Category Archives: CVNA

Carvana: Waiting For The Signal

March 26, 2025 By in CVNA 1 Comment

All Quiet … So Far

Today’s action shows us supply is building and/or, profits are being taken, or it’s an outright reversal.

The last update presented a possible (short) target.

This update shows how action may get there; via an aggressive trading channel (not advice, not a recommendation).

One question to ask, is this:

‘If I was (already) short this market, where would I put my stop?’

If your eyes instantly go to 240 – 245, (purple oval), well, that’s where everybody else has (likely) put theirs. 🙂

Carvana CVNA, Daily

It’s around mid-session (12:25 p.m., EST) and CVNA, is just touching the right-side channel line.

Anything can happen and CVNA could break down.

However, from a risk reduction standpoint, the target area shown appears to offer the best short potential (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Next Carvana (short) Target

March 24, 2025 By in CVNA 1 Comment

Where The Stops Are Hiding

We’ve had one (short) target come and go, link here.

Tests can pass or fail.

In the most recent case of CVNA, the test of the up-thrust (reversal) failed to hold; price action launched higher.

So, what happens now?

Maybe a better question is ‘where’s the next (potential) low risk area for a short position?’

Carvana CVNA, Daily

Unless CVNA, reverses from its current level, the next likely place to clear out stops, is the target area shown (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Carvana, ‘Testing … 1 … 2 … 3’

March 22, 2025 By in CVNA, Spring-to-Up-Thrust, Test 1 Comment

Higher Close, Lower Volume

Carvana finished up on Friday, in a test of its reversal.

We’re now at The Danger Point®

This is the location where risk on a short position is least (not advice, not a recommendation).

Risk is least because if CVNA continues higher, the obvious stop location on a short is just above Thursday’s, 196.63, high.

Carvana CVNA, Daily

Thursday’s volume was heavy at 8.3-mil.

Friday’s volume contracts by just over 25%. That’s not a whole lot but it still fits the definition of a ‘test’ (not advice, not a recommendation).

Just like the kid sweating bullets in the cartoon, you can literally feel the ‘tension’ in the above chart.

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Carvana … ‘Out of Gas’

March 21, 2025 By in Biotech, CVNA, LABD, LABD-25-03, Positions, SPBIO, Spring-to-Up-Thrust, Wyckoff

Repeating Pattern

First biotech, now Carvana.

Yesterday’s mid-session update said Carvana’s posting a repeating pattern.

That pattern is what’s called a Wyckoff ‘spring-to-up-thrust’.

Even before, yesterday, this update said we’re expecting some kind of bounce.

Well, we got it; then, price action went on to post a potential reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

Today’s session may or may not contain a ‘test’ of that (reversal) action.

Let’s go to the chart.

Carvana CVNA, Daily

There’s a lot going on.

As the chart notes, when taking the retrace measurement from the after-hours high of 310, posted during the earnings release, yesterday’s action topped out right at the Fibonacci 23.6%, level.

We’re about twenty-minutes before the regular session; CVNA, is trading lower by 3.6-pts.

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Biotech … Update & Carvana

March 20, 2025 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, CVNA, David Weis, LABD, LABD-25-03, Positions, SPBIO, Spring-to-Up-Thrust, Wyckoff, XBI 1 Comment

Bump & Run

We’ll cut straight to the chase.

Biotech XBI, pushed all the way up in the early session to close Tuesday’s gap.

Once that was complete, it’s now reversing to the downside.

Bottom line: LABD-25-03, is being maintained at trader’s discretion (not advice, not a recommendation).

Separately Carvana, has just posted a repeating pattern (chart later): Wyckoff ‘spring-to-up-thrust’.

As Fred Sanford used to say. ‘This could be the big one‘ (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Carvana … Edge of The Abyss

March 19, 2025 By in CVNA, David Weis, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge Tags: , , , 1 Comment

There Is No Bounce …

Normal market behavior when penetrating well established support, is some kind of bounce … higher.

What happens, when that doesn’t happen?

What does it mean?

Well, one way to think about it, is this link.

Experts Say: ‘There Is No Recession’

Since 1980, This Has Signaled The Lows Are In: Link here.

Is It Safe to Get Back In? Link here

Corporate Insiders Scramble To Buy Their Own Stock As Buyback Blackout Period Begins. Link here.

Last but not least, my personal favorite 🙂

Recession Canceled: US Industrial Production Jumps To Record High. Link here.

David Weis 1980s

Back in the 1980s, the late David Weis was a bond trader.

He published a series of trading articles using Wyckoff analysis; in one of those, this comment stood out (paraphrasing):

‘We considered none of these things …’

That is, stay focused on what the market is saying about itself. Ignore the press and any other distractions.

With that, we have Carvana.

Carvana CVNA, Daily

What can be said?

After penetrating support, some kind of bounce is expected … except, so far, it’s not happening.

This post is coming out before the regular open.

CVNA is trading a couple points higher (pre-market) but nowhere near the nearest 189-ish, resistance area.

The Fed has yet to announce their shenanigans for the day; that itself, could cause a bounce higher … or not.

While the press chases after squirrels and gold, the market itself (CVNA) is saying, if it can’t retrace higher but pivots down, it indicates significant weakness (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Then, Alcoa Is ‘Compressed’

March 9, 2025 By in $SPSIBI, AA, Basic Materials, Biotech, CVNA, GDX, GDXJ, Gold Miners, IYM, NEM, Prechter, RGLD, South Sea Bubble, SPBIO, XBI

Another One

Yesterday, biotech had moving average compression; today, it’s Alcoa.

In this case, we’ll present the monthly chart, showing the long-term picture.

As we’ll see, moving average compression is rare, especially when using the longer time-frames.

In the case of Alcoa (AA), you have to go all the way back to 1978, to find a similar event.

The Big Bubble

Referring to Prechter’s analysis link here, he states that we’re [potentially], in the largest asset bubble since the South Sea, over 300-years ago.

Let’s keep that in mind. Events are happening on such a massive scale; the typical observer may not be aware of the significance and/or the rarity.

Alcoa AA, Monthly

The zoom areas are side-by-side to show the similarity.

Expanding the chart and including the wedge notation, also shows price action at the lower boundary.

It should be noted, AA, is part of the ‘Basic Materials’ sector, with tracking ETF as IYM.

Included in the IYM components, is NEM, and RGLD; this sector is correlated with the miners, GDX, GDXJ.

Positioning

It’s the trader’s discretion as what to do at this point.

This site may or may not execute a direct short of Alcoa, just as it might do with Carvana (CVNA), and maybe others (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Carvana … Whacked, Punch Drunk

March 2, 2025 By in CVNA, Hindenburg

Reeling From The Hit

February 19th, after hours action, Carvana posted 310 as the high; then, three days later, the lows at 207.85:

That’s a direct hit of -33%

Then, incredibly, short interest does not increase but decreases (from just over 10%) to 7.8%; you can’t make this up.

Emotionally Exhausted:

If you’d been short this (vending machine) ‘disruptor’ for nigh on two years, as it rachets ever higher, and then it finally, breaks down … what would you do?

You’d probably be emotionally (maybe financially) exhausted, tired of watching the never-ending grind higher and cover (whatever’s left of) your shorts.

Wheels Off

As Hindenburg reports, Carvana has some interesting ‘fundamentals’.

With that, let’s look at the most likely area for a possible punch-drunk recovery top, and reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

Carvana CVNA, Daily

The price bar with the heaviest volume was the day after the earnings release as shown.

That bar’s close is right around the 50% retrace.

However, if we extend the top of the retrace tool to start at the after-hours 310, mark (and not regular session high of 292.84), the 50% retrace now becomes the 38.2%.

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As Expected, … Carvana, Crushed

February 22, 2025 By in 2007 - 2008, CVNA, Nasdaq, NVDA, QQQ

Using The Nvidia Model

In the after-hours, post-earnings, Carvana spiked to exactly 310, the lower end of the range presented here.

Then, ending the (regular session) week down nearly -22%.

In a similar fashion, Nvidia had its own collapse; down -17%, on ‘DeepSeek’ fears.

As always, the question is, ‘what happens next?’

This Plan, or That

From here, literally, anything can happen.

Carvana could continue straight down and implode (not advice, not a recommendation).

It could do nothing and just post sideways action from here; not likely, but it could.

Or, behind Door Number 3, Carvana model’s Nvidia.

That is, finishing its initial downward thrust, then a retrace to test the wide bar(s), high volume.

Carvana CVNA, Daily

On a percentage basis, CVNA has weaker action (which may not be finished) than NVDA.

The ‘Short’ Side

If the market begins a persistent decline, will the SEC ban short selling as it did in 2008, link here.

It’s important to note, immediately after that announcement, the market absolutely cratered on massive volatility; the Qs dropped over -41%, from that point.

This time around (if it happens), with a new Sheriff, will there be a short-selling ban?

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Carvana ‘Targets’

February 15, 2025 By in CVNA, Hindenburg 1 Comment

‘Buy the Rumor, Sell the News?’

We’re just two trading days away from Carvana’s earnings release (link here).

Is that when the plug is pulled?

The ‘fundamentals‘ of this entity are interesting to say the least.

Shorts Grinding Down

Short interest has finally broken below the 10% area; now at 8.5%, link here.

Is the final squeeze coming?

Carvana CVNA, Monthly

In this post, the idea was advanced, CVNA might move higher into the earnings release; maybe even make a new all-time-high (not advice, not a recommendation).

Using the monthly scale, a Fibonacci projection has been overlaid on the chart.

The black dashed line is the 1,794.4%, projection off the first wave upside (and test) from the December 2022, lows (not advice, not a recommendation).

Anything can happen.

Earnings release and conference call are scheduled for after-hours, on Wednesday.

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