On the long term chart Gold formed an inverse head and sholder pattern. The text book wisdom says that the upside after breaking the neckline is equal to the distance from head to neck line. This target was now reached. While it is possible that the trend continues, I'd proceed with caution from here and wait for a new pattern to trade.
Gold is at a critical level right now. The 50% retracement from the previous high will be a resistance line to overcome. If it breaks and leaves the channel the next stop is the 61.8% retracement at $900. If the 50% level holds, the last two years however also could look like a bull flag and a trend reversal at 50% would not be unheard of. Historically the 1 sigma...
The SPY has had quite a rally back into the previous resistance zone.This opens up a great opportunity for a short, based on the following observations: OBV is declining during this rally MACD signals loosing momentum and is about to turn negative. Stochastic signals overbought. The risk reward ratio for the short is more than 3:1 when the stop is set to...
The S&P 500 recently followed a Head and Shoulder pattern. Today the neckline was reached but at the end of the day the index bounced at the neckline. It will be interesting to see if this holds going forward or if a larger correction follows. Volume wise an increase in sellers can be observed, while at the same time the RSI demonstrates weakness of the bulls.
For those interested in a pure hedge of Gold and Silver against currencies the ratio of Gold and Silver is important. In the last 20 years this ratio has been range bound and recently Silver gained against Gold. Although this seems to be temporary we are approaching the upper border of the range and the risk reward ratio of overweighing Silver over Gold is attractive.
LTC has been bashed quite heavily in the last weeks. From a technical perspective the move appears to be a ABCD with a target around 4.20. Any short sellers during the last rebound would be looking at the Fibonacci extensions of 1.61 and 1.76 as good targets. If we approach these levels I'll be taking a long position.
The recent run failed to take some key levels for silver: The 76.4% level of the Mar-May down move as well as the time Fibonacci 61.8% level of 2011-2013 down move. Therefore I see Silver in the short term going lower. The resistance around 17.5-18 has been tested quite a few times in the last year and I see a bottom around that level forming.
S&P 500 had some interesting price action recently. It put in a double top and some significant sell off afterwards. The RSI shows some divergence and the next couple days will show if it can recover from this or a larger correction is imminent. I'll be watching any break of the recent RSI channel closely, which will confirm the signal.
We had a head and shoulders on the 1h chart recently. The right shoulder is lower than the left shoulder. Selling volume increased and buying volume declined. If this plays out it should bring us into the 580 area.
After a 61.8% retracement of the 450-685 bull run the ABCD target would get us to ~750. A breakdown to the 76.4 level would reduce the target and anything beyond this question the overall bullish perspective. Expect a bumpy road given the recent volatility.
Both S&P 500 and DJ have been following a long term logarithmic trend line for the last 30 years. It seems that we now gravitate towards this trend line. It will be interesting to look at this chart again in 10 years.
Read the Murphy book and came across the McClellan Oscillator & Summation Index. This is my attempt at "programming" it. Hope you find it useful.