Category Archives: SOXS

The ‘Right’ Trade Entry

August 10, 2023 By in Dr. Elder, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX 2 Comments

Professional vs. Amateur

Quickly: An update (as of 11:05 a.m., EST) on the short position in the SOXX.

Early session had an exit at the Hard Stop SOXS 9.46, as planned.

Then, price action as it sometimes does, began to exhibit behavior akin to a wash-out.

The short via SOXS, was re-established SOXS 9.70, with a new Hard Stop @ the session low of 9.42 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Perfect vs. Professional

Years ago, Dr. Elder talked about how the professional may try several times to get the entry he wants.

The amateur will only try once. If he gets stopped out, it’s as if a parent (the market) is giving him a whack for being wrong.

It’s a difficult psychological barrier to overcome but you’re witnessing it in real time 🙂

Charts to follow in a later update.

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Stupid ‘AI’ Short-Sellers

August 9, 2023 By in Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX 1 Comment

Everybody Knows, AI’s The Way To Go

As if on cue, we have this piece of propaganda out from the mainstream.

‘AI short sellers lose big‘

Of course, there’s some truth … that in-total for the year, short positions have not been continuously profitable.

Contrary Indicator

The article represents another (potential) contrary indicator; short sellers (those that are left) may be about to ride the wave down (not advice, not a recommendation).

As the AI mania collapses, we’ll have the same set of clowns demanding short-selling be banned. 🙂

So, let’s see what our favorite AI chief cook and bottle washer’s doing in today’s session (as of 11:30, a.m., EST).

Semiconductors SOXX, Daily Candle

Ruh-Roh Scooby.

The daily chart has a terminating wedge that’s now breaking to the downside.

The magenta arrow with the ‘Note’ indicates, the current reversal was identified to the day; link here.

The dangerous part is, if the SOXX follows the ‘rules’ laid out in this link, it’s likely to be a swift and merciless decline (not advice, not a recommendation).

Positioning

With no obligation to do so, here is how I have addressed the SOXX, set-up thus far (not advice, not a recommendation).

Note: SOXS, is a ‘leveraged inverse’ fund for the SOXX

August 4th had two entries same-day, as noted.

This series is the fifth trade campaign in the SOXS for the year (SOXS-23-05).

Hard Stop is today’s session low of 9.46 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Obviously, with the SOXS currently at 9.97, all positions are well in the green.

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Will SOXX, Follow The Rules?

August 7, 2023 By in Positions, Prechter, SOXS, SOXX, The Maverick of Wall Street 2 Comments

In A Knife Fight? … No Rules !

What’s happening in the markets is important but so is what’s not happening.

The SOXX, as of 1:15 p.m., EST has not made a new daily high.

Price action’s hovering in a tight range and looks to be coiling for a directional move.

If the breakout is to the downside as anticipated, here is where the ‘rules’ come in.

The ‘Rule’ of Alternation

Originally discussed by Prechter years ago, as an observation, the rule is basically described as:

‘The market will alternate in wave structure from complex to simple or from simple to complex.’

When we look at the SOXX, the implication is, we may be due for ‘simple’ wave structure (not advice, not a recommendation).

Semiconductors SOXX, Weekly Candle

The weekly chart shows the potential.

The first leg down was complex, overlapping price action.

If there’s a break to the downside, the ‘rule’ says to expect price action to alternate from a prior complex structure, to simple (not advice, not a recommendation).

The Maverick of Wall Street

One recent example of such a move can be found at this link, time stamp 11:20.

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The MAERSK ‘Message’

August 5, 2023 By in GLD, NVDA, Positions, Prechter, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX

‘He’s Dead, Jim’

What’s the MAERSK message?

The economy has collapsed.

He’s Dead, Jim

But wait! We’ve already written the script on what happens next:

Buy the dip, soft landing, no collapse until after the ‘elections’, stocks to soar, bull market just starting.

The Propaganda, Bot

A Bull Market Is Coming

Morgan Stanley thinks it’s a buying opportunity

Have Patience, Intel Investors!

Is this the crash-proof economy?

Not Time to Worry

The AI, Bot

Meanwhile, the SOXX and its loyal henchman, the AI bot, may have just ‘changed hands’.

Well, actually leveraged inverse SOXS, could be changing hands, shown below on the weekly chart.

Semiconductors Leveraged Inverse SOXS, Weekly

The massive volume in SOXS, over 369-million shares for the week represents (at the closing price) over $3.4-bln.

That may be the inflection point (not advice, not a recommendation).

As a reminder, here’s another example of ‘changing of hands’, link here. Since then, GLD has not topped that level.

Three-Hundred, Three Years (33)

Not since the South Sea Bubble of 1720, has there been an environment such as this.

Reference time stamp 11:10, in the link.

NVDA Earnings, Tick-Tock, Closer

One has to wonder, how NVDA, is going to ‘spin’ its upcoming earnings release and how the market will react.

Will it be, ‘buy the rumor, sell the news’, or just good ‘ol fashioned ‘sell’. Maybe it will be ‘buy, then sell’. 🙂

Who knows but it looks like the rest of the market’s not waiting around to find out (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Tales of The SOXX Top

August 2, 2023 By in 1987, Bonds, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, JDST, Prechter, SOXS, SOXX, TLT, Wyckoff 4 Comments

Was It August 1st?

Was yesterday, the day?

The day the SOXX, closed higher but failed to print a new high.

It’s now early in the session (9:55 a.m., EST) and we have a new daily low.

There have been sell signals before but this one has a different ‘feel’ (not advice, not a recommendation).

Yesterday, bonds (TLT) gapped open lower and broke below support; rates are rising … again.

The 1987 Set-Up

Those old enough, remember the set-up. Rates up (bonds down) and market rising to all-time highs at the same time.

A chart of the ’87 crash is here. Note, the high was in August, that year.

Now, a video from Robert Prechter, about the current historic extremes.

‘Not since the South Sea Bubble of the 1700s’

Couple all of that with bonds (TLT) breaking down and we could have that ‘inflection point’, saying we’ve reached the top (not advice, not a recommendation).

The Mania Goes ‘Manic’

Going back to this post, it said to expect the AI proaganda to increase as we reach the top and reverse down.

If yesterday was that day, then we’ve got more articles coming about the downside being a ‘buying opportunity’.

It’s been the same throughout history

From a positioning standpoint and Wyckoff analysis perspective, under such conditions, one is to pick the weakest market to short and not the strongest (not advice, not a recommendation).

Junior Gold Miners, GDXJ, Bear Market

The last update showed how positions can be de-risked.

There’s always uncertainty but working long enough in the markets and eventually an understanding is formed on how the game is played.

Fake, fabricated or ‘serendipitous’ news articles getting the public on the wrong side, are just part of the game.

In the early session, the GDXJ, is continuing its move lower.

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Back To The ‘Elephant’

July 28, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, LABD, Positions, SOXS, SOXX, SPBIO, The Speck

The ‘AI’ Dog Keeps Biting

Upward price action in the SOXX, held overnight and then some.

A discretionary exit was made in the pre-market session at SOXS 8.42 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Switching gears, we’re leaving the SOXX and AI alone for now.

As mentioned in a prior post, the life insurance sector appears to be correlated with biotech. It’s a fact the life insurance companies are talking a hit from ‘excess’ payouts.

We all know or should know just what’s causing the ‘excess’, so we’ll leave it there.

That leads to the biotech sector (SPBIO) and what appears to be a downside reversal.

Biotech SPBIO ($SPSIBI), Weekly

When looking at the chart for the past three years, one thing is certain; this is not a bull market.

The blue arrow shows the location of a short position opened (via LABD @ 14.70) in today’s pre-market session (not advice, not a recommendation).

A Hard Stop for the position is LABD 13.31.

Since that’s a fair distance from the entry, a discretionary exit may be made by the trader at any time based on the behavior of price action going forward.

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When The ‘Dog’ Barks

July 27, 2023 By in INTC, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX

Intel (INTC) Up, In After-Hours

After-hours trading for Intel, show it’s up around +7%.

The company managed to post a profitable quarter; so, naturally the stock ‘launches’ based on the hopes of ‘recovery’.

One has to suppose the ‘n/a’ currently listed as P/E, reported by bigcharts.com, here, will be revised to show at least something.

SOXX, After Hours

A volatile day continues in the after-hours with SOXX, trading up about +0.66% (at 525.13).

The real question is, will that hold through to the next session or will it evaporate overnight.

Today’s Action(s)

As stated early in the day, the short position via SOXS, was exited with a profit for the trade series, around +3.7%.

The Semiconductor short via SOXS, was re-established later in the session at lower prices.

The new Hard Stop exit, is the SOXS low of 8.32 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Dogs Barking

We’re at the stage in this mass-psychosis mania where dogs (INTC), are starting to bark.

A full-blown downside, sustained, semiconductor (AI) reversal seems to be very close.

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Pre-Market … Exit

July 27, 2023 By in Positions, SOXS, SOXX 1 Comment

Taking Action Quickly

As of 7:21 a.m., EST in the pre-market session, the short positioning SOXS has been exited at Hard Stop 8.91 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Details on the trade to be released later (including a potential re-entering of position) later in the session.

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Expect ‘AI’, Hype To Increase

July 26, 2023 By in Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX 3 Comments

Distribution On The Way Down

If we’ve reversed from the top on the AI roadshow, expect the ‘easy money’ hype, to increase as price action heads lower.

It should be all too familiar; it’s a buying opportunity, the consumer is strong, the economy is strong … so, it goes.

The new, young, or uninformed ‘investor’, continues to average down, believing the hype; whatever’s happening to the downside, is just temporary.

Eventually, those participants start to sell.

Selling slowly at first, but then gathering steam. Those incorrectly positioned, provide the fuel for more downside.

With that, let’s go to the leveraged inverse fund SOXS.

Semiconductors, Leveraged Inverse SOXS, Daily

The chart is self-explanatory.

Hard Stop (definite exit) at the prior session low of SOXS 8.89. Soft Stop (trader discretion) at today’s session low of SOXS 9.21 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Next up, and depending on price action, we’ll discuss a potential trading channel.

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‘Throttle Whack!’ … SOXX

July 25, 2023 By in Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX

Short Seller, Shake-Out

Just in case someone’s not seen what a ‘whack’ looks like, here it is.

Notice, the kid on the left seems to be saying ‘It’s not that bad’ … oh, really? 🙂

A few seconds later we get to The Whack. The kids run off and the ‘old timer’ comes in to take their place, with his ear protection and respirator.

A perfect analogy for the markets.

SOXX, To New Highs, or Last Gasp?

If the bulls are going to regain control, this would be the place. If they can’t hold on, then it’s likely we’ve past the top last Tuesday, the 18th.

Depending on how the market closes the session (currently, 11:35 a.m., EST), the stop on the short position (via SOXS) may be moved higher (not advice, not a recommendation).

Ideally, we need to have a new daily low on the SOXX (high on the SOXS) to move the stop.

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