MARKET THOUGHTS 10/14/22Grab a cup of coffee, wake up and read up lol
** (Not a Financial Advice, just sharing my own opinion and the process I do in the morning before I make a decision to trade.) **
As you guys are all aware the SPY went nuts yesterday, anything is possible in the market these days lol. Once the shorts got squeezed above 354 and FOMO kicked in it ran like it stole something :rofl: .
Now as you get ready for todays play here are things you should consider based on the charts and technical analysis:
- SPY, yesterday, just showed a possible sign of short term reversal from the divergence we've been talking about in the stream the whole week.
- The bounce was larger than expected and larger than usual, when a move like this happens one direction, there's a possible consolidation day the next day or pullback, unless volume continues and breaks above key levels continuing to squeeze the shorts and FOMO continues as well.
- If you are planning to go Gungho on going long, zoom out first and see the trendline on the daily and the pre-market action on SPY and where its at currently (See Chart Posted).
- Break of that trendline upwards can mean retest of the next resistance and probably even retest the next trendline up, but SPY has done its weekly range as of yesterdays candle, so slight chance it will continue breaking to the upside and do another big run. If anything, possible pump then pullback.
- The VIX on the weekly hit that trendline we talked about on the streams this week too causing the downward direction which usually does the opposite of the market, hence the run up yesterday.
** Scenario 1 ** VIX bounces above 9ema on the daily and stays above, market pullback.
** Scenario 2 ** VIX breaks below the 9ema on the daily, it will have about 1-2points max move today. Which can mean a pump in the market and will hit exhaustion, so pump and dump. (See VIX Chart Posted).
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Long Volatility into AugustBy now you all know the drill. Let's start with an initial framework, assess the current environment, and evaluate all below questions.
are we trending or ranging?
- a series of higher highs, higher lows
- sellers structure is broken, we are tracking whether buyers will protect or find it difficult to hold
discount?
- we are tracking the lows for the previous wave block
- Support 20, Pivot 25, Resistance 38
managing trade?
- Trading and assess based on quarters, 00, 25, 50, 75
- Market participation in form of current strength/weakness, when market is weak we are sellers and when strong we are buyers
This position, technically speaking, is very similar to the swing we traded in 2020. Buyers have developed a structure of higher highs, and higher lows, and desire their chance to go over to a direct attack on the highs.
In this case the result is not certain; but since attacking in this fashion is characteristic of a volatility event. There are two lines, assuming the 20 support holds. In the first case, as well we need to track 25, the combinatory breakout of 25 will allow buyers to continue their summer dance with a romantic hue, unlocking 38 for August.
VIX is in C&H patternThis is getting so close for a breakout and big market sell!
There is also smaller C&H if it hits 31 level.
Regardless of a scenario, we are very close to some real move.
I was expecting this move and wanted to see a year low hit end of Oct into early Nov.
It seems its going to play out well.
Question is only one - how low?
Is $VIX about to break out to 50? (bottom coming?)After being in a "range" of sorts for the past year or so, is the VIX about to break out to 50 and above?
If this proves to be correct, due to some unforeseen event, then arguably one can say that a bottom is near.
However, if we grind in this range, making lower lows and lower highs, then we can grind down to lower levels for... well, for quite a while, imo.
VIX could have a turning point soonVix is bouncing in what looks to be a bullish pennant.
I think VIX is going to test the previous high at 34.85-35ish In theory this should create a double top.
Pennants can easily be bullish or bearish though depending on market sentiment and momentum really so there is a chance it breaks to the down side.
If the pennant turns out to be bearish there's a possibility it follows a harmonic pattern and then breaks out and goes back to around 37
VIX suggests stock market capitulation is yet to happen- stocks have been in a decline for almost a year now (see past analyses where this has correctly been predicted)
- despite that VIX, a measure of stock market´s historical volatility, has barely moved
- this is in stark contrast to Q1 2020 when it experienced a massive surge
- with volatility on VIX very low that implies a sharp move of (likely) similar magnitude is yet to happen
- an upside move in VIX should result in increased stock volatility
- increased volatility in stocks more often than not results in downside price expansion
Not a time to be a hero. Protect your capital at all costs.
VIX Testing Key Resistance AgainVIX is testing the key resistance yet again. The weekly stochastic near 80 is very high and usually signals a rally in stocks is not far away at least in the short term. The VIX call buyers are nowhere to be seen so this also confirms that the VIX is over extended. See if we get yet another rejection off the key level. Retail stock traders have rarely been so bearish, this is almost certainly pointing to a short covering rally in coming days.