading and it helps to solidify in my mind what I want to see in the setups.
You will have to pause the video to read the notes but please enjoy.
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HOD Pump and Dump To LOD Set UpI have been backtesting a setup on the 15 minute chart where price grinds/spikes higher and engulfs at the High of Day only to dump down to the Low of Day.
I notice there are three variations of this pattern
It blows through the Low of day and makes a substantial lower low
It just barely takes out the Low of day
It comes just shy of the Low of day and DOES NOT take it out
Week of May 12 - AAPL/BTC/DJI/VIX/10yr
Last week we had record low volume on indexes as they drifted higher. There as a drought of news to move the market - and the volume was reminiscent of a holiday week.
Indexes
The DJI went vertical to fill the last weekly imbalance we had that was MOST in the premium of the swing.
From HERE - we are at a major deciding point. The weekly chart still is bearish and we need to confirm this was just our back-test. CBOT_MINI:YM1! needs to respect this weekly FVG and starting heading lower confirming this as our "lower high". Wicks above and outside the weekly FVG are permitted - but notice how they closed the weekly candle INSIDE the FVG - this means that the FVG is still being respected.
IF we can get confirmation of this being the lower high as set - the next logical targets are the April Lows/LOY.
The scam-ridden CME_MINI:NQ1! didn't do much this week but flop around inside a 2% range. I have no clear weekly bias on Nasdaq so I can't really comment too much on it.
The best thing I can see is that NASDAQ:AAPL is holding up here, but its ready to drop lower into the gap that was created. Once that happens, the market will go with it.
So far, its just a series of lower lows and lower highs.
Sectors
One thing I want to touch on - is where we are in the cycle. The way we can identify this, is that we can look at typical "late cycle" charts on Energy/Materials/Metals and compare them to the SPX. When you see these sectors rallying - its typically near/at the market tops.
Here is chart of $XLB/$XLI/$XLE/$XLP/
When you see Materials/Industrials/Energy/Staples all running up like this - it means that money is moving from things like tech and communication services - and into "safer" sectors.
Bitcoin
One of my favorite things to look at for a risk-apatite gauge is Bitcoin.
Weekly BTC is down by 17%. IF it doesn't bounce from down here and soon - a new bear market will begin. This week will give us CPI/PCE reports mid week that will be the key driver for the next market move.
VIX
Another concerning thing for bulls is the fact that the VIX is now near its yearly lows, and indexes aren't making ATH.
Again - This all smells super trappy as the market is setting up for the move during the mid-week inflation report releases.
Interest Rates
Rates are rolling over. The 10year continued its march lower this week and is now respecting bearish FVGs which is what we want to see. Half the reason that markets were able to drift higher this past week was due to the rates market being stable. This Bond trade is a longer term swing as I think that rates will crater during the coming recession.
So far - the 2/10 spread remains inverted for 2 years now. This is a RECORD duration and depth of yield curve inversion. This spread has a 100% accuracy rate when it comes to predicting recessions. Note the dates in the vertical white bars - once the 2s/10s un-invert - we have a recession 100% of the time.
So here is the setup I am watching for this week;
We saw YM pop into our MOST premium weekly IRL level - from here I will be looking for 4hr charts to displace lower and start the march towards nLOY.
Looking for interest rates to continue to march lower - this will be bullish for indexes (at first) as indexes tend to ignore WHY rates are dropping for a little while.
BTC needs to make a stand here - or its going to enter another bear market.
Until next week - We'll be watching.
Week of May 5 - DXY/Oil/DJI/NDX/VIX/10yrWhat a WILD week we had!
Last week was insanely noisy between the FOMC on Wed, NASDAQ:AAPL earnings on Thursday, and NFP on Friday. This coming week of May 5th offers very little in the way of news catalysts, so it will be great for us TA based traders.
So far, all of our weekly objectives have been playing out - and nothing has really changed from my perch here. I am still looking for new lows to come on indexes, but we will get into that later in this thread.
The Powell pump candle was reversed completely by the cash close last Wednesday.
Thursday night, NASDAQ:AAPL admitted they have slowing sales in China, but its (not as ad as feared) - so they gapped it up 4%.
And on Friday - the market rallied on weak job numbers as the job market is softer than expected.
Seems legit.
CBOT_MINI:YM1! - The Dow behaved REALLY clean this week. You'll notice that all we did, was sweep LAST weeks lows, and return back to the IRL/FVG to reload more shorts. From HERE, I am looking for a weekly IRL to ERL move - with a final objective of LOY. From there we can wait and see where the next ERL to IRL move is.
May started last week, so we had a fresh monthly candle that initially had a FVG forming. This index pop over the past 2 days has now filled the monthly chart.
Everything on CBOT_MINI:YM1! is really clean here and aligned. We have the monthly that has filled it's monthly FVG, the weekly ran last weeks lows and has returned to IRL (in PREMIUM) to reload for shorts, and the h4 is running up into its 200sma.
Looking over at the scammy CME_MINI:NQ1! - its the same setup on the weekly. The Monthly candle filled a FVG that was forming, the weekly returned to a IRL in Premium, and the h4 is running into a 200sma.
If you average NQ and YM together- you get SPX. The difference is that they will hold YM steady while the sell NQ - and then rotate. It's really interesting to watch but the net effect of it is that the damage and move done to SPX is minimized this way.
When you get a setup like we are seeing here - where both NQ and YM are aligned for sell programs - headed into a quiet week with no news - danger!
This just Smells like a strong smell setup to me.
Lets talk NASDAQ:AAPL for a minute.
ALL they did - was run this thing up into the LAST open gap from Feb. The MegaCap tech stocks are SO large that they tend to behave pretty cleanly with respect to gap fills and the like.
To ME - this is a massive bull trap - I have 0% interest in chasing this thing
VIX - Now that we have talked about how the indexes are primed for a sell program IMO - lets look at the VIX for any clues we can glean.
I will cover the weekly VIX in the next section, but VIX is now filling it's gap it created from a month ago.
This is supportive of markets - until it isn't. I am looking for Monday to have a slight pop in markets as the VIX fills its gap - and then they start selling indexes things with vigor Tue-Thur.
DXY/10yr/VIX - DXY Pulled back last week - but I still am looking for higher prices on the weekly objective to ~ 107
I am looking for rates to start to ease here as the economy weakens. I have an oversized bond long position on as I think this is the most asymmetric trade in the market currently. Bonds are starting to smell the weakening economy and are moving towards lower rates - the last missing piece is the 2s/10s inversion.
This has been the largest and deepest yield inversion - in the history of markets - and it is NOT bullish. If history is any guide, once the 2/10s spread de-inverts - we typically see market crashes (note the dates in red)
Oil - WTI got its head kicked in last week, and we are a pivotal level here.
If Oil keeps crashing - it is just ANOTHER indicator of the weak economy. I honestly dont have any weekly context on oil at the moment - but the h4 chart shows us running right into the 200sma.
The scary part about the weekly chart is how we have displaced lower. Next week will be a big deal to see how we backtest and confirm the breaker lower. Oil could head down to the lower 70s before we can see any appreciable bounce.
So here is the setup I am watching for this week;
We saw YM pop into our weekly IRL level - from here I will be looking for 4hr charts to displace lower and start the march towards nLOY.
Looking for interest rates to continue to march lower - this will be bullish for indexes (at first) as indexes tend to ignore WHY rates are dropping for a little while.
Oil MUST make a stand here - and soon. Otherwise I see us trading back into the 70s for monthly levels.
Until next week - We'll be watching.