Category Archives: Wyckoff

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.

Stay Tuned

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It’s Lonely At The Top

July 23, 2023 By in NVDA, Positions, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXX, TSM, Wyckoff 1 Comment

The ‘AI’ Top

We’re about to find out if last Tuesday, was the top in AI, or just another interim top on the way higher.

No matter the Taiwan Semi slow-down, mainstream media’s not even considering we’re near (or past) a potential long-term reversal.

For this update, the SOXX is being used as proxy for the AI mania. The chief cook and bottle washer in this latest delusion is Nvidia (NVDA), which reached a high on Friday, July 14th.

Basic Indicators, Wyckoff & The Cat

Even without using Wyckoff analysis, basic indicators like MACD, both on daily and weekly are telling us the momentum has slowed; on the daily, it’s outright reversed to the downside.

From a Wyckoff standpoint, we’ve had an up-thrust (reversal) that’s been supported by decreasing up-volume and increasing down-volume (shown on daily, below).

The cat’s out of the bag with Taiwan’s earnings release.

What we have are delays, more delays, coupled with revenue slowdowns (not advice, not a recommendation).

So, NVDA, where’s the money? Where’s that $11-Billion?

Slow, At-First?

If we’re past the top, it could be slow at first. Maybe imperceptible that a significant reversal is at hand.

If that’s the case, it might all change on August 23rd, when NVDA releases its own earnings.

Semiconductors, SOXX, Daily

The daily chart shows we’re holding below resistance (blue line) after an apparent reversal.

The probabilities are accumulating that we’re in some kind of sustainable reversal.

Next week is likely to show us if that assessment is correct (not advice, not a recommendation).

Positioning

Stated previously, this site does not provide advice.

With that said, here’s how it looks on the company’s spreadsheet for shorting the SOXX using leveraged inverse fund SOXS.

Next week’s action is likely to either force an exit of the position or allow for the trailing stop to be increased.

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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Fibonacci, Force and Biotech

July 12, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, LABD, Positions, SPBIO, The List, The Speck, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge

Waiting For The ‘Event Horizon’

We’re going to start first, with this link, presenting the on-going fundamentals of the sector.

For those of us literally pulling their hair out, wondering if the dam is ever going to break, we have this link.

‘We’ve just poisoned 5-Billion people …’

Note: The dam break is the ‘event horizon’ where everyone collectively wakes-up. Once that happens, the ‘conspiracy’ has been proven as undeniable fact.

Biotech SPBIO, may or may not have an absolute direct connection with the aforementioned links but it’s the ‘baby with the bathwater’ response that’s expected.

Adding to that, big players in this sector have no P/E

The top-ten weightings keep changing, but the last time it was checked, none in the top-ten, had a P/E.

Since we’re working the short side, it’s the leveraged inverse fund LABD that’s of interest.

Biotech Leveraged Inverse LABD, Daily

Note the near perfect Fibonacci time correlation.

As of today’s close, price action on the LABD has got itself into a Wyckoff ‘spring position’ having decisively penetrated support (blue line), shown below.

That spring set-up has been accomplished on weak down-thrust when compared to the prior move lower.

We have a high probability of upside reversal, down for SPBIO (not advice, not a recommendation).

Positioning

Stated in the prior update, we’re short this sector (long LABD) and now have Hard Stop @ LABD 13.27 (not advice, not a recommendation).

Update: 7/13/23, 2:51 p.m. EST

LABD price action pushed to 13.26, just 0.01, below the above listed stop and is now moving higher.

Trade has been maintained (not advice, not a recommendation)

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Is Biotech (Short) Back?

July 10, 2023 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, LABD, Positions, SPBIO, The List, The Speck, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge

First, The SOXX Housekeeping

Biotech Sector SPBIO ($SPSIBI) has got itself into a Wyckoff Up-Thrust (reversal) condition but first, we’ll update the SOXS trade.

A discretionary exit was made during this session at SOXS 10.10, for just over 1% profit (not advice, not a recommendation).

The trade was in the green and not going to be allowed to go red … a simple, but difficult to execute, trading rule.

We’re still in a bubble. That has not changed. So, it’s being watched closely.

Meanwhile, biotech SPBIO ($SPSIBI) reversed on June 14th and has been edging lower ever since. Today, we have what looks to be an up-thrust condition.

Price action has penetrated previous resistance and stalled (thus far).

Since our interest is to short the sector, we’ll go straight to the leveraged inverse fund LABD.

Biotech SPBIO, Leveraged Inverse LABD, Hourly

With about an hour before the close, price action’s penetrated support and has slowed significantly.

Positioning:

LABD entry @ 13.8766; Soft-Stop and Hard-Stop might be at the lows for the day (not advice, not a recommendation). More on that, later.

Fundamentals

The drivers for potential downside continue to grow.

Scenes like this have now entrenched themselves into the public arena.

As stated, many times (in the opinion of this author), these events are the primary driving force for all market activity on a go forward basis.

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Mind The (Miner) Gap

June 21, 2023 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, JDST, Loeb, Neil McCoy-Ward, Positions, Wyckoff, ZeroHedge

‘Straightforward’ … Sort Of

‘Real (market) opportunities are rare. When one is found, it must be used to its fullest extent’; Gerald M. Loeb, the late, and former Vice Chairman, of E.F. Hutton

What a refreshing quote that is, back in the day when we had ‘Chairmen.’.

So, are the Miners the Juniors GDXJ, that opportunity?

From a technical standpoint, there’s the bearish divergence on MACD when looking at the weekly. Then, we have Fibonacci correlation on the weekly as well (shown below).

The daily has the short entry signal given yesterday (not advice, not a recommendation).

Fundamentals Collapse

Next, we have industrial demand in collapse, not to mention the world economies. If industrial demand is collapsing for photovoltaic components (link here), then silver demand must be collapsing.

The ‘Gap’

The analysis was working fine in the pre-market for shorting the GDXJ (not advice, not a recommendation), but then at the open, there was the gap.

Let’s address that but first get started with the weekly chart of GDXJ

Junior Miners, GDXJ, Weekly

The technical details are clear: Bearish divergence on MACD as well as Fibonacci time correlation.

The original Fibonacci 89-weeks was covered in this post.

Yesterday, there was a gap-lower open and price action kept posting lower.

Will this gap be filled? That’s the question.

Junior Miners GDXJ, Daily

As the chart implies, was yesterday a breakaway gap?

Price action’s right at support … or slightly below, which technically put us in Wyckoff ‘spring’ position.

The ‘Probabilities’

Given the bearish overall condition of this sector both on a technical and fundamental basis, a gap-fill is unlikely … but one has to be prepared.

As stated in the last update, the short position via leveraged inverse JDST was increased (not advice, not a recommendation).

To account for possible gap closure on the inverse JDST, a soft stop (trader discretion) is at 6.80 and below, with an absolute hard stop (no excuses exit) at 6.38 (not advice, not a recommendation).

It’s now, 20-minutes before the open.

Let’s see what happens next.

Stay Tuned

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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).

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Gold Miners … Stealth Reversal

June 12, 2023 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, JDST, Wyckoff 1 Comment

Narrow Open & Close Price Action

If you’re not looking for it … you’ll miss it.

Early in today’s session, the Junior Miners GDXJ, posted a new daily low and new weekly low. That helps the downside probabilities (not advice, not a recommendation).

As mentioned in the prior update, when price action penetrates existing lows, there’s a good chance of ‘spring’ action as a result. The market attempts to rally.

Sometimes it’s successful; other times, not.

The attempt to rally after posting new lows is what GDXJ is doing now (as of 2:15 p.m., EST).

Junior Gold Miners GDXJ, Weekly Bar

In the weekly chart below, note how the close, then open, then close and then open again, are to each other.

That ‘narrowness’ signifies either resistance or support, in this case, resistance.

Where the sector closes for the day may an important clue if we’ll continue to the downside.

Next update, the trend-lines.

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Key Reversal … Gold Miners

June 7, 2023 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, JDST, Positions, Wyckoff 2 Comments

New Daily Lows

We’re now about mid-way into the session.

The daily lows of the past four trading days have been penetrated: thus, defining today as a ‘key reversal’ or ‘outside-down’.

Spring Position

Ironically, since those lows have been penetrated, it sets up the GDXJ, in Wyckoff ‘Spring’ position.

There’s a possibility of some type of rising action as we get near the close … but don’t count on it (not advice, not a recommendation).

The weekly MACD, is in a bearish divergence (not shown) and it looks like the daily upside testing is complete.

This bearish set up may continue to develop into a significant downside move or just as easily, dissipate into randomness.

Junior Miners GDXJ, Daily Candle

If this turns out to be an important directional move, we’re still early (not advice, not a recommendation).

Following updates will present trendlines and support/resistance areas.

Stay Tuned

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Effort & Reward … Gold Miners

June 2, 2023 By in DUST, GDX, GDXJ, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, JDST, Wyckoff

Lots of Volume … Little Progress

For the past two days Junior Miners GDXJ, launched higher on increased volume and then whacked itself right into resistance.

The daily chart shows the heavy up-volume, relatively wide price bars and then today’s decline (and new daily low) that took place with ease.

Wyckoff called this, ‘effort vs. reward’; lots of upward thrust (volume) that so far, can’t hold.

We’re about thirty minutes before the close and anything can happen; with that said, GDXJ is on track to close near the lows of the day.

Junior Miners GDXJ, Daily Candle

The ‘Inverse’ Clues

While the GDXJ, was declining with apparent ease, interesting things were happening with the leveraged inverse fund JDST.

That is, huge block trades were posted on the tape.

At least two blocks of 150,000 shares were observed scrolling on the tape within seconds of each other.

At the executed trade price, 150,000 shares represent a commitment of $972,000

Two of them is $1.94-million; a ‘modest’ position. 🙂

It should be noted that yesterday’s volume in JDST, was the second highest (edit … 4th, highest), ever.

In addition, those block trades mentioned above, took place in the middle of the day … highly unusual.

It all could be a ruse or for real. Either way, something big may be about to happen (not advice, not a recommendation).

Stay Tuned

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