Category Archives: SOXX

The SOXX & Channel

October 20, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, NVDA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX, TSM 1 Comment

Nascent Move

Is downside potential in the SOXX, just a throw of the dice or was last week’s action significant?

Taiwan Semi (TSM) posted what could be an exhaustion top.

Former leader Nvidia (NVDA), now potential laggard, only ticking up 0.13-pts, to new high before hesitating, pulling back.

Suppliers of processing equipment, the nuts-and-bolts of semiconductor production, have imploded.

It all looks significant, even from a cursory standpoint.

As kabuki theater rages on at the highs, SOXX itself, is down over -14%, from its July top.

Semiconductors SOXX, Daily

“What do you see?”

Is this the (hidden) channel?

Tuesday the 15th, posted down hard; then, traded in the lower half of the range for the rest of the week.

Positioning

Obviously, with all of the above, lower action is the expectation going forward.

However, if the SOXX, decides to reverse higher, exit of short position, SOXS-24-18, is likely (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Taiwan Semi’s Exhaustion Spike

October 18, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX, TSM, Wyckoff 2 Comments

‘… Giving It All She’s Got, Captain’

One hundred and fourteen years ago, Wyckoff described the ‘exhaustion spike’.

‘After long upward bull market, there’s a blow-off top on heavy volume’

That may be what happened yesterday with earnings from TSM.

The sector itself, the SOXX, is far below its all-time highs.

That implies the market’s ‘thinning-out’.

Right now, as of this post (11:32 a.m., EST), SOXX is trading in sort of a no man’s land.

Action is higher for the day, but in the lower end of the sharp down move from Tuesday, the 15th.

Semiconductors, SOXX, Daily

‘Lower Half’ action sets a bearish tone.

If we get a new daily low, that increases the probability of more downside (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Semi-Sector Test

October 17, 2024 By in AMAT, Artificial Intelligence, ASML, KLAC, LRCX, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX

‘Normal’ Market Action

With implosion of SOXX, components ASML, AMAT, LRCX, and KLAC, a reasonable conclusion is the upside test (about to happen) will be reversed (not advice, not a recommendation).

NVDA, and TSM, are looking to post all-time highs.

The rest of the sector’s acting like it’s ‘thinning out’; capital’s taken out of laggards, funneled into the last-man-standing, the only thing left moving higher.

Semiconductors SOXX, Hourly

Recall from this post, we had:

“Normal market behavior is to attempt a test of the wide bar with retrace action.“

We see in the pre-market (as of 9:04 a.m., EST), we’re trading just above the 50%, retrace level.

While anything can happen, a push above reversal level @ SOXX 240.50-area, is not expected (not advice, not a recommendation).

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The ASML ‘Crash’

October 16, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, ASML, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX, Wyckoff Tags: ,

It Really Is, A Crash

ASML down -21.8%, in just two days; the biggest downdraft in a quarter century.

A ‘premature’ earnings release was given as the excuse; like waiting one day longer was going to make the news better.

The important part, Wyckoff analysis techniques picked up on the SOXX index and highlighted ‘something’s up’.

Wyckoff Clues Ahead-of-Time

There was an aberration in volume (here), initially thought to be exhaustion.

Turns out, that concentrated volume was (potentially) preparation for the attempted breakout, link here.

Either way, the anomaly was identified and noted; resulting action was to position short; trade SOXS-24-18 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Market Stunned

Yesterday’s downdraft in the SOXX, was a -5%, loss.

Today, so far, shows a tight trading range in an attempt to test higher (as described here).

At this point, significantly higher, is not happening (not advice, not a recommendation).

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SOXX Breakout Fails … Big Time

October 15, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX 1 Comment

That Didn’t Take Long

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t get any more clear, than that.

The attempted SOXX, breakout discussed yesterday (here), has failed in spectacular fashion (not advice, not a recommendation).

Now, it gets interesting. Popcorn at the ready. 🙂

We’re going to move in closer to hourly and take a look.

Semiconductors SOXX, Hourly

Price action struggled just above resistance before imploding.

The wide high-volume bar is obvious.

Normal market behavior is to attempt a test of the wide bar with retrace action.

There’s no guarantee and especially where we are in the structure of this move (possible right side of H&S pattern).

Positioning

As can be seen in the sidebar, SOXS-24-18, established last Friday, was maintained throughout the (failed) breakout action (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Attempted Breakout … SOXX

October 14, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX 2 Comments

Will It Hold?

The SOXX, just closed in breakout position while at the same time, doing it on weak energy.

The prior update noted the volume clue that was thought to be exhaustion.

There was a clue for sure, but it was actually preparation for a move higher.

The question now, is the breakout false?

Semiconductors SOXX, Daily (inverted)

Note: The chart is inverted (upside down) to show the perspective from the short side.

There’s decisive penetration of support (resistance non-inverted). However, the energy, Force Index of that penetration is quite weak.

We won’t know for sure until there’s more price action to show who’s ultimately in control, bulls or bears.

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When The SOXX, Talks

October 12, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, David Weis, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX 2 Comments

Volume Clues

Everybody’s focused on price; nobody looks at volume.

It’s old and boring.

More accurately, interpreting (listening to) volume is subtle. When does one pay attention and when not?

In our latest example, you be the judge.

Semiconductors SOXX, Daily

Look at the huge volume spike on Friday, when compared to volume two days prior (the last up move).

Note the reward for double volume; all that effort and yet, net distance upward (magenta dashed line), is minimal.

Remember, we’re (potentially) on the right side of a Head & Shoulders formation, shown here.

Positioning

Typical with these updates, you can see (in the sidebar) a short position was opened on Friday; SOXS-24-18.

Of course, expectation is for downside action at the next session (not advice, not a recommendation).

We’re at ‘the edge of the lake’ as David Weis used to call it.

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Biotech … Set-Up, Part II

October 2, 2024 By in $SPSIBI, Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, LABD, LABD-24-19, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-17, SOXX, SPBIO, XBI Tags: , , , ,

Testing Trendline

Biotech never made it to the 99.75-area from the last update.

However, it did post an up-thrust, topping out at 99.65, just 0.10-pts from target.

This is how it is … for the scientific types, good luck with calculating where the market ‘should’ go. 🙂

Evidently, getting within 0.10-points from a 38.2% retrace was ‘good enough’; XBI reversed from there.

Biotech XBI, Daily

If this is a trendline of some importance, we’re still in the very early stages (not advice, not a recommendation).

Anything can happen and XBI, could close higher.

A new daily low was posted early in the session and price action is currently attempting to ‘spring’ off that low.

Positioning

As noted, a short is open (LABD-24-19); it may be a ‘day trade’ if XBI does not close lower for the day (not advice, not a recommendation).

Separately, based on price action, SOXS-24-17, was closed with a 13.1%, profit (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Semi Industry at Risk?

October 1, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, Livermore, NVDA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-17, SOXX, ZeroHedge

Potential Bottleneck

‘Surprises tend to come in the direction of trend’; Jesse Livermore

The potential all-time high (reversal) for Nvidia along with the A.I. bubble, was identified here and here.

If that analysis holds (it is, so far), we’re either in sideways congestion or outright reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

A Funny Thing Happened

If its reversal, that’s when funny things start to happen.

Like the only ultra-pure quartz mining operation in the world; used for semiconductors, possibly knocked off-line.

That kind of funny.

This article, link here, details potential risk to the semi-industry.

It doesn’t look like the semis’ are waiting around to find out.

The SOXX, just opened lower, currently trading lower (as of 9:42 a.m., EST).

Semiconductors SOXX, Daily

If yesterday was the (up-thrust) test, it was on contracting volume when compared to September 26th’s, resistance penetration.

With this post coming out just before the open on the 27th, the implication was, a short position was about to be opened (not advice, not a recommendation).

Positioning

Entry in SOXS, was at 18.87, early in the session on the 27th; hard stop @ 18.60, the day’s low (not advice, not a recommendation).

Trade labeled SOXS-24-17.

Speculator’s Notes

The objective here is not necessarily to be ‘right’, but to minimize the risk.

With a ‘risk’ (distance between entry and stop) of just 0.27-points, a sizeable position can be opened.

Example. A ‘risk’ of $1,000 means position size is around 3,700 shares of SOXS.

At yesterday’s closing price (20.25), the position of 3,700 shares, would now be up a modest but decent $5,100.

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Good News/Bad News … Micron

September 29, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, David Weis, MU, NVDA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-17, SOXX, Wyckoff Tags: , , , ,

Massive Volume & Gap

From a Wyckoff and David Weis analysis perspective, wide high-volume, price bars tend to be tested.

What does that tell us (to anticipate) with Micron’s huge gap-up with volume?

When we go to the chart, we see more … a lot more.

Frist off, let’s not forget, Micron’s Number Nine, in market cap within the SOXX, tracking ETF.

Its price action behavior (significantly) affects the index.

Micron Technology MU, Daily

We’ve got a (possible) Head & Shoulders. with an Up-Thrust, precipitated by good news (here and here).

It’s been 70 (trading) Days since Nvidia hit all-time highs; a high forecasted, then confirmed here and here:

Back then, was this:

“With the prior update letting us know the air is going out of support for continued A.I., today’s action may be a significant reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).”

It was significant. Nvidia has not been there since.

Implications

The implication with the (still holding) Nvidia top, is the A.I. bubble has burst.

Possibly the largest asset bubble in world history.

What we’re seeing with Micron, is potentially the last gasps of short covering, with an attempt to mount a rally in an overall deflating market (not advice, not a recommendation).

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