Manipulated Into The Trap

‘They [The Fed] are totally tricking the markets’ (time stamp 3:30), link here.
Yes, it’s a real chess game going on and the other side, makes up the rules.
This update presents that despite all the manipulation and head-fakes, significant market pivots in the miners were identified (correctly) with Wyckoff analysis.
That analysis, in turn, helped develop a long-term strategy (not advice, not a recommendation).
Junior Miners GDXJ, Weekly Close
Three key points are shown on the chart.
The first goes all the way back to October of 2020, link here. There’s something wrong with the miners.

Potential for another downward pivot, link here, was identified to-the-week, if not, to-the-day.
The subsequent move printed the most impulsive price action since the spike melt-down of early 2020.
Which brings us to today.
Another potential pivot has been identified, link here.
As of this post (11:20 a.m., EST) the Juniors GDXJ, continue to rachet lower.
The Long Term
As Ed Dowd points out in this interview, what’s happening now will affect us all for decades, if not centuries to come.
Therefore, it’s a good idea to have a long-term strategy.
From the above chart, it’s clear that Wyckoff analysis has been on the correct side of GDXJ price action; the bearish side (not advice, not a recommendation).
Stay Tuned
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