Category Archives: SOXX

AI, ‘Train-Wreck’, Leaves Station

July 20, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, Edward Dowd, LABD, NVDA, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, SPBIO, TSM

Did You See The ‘Elephant’ ?

It’s hidden in plain sight.

Taiwan Semi (TSM) releases lackluster results, revenue slowdown and new building construction delays.

TSM says the delays stem from the inability to find qualified workers.

Edward Dowd provides insight on the overall reduction of employees, in this interview (Time stamp 5:10).

Bull Trap Shut, Train Leaving Station

If there ever was a ‘gotcha’ moment, this is it.

Even while the mainstream continues to tout the hype, here, here and here, the market has reversed (not advice, not a recommendation).

The daily chart of SOXX, has the MACD bearish divergence confirmed. Price action is now (as of 3:05 p.m., EST) well below the breakout (blue line) resistance area.

Semiconductor SOXX, Daily

This site does not give advice, but it can be inferred by reading the reports what actions are being executed (not advice, not a recommendation).

With that said, short positions in the SOXX, via leveraged inverse SOXS, were entered early during yesterday’s session at SOXS 8.54 and SOXS 8.69.

As a side note, within minutes after today’s market open, the gain in the SOXS, fully erased the -7.9% loss via LABD, noted in yesterday’s update.

The Biotech ‘Bid’

For whatever reason, probably to be revealed months or years from now, biotech, the instigator of the ‘elephant’ is not selling off into a market collapse as expected.

Instead, the effects are being played out in low-margin industries like airlines and semiconductors.

Stay Tuned

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The Last of The Bubble(s)

July 19, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, LABD, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, SPBIO, TSM 1 Comment

‘Idol’ Worship

If Artificial Intelligence, really is the last of the bubble(s), isn’t it appropriate we culminate in a market top of the ages, with the desire (and delusion) that we can be like God.

Let’s ask ‘AI’ how to get rid of spike protein … see what it says.

We’re around mid-day; the SOXX, is raging a bull/bear battle inside the range of yesterday’s session.

Tuesday’s session was not able to post a new high or low. With that said, the Fibonacci count from the last update remains intact.

Semiconductor SOXX, Daily

The chart shows upside pressure (volume) is dissipating.

As of this post, the MACD (not shown) is flat, waiting to tick lower; not yet confirming the bearish divergence.

A penetration of the prior session low, SOXX 524.11, would give a classical analysis sell signal (not advice, not a recommendation).

Tomorow’s TSM Earnings

Anything can happen.

SOXX, could spike higher to the previously identified 550- 560, area.

Or, we could have an immediate ‘sell the news’ event.

Either way, it’s up to the speculator/trader to decide for himself whether to take action, or not.

Biotech Short

Separately, the biotech short via LABD, has been exited with a – 7.9%, loss. So, there’s that.

On to the next trade (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

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There’s A ‘Hole’ In The SOXX

July 18, 2023 By in Dr. Elder, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, TSM, Wyckoff 1 Comment

Count of The Fibonacci

While the media’s wasting no time setting up the average investor, for a ‘guaranteed skinning’ (as Dr. Elder used to say), providing an environment of constant, incessant, AI ‘get-in-now’, buy recommendations.

With that said, an ominous market sign has appeared.

As the daily chart of SOXX shows, we either have a breakout or a hole that’s about to be filled (reversed).

Semiconductor Index SOXX, Daily

In technical terms, the SOXX is in Wyckoff ‘Up-Thrust’, reversal position (not advice, not a recommendation).

A tick lower in MACD, confirms the bearish divergence.

Then, there’s Fibonacci

Enter, The Count

When markets are in a mania, reaching insane extremes, it allows for a (more) clean print of either Fibonacci retrace levels or time correlation.

Decide for yourself if that’s the case now.

Remember, tomorrow (Wednesday) is the 19th, and one day before Taiwan (TSM) releases earnings.

That release is scheduled for the 20th before the open.

Stay Tuned

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SOXX … The ‘AI’ Wedge Higher

July 11, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, DWCINL, LABD, Life Insurance, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, SPBIO 1 Comment

Last Gasp Before August 23rd?

The SOXX chart pattern (below), is telling us we’re likely in a case of …’buy the rumor, sell the news’.

Yesterday’s action may have negated any immediate reversal downward.

Now, it looks like we’re going into a terminating wedge targeting SOXX higher to approximately 550 – 560 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Of course, anything can happen.

Semiconductor SOXX, Daily

Note, the potential for a bearish MACD divergence if SOXX moves to new highs.

If we thought there was hysteria now, just think what’s it’s going to be like if SOXX breaks to the upside.

Party, like it’s 1999

Then, Biotech SPBIO

Meanwhile back at the ranch, with about a half-hour to go before the regular session, biotech leveraged inverse LABD, is hovering at yesterday’s lows.

Biotech SPBIO, Leveraged Inverse LABD, Daily

Support (blue line) has been penetrated.

Price action has stopped dead … thus far.

This sector has been the downside leader (LABD, higher) in the past so, we’ll see if that’s happening now.

The ‘Life Insurance’ Correlation

There appears to be correlation with potential downside reversal in biotech and possible downside reversal in the life-insurance sector.

We’ll discuss that in another update.

Stay Tuned

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ChatGPT, Tops-Out

July 8, 2023 By in AVGO, NVDA, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, TSM

And With That, It’s Over

The ChatGPT craze lasted just long enough to ramp Nvidia and the SOXX, to stratospheric levels.

In the coming weeks and months, we’re likely to see who ‘cashed-in’ (a la Elon Musk) and for how much.

When a bull market nears the end of its lifecycle, it tends to thin-out.

As the smaller cap stocks fall away and underperform, they’re sold and that capital’s funneled into the ‘last man standing’; in this case, Nvidia (NVDA).

Broadcom (AVGO) is there as well, but it’s a distant second at 1/3rd, the market cap of NVDA.

Short Positioning

We’re short this sector via SOXS (not advice, not a recommendation) with entries shown in the prior update.

There was a third entry on 7/6 (not shown), but it’s minimal size when compared to the others.

Now, on to the charts

Semiconductor Leveraged Inverse Fund, SOXS

The following chart has the current hard-stop progression and soft-stop (trader discretion) locations.

Moving in closer with the zoom version.

The ‘AI’ bulls are in their brain stem (un-thinking), enabled in their fantasy by articles like this one and this one.

Of course, there’s more like here and here but we get the picture.

Taiwan Semi (TSM) Earnings Date

At the time of this update, TSM earnings date was an estimate, now confirmed as July 20th, before the open.

It’s about to get interesting.

Stay Tuned

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Managing The (SOXS) Trade

July 5, 2023 By in Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX 1 Comment

The ‘AI’ Reversal

It looks a little unstable for the ‘AI’ bulls.

The top in the SOXX, was correctly identified, here.

The potential completion of the downside test and reversal was discussed, here.

After that last post, the SOXX limped higher for one day, before reversing, today.

In fact, today’s session lows took out the daily lows of the prior two sessions.

This update will be brief.

A short position (via SOXS) was initiated on Friday June 30th, then increased by 20%, this past Monday, July 3rd (not advice, not a recommendation).

Semiconductor Leveraged Inverse Fund SOXS, Daily

Entries are shown as Arrow No. 1 and No. 2

An original soft stop (trader discretion) and hard stop were given of 9.75, and 9.48, respectively.

Price action on Monday pushed through the soft stop and trader discretion was to maintain the position.

As a result of today’s action, the hard stop has been moved up to SOXS 9.54, with a soft stop at today’s SOXS low of 9.76 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

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Beware … The ‘Ides’ of July

July 2, 2023 By in NVDA, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, TSM 1 Comment

Well, July 13th, Actually

Thursday, July 13th, is when Tiawan Semi (TSM) is scheduled to release its earnings.

At this point, the date is still an estimate as this link says it could be as late as the 19th.

Either way, we’re going to find out (very soon) if there’s any correlating support for Nvidia’s ‘fantasy‘, $11-Billion.

The historic chart for NVDA (since 1999), shows an incredible rise that has apparently reached a climax top.

That climax is shown by the ‘off-the-chart’ reading of Force Index; never before seen in the 24-years, a near quarter century of trading history.

Nvidia, NVDA Daily Chart, Historical

Moving closer in on the daily, we see the magnitude of the thrust higher.

The gap has been labeled ‘exhaustion’.

That premise is supported by the fact of immense thrust (and volume) higher.

Exhaustion means just that; it can’t be sustained (not advice, not a recommendation).

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‘Show Me The Money !’ … NVDA

July 1, 2023 By in GDXJ, JDST, NVDA, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, The Maverick of Wall Street 3 Comments

Waiting, For August 23rd

From a strategic standpoint, this past Friday was the end of the Quarter and possibly the lowest risk spot to short the semis (not advice, not a recommendation).

‘Low risk’, does not mean, ‘no risk’.

We’ll look at the chart below for the SOXX, but first some housekeeping on the Junior Miners, GDXJ.

As stated in the last update, if there was more GDXJ, upside, shorts (via JDST) would be exited. That’s what happened with an overall gain of + 3.57%, on the series (beginning 6/16/23).

Now, on to the next circus … Artificial Intelligence; more specifically, NVDA and its cohort, the SOXX.

Where’s The Money?

With the quarter over, money managers have dutifully shown they’re like everyone else, ‘investing’ in AI.

That’s out of the way, so let’s move on to the specifics:

‘Hey NVDA, where’s the $11 Billion?’

Referring back to the excellent investigation done by The Maverick, in his view, the $11 Billion, is “Fantasy”.

The tricky part from a chart standpoint, is to identify when or if that fantasy is going to be exposed.

Semiconductor SOXX, Weekly (Inverted)

We’ve taken the weekly chart of SOXX, and inverted it as if going long the leveraged inverse SOXS (not advice, not a recommendation).

Downside force dissipating with each major thrust.

Last week was an ‘inside week’; price action could not make a new weekly low.

Couple that with end of quarter, potential ‘window dressing’ and this past Friday, may have been the lowest risk point, for shorting via SOXS (not advice, not a recommendation).

Analysis … not Advice

This site cannot and will not give advice.

What it can do, is provide analysis and strategy so that you can make your own determination on the market.

With that said, the ‘heads-up’ for a top in the SOXX, was posted on June 17th, link here.

Since that time, the SOXX reversed down and has now come back to test.

Positioning

On Friday, the SOXX, was shorted by entering long the inverse fund SOXS, at 10.01.

Soft stop (trader discretion) for the position is the session low at 9.75, and hard stop (no excuses exit) at all-time low of 9.48 (not advice, not a recommendation).

The coming weeks may prove interesting. All eyes will be on that ‘$11-Billion’.

Show Me The Money

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The ‘SOXX’ Top

June 17, 2023 By in NVDA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, The Maverick of Wall Street, TSM, Wyckoff 2 Comments

Was That, ‘THE’ Top ?

Beginning at time stamp 6:24, at this link, The Maverick goes through an investigation into NVDA, projections.

‘Something doesn’t add up here ….’

That report was three weeks ago. What’s happened, lately?

As of the close this past Friday, NVDA, the largest in the SOXX, was at $1.1-Trillion, market cap. A distant second, is Taiwan Semi (TSM) at $545.5-Bln.

Below, we have a confluence of events for the SOXX.

Semiconductor (ETF), SOXX, Weekly Candle

We’re at the top of a trading channel.

We’re in Wyckoff ‘Up-Thrust’ (reversal) position.

A lot of volume expended with less (net) upward progress than previous volume spike; ‘effort vs. reward’.

Getting down to the daily, we see a terminating wedge that’s coupled with reduced volume.

Semiconductor Index SOXX, Daily Candle

So, what does that mean?

The ‘probabilities’ for more upside are, or have been, reduced significantly (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

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NVDA & SOXX … Risk Reduced ?

February 23, 2023 By in NVDA, SOXS, SOXX, Wyckoff

At The Danger Point®, Where Risk Is Least

It does not get much better than this.

The weekly chart of semiconductor index SOXX (below), shows we’ve already had the Wyckoff up-thrust, the reversal.

All that was missing was the test. That is, until today.

The reportedly ‘good news‘ from Nvidia has given the SOXX the excuse to test its reversal.

Pre-market action has Nvidia itself is up +10.61%, and the SOXX currently up +2.42% (8:32 a.m., EST).

Conversely leveraged inverse fund SOXS is down – 7.15%. This is the opportunity (not advice not a recommendation).

Semiconductor Index SOXX, Weekly

With the SOXX open set for higher, risk on a short position (via 3X Leveraged Inverse SOXS) may be reduced as much as the market is going to allow.

Less risk is NOT, no risk.

The market is going through its natural tendencies, and this is an area where there could be a short opportunity (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

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