Monthly Archives: October 2023

Biotech (Short) Trade Update

October 9, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, LABD, LABD-23-10, Positions, SPBIO, The List, ZeroHedge 2 Comments

Behind The Scenes, Biotech Verifies Trend

Hardly a day goes by where we don’t get some kind of biotech ‘conspiracy’ or exposé like this, this, this, or this.

True or not, from a trading standpoint, we’re interested in reality.

So far, that reality, i.e., the price action, says that out of all the major sectors (except bonds, perhaps), biotech, and specifically, SPBIO ($SPSIBI) is the weakest (not advice, not a recommendation).

The Trade With No Name

Since the existing short on biotech via LABD is solidly in the green (original entry @ 16.99), it’s going to be tracked on this site as LABD-23-10, indicating the tenth series (trade campaign) this year.

Biotech SPBIO, 3X Leveraged Inverse LABD, Daily

The first chart shows the original entry (documented here and here) and the stop progression.

The second chart shows that we’re in a trading channel, confirmed with today’s higher (daily) high, with SPBIO, lower.

During this session, the stop has been tightened up to LABD 20.74 (Friday’s low).

With that, it could all be over soon, i.e., getting stopped out; or, it’s just a continuing series of well-disciplined progressions protecting open profit (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

Charts by StockCharts

Note:  Posts on this site are for education purposes only.  They provide one firm’s insight on the markets.  Not investment advice.  See additional disclaimer here.

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Will Carvana, Run The Stops?

October 7, 2023 By in CVNA, Federal Reserve 2 Comments

Over 31% of Shares, Sold-Short

Carvana, is a train-wreck.

It’s a train-wreck that’s already happened.

Fundamentals are horrendous:

Book Value of -$6.56/share; no P/E since at least 2018, if-ever (data, Worden Brothers).

Using that Book Value, if the company was liquidated (theoretically) at this juncture, with 189-million shares outstanding, over $1.24-Billion, would be left unpaid.

Naturally, shorts have moved in and moved in aggressively.

They have collectively sold over 31%, or 33-million (there’s that ’33’, again) of outstanding shares, short (courtesy of BigCharts).

With all the financial carnage, you’d think it’s a no-brainer to be short. However, looking at the chart, there could be trouble ahead for those shorts.

Carvana CVNA, Weekly

It’s likely that with each pull-back from resistance (blue line) the shorts increase and so do the stops.

We have to figure, with over 33-million shares short, that’s huge buying potential.

Barring a bankruptcy (also a possibility) and CVNA, going to zero, shorts have to cover at some point, to close positions.

Earnings & The Fed

The Fed meets on October 31st and November 1st.

Carvana has its earnings scheduled for November 2nd.

Positioning

It may already be over for CVNA, and price action continues lower in the coming days and weeks (not advice, not a recommendation).

However, if we get signs of a rally, that rally may turn into an all-out squeeze leading up to the Fed and earnings.

Stay Tuned

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Note:  Posts on this site are for education purposes only.  They provide one firm’s insight on the markets.  Not investment advice.  See additional disclaimer here.

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When Costco Sells Gold

October 1, 2023 By in China, Food Supply, Genesis 41, GLD, GOLD, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, serpentza, The List, The Speck, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge

The Mother of All Contrary Indicators

This has to be it, right?

Selling gold in a supermarket; an expensive commodity, peddled to the least informed and least capitalized segment of the public.

Once that market’s saturated, who’s left?

Going Down Memory Lane

It’s been nearly three years since this post.

From a long-term strategy standpoint, this site has been consistent; it’s the food supply first, then gold and silver (not advice, not a recommendation).

The next shoe has yet to drop on how or what’s going to be used to extract (or confiscate) precious metals from the (stacking) proletariat.

With craziness by the day, anything can happen.

Gold: Turning Points & Technical

So far, it’s been three-for-three (here, here and here) identifying recent significant technical conditions and turning points for gold, GLD.

At this juncture, the dollar collapse, and the silver/gold bull launch are just not happening. It’s not there … something else is going on (not advice, not a recommendation).

We’re in the middle of a massive sovereign bankruptcy (Time Stamp 7:10) that’s never happened before.

What’s going on behind the scenes is not visible to us.

However, from a Wyckoff analysis standpoint, those (hidden) actions and decisions show up on the chart(s).

Contrary Indicator

Remember Baghdad Bob?

Constantly giving press conferences discussing the strength of the military campaign when the exact opposite was true.

It may be so with gold as well (not advice, not a recommendation).

The local supermarket has decided, after a 22-year long bull market, it’s ‘safe’ for profit.

The hapless public is now standing at the gold kiosk; with face-mask firmly secured, arm bandaged from the latest booster, EV FOB in hand (or pocket), hypnotized into yet another mania.

Stay Tuned

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Note:  Posts on this site are for education purposes only.  They provide one firm’s insight on the markets.  Not investment advice.  See additional disclaimer here.

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