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Carvana’s (final) Squeeze

October 31, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, CVNA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-20, SOXX, TSM Tags: , , ,

Who’s Left, To Cover?

Short interest on Carvana, has been holding at a stubborn 12% – 13%, for what seems like months.

As of this post, BigCharts reports current short-interest at 11.67%.

Maybe that’s about to change with today’s gap-higher action (not advice, not a recommendation).

Carvana just released earnings and like the analysis of Taiwan Semi (link, here), this may be the end of the squeeze (or, the beginning of the end).

Carvana CVNA, Weekly

Pre-market action’s right at the 61.8%, retrace level.

Note the magenta arrow on Force Index, middle panel.

Subsequent upward thrusts have less and less energy.

Other Markets: SOXX

We’re about twenty-minutes before the open and Semiconductors, SOXX, looks like it will confirm the downside reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

There may also be a downtrend line in play.

More on that later.

Stay Tuned

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SOXX … Keeps on Slippin’

October 23, 2024 By in Artificial Intelligence, NVDA, Semiconductors, SOXS, SOXS-24-18, SOXX, TSM, Wyckoff Tags: , , , ,

Downward Pressure

Insiders have sold out; the train has left the station.

Big caps, NVDA, and TSM, appear to have reached (and reversed from) all-time highs, simultaneously but separately.

NVDA, with an Up-Thrust, TSM, with an exhaustion spike (not advice, not a recommendation).

Of course, anything can happen, there could be a reversal.

For now however, downward pressure appears to be increasing.

Taiwan Semi opened below yesterday’s low and Nvidia posted a new daily low within seconds after its open.

Let’s look at Nvidia and see how Fibonacci time sequences are affecting price action.

Nvidia NVDA, Daily

At this juncture, we’re in Wyckoff Up-Thrust condition (not advice, not a recommendation).

Price action posted above resistance (blue line) and retreated.

Note the ‘Week 89’, first discussed here, and here.

Then, we have yesterday’s action at both Fibonacci count 89 (minus two days) and 55 (plus one day).

Stay Tuned

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Gold … Measured Moves

October 19, 2024 By in Charles Hugh Smith, GLD, Gold & Silver, Gold Miners, Gold Production, Speck-Effect, Statista, The Speck Tags: , , ,

Is This … ‘Inflation?‘

Is gold rising because of ‘inflation’ or just another market going through pattern-influenced moves?

Maybe there’s something else, something no-one talks about.

As far as known, the following insight (first discussed here) is exclusive:

Since 2020, world-wide gold output is declining; output for 2023, down over 9%, since 2019, link here.

Could this be a clue? Full article is here.

Well, enough of the truth.

Let’s get back to our fantasy world; the highly simplistic excuse that gold’s responding to ‘massive inflation’ and ‘money printing’.

Gold GLD, Monthly

One wedge, with its target already reached.

There’s another potential wedge (not advice, not a recommendation).

Since futures are trading about $200/oz. higher than GLD (at 1/10 oz. pricing), the second measured move if reached, corresponds to about $3,300/oz. (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Silver’s ‘Measured Move’

October 13, 2024 By in Gold & Silver, SLV Tags: , , , ,

Bullish & Bearish

For the past six months, the overall strategic assessment of silver has been consistent; sideways to bearish.

Stategic, because there are always opportunities for bulls and bears if your timeframe is short enough.

Six months ago in May, the high for silver SLV, was 29.56. So far this month, the high is 30.01, a +1.52% difference.

Not exactly ‘sideways’ but as we’ll see below, it’s potentially bearish (not advice, not a recommendation).

Silver SLV, Weekly

The measured move, discussed back in May, link here.

Back then, at the link above was this:

“The coming week could see SLV, inch its way higher to the measured move or continue the testing (possibly, reversal) action it started last week.“

Well, it took SLV, nineteen-weeks to ‘inch its way higher’ to just tap the measured move target.

All of which brings us to the next chart.

If the wedge is in-effect and SLV breaks down, depending on location, SLV, target could be in the vicinity of 20 – 22 area (not advice, not a recommendation).

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Bonds Down (rates up) … Again

October 10, 2024 By in Bonds, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, TLT Tags: , , , ,

‘Investors’ Lose Confidence

We’re still in the pre-market (9:13 a.m., EST) but already, long bonds (TLT), are trading lower with rates higher.

The current bond reversal was first discussed in this post.

Part of what was said (then) is to watch how the press paints the picture; that is, to get your popcorn ready.

Cue The Press

So, the ‘press’ has decided that ‘investors’ are losing confidence in the Fed.

Instead of highlighting wrong-think about who is leading whom (hint, bonds are in charge, not the Fed), we’re going to ‘let the trade do the talking’ or the analysis, as it were.

Long Bonds TLT, Daily Close

Back then (September 19th), wedge identified.

Moving on to now.

We’ll propose that investors are not losing confidence in the Fed.

No, we’re in a new paradigm, catching many off-guard; unsure as to what data to believe and how to position.

This site is using the method described in the About section. You’re watching in real time, how that method fares under the current chaotic market conditions.

As Buffett is attributed to saying.

‘When the tide goes out, that’s when you find out who’s been swimming naked’.

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Silver’s Bearish Divergence (again)

October 5, 2024 By in Dollar, Dr. Elder, Gold & Silver, Livermore, serpentza, SLV, UUP Tags: , , , ,

Has Our Hyperinflation ‘Nutcase’ Escaped?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, here we are.

We’re about to find out if silver (SLV), is headed for a breakout, sideways congestion and/or, outright reversal.

In a world that seems to be allergic to the truth (as serpentza, put it), we’re going to do just that; look at the truth, the price action itself.

The last update, link here, said to watch for an SLV, breakout that could fail, confirming a bearish divergence.

From the intro line, here we are.

We have the breakout.

All that’s missing is continuation higher or reversal (not advice, not a recommendation).

So, let’s go to the truth of the matter, the SLV chart.

Silver SLV, ETF, Daily

Years ago, Dr. Elder stated, when MACD histogram and MACD lines are parallel (bearish divergence), it’s a rare occurrence.

The coming week might be the deciding factor.

Before we leave this post, let’s throw in a bonus and consider the dollar ‘collapse’ narrative.

Dollar ‘Collapse’, Where?

Below is an updated chart of the dollar index.

Note the arrow to this link, posted nearly four years ago!

Dollar Index UUP, Weekly

It’s important to note, at the time the ‘Reversal Ready’ post was created, there was absolutely no-one (that was known) indicating the dollar index was headed significantly higher.

This is what’s meant by ‘Strategy’ in the About section.

Livermore was focused on what’s going (or likely) to happen in a big way.

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Real Estate Closing The ‘Spread’

October 4, 2024 By in Bonds, David Weis, DE, DRV, DRV-24-05, Interest Rates, IYR, Real Estate, TLT Tags: , , , , 1 Comment

If The Correlation Remains Intact

As the chart shows, real estate and bonds (interest rates) have been well correlated for over three years.

There are times, when that correlation gets ‘spread’; one market goes one way, while the other market goes … well, the ‘other’ way.

That time appears to be now.

Long Bonds TLT & Real Estate IYR, Daily Close

Note how the ‘spread’ eventually gets closed.

Note: The first spread on the left part of the chart took several months to close (completed in late July 2023).

The correlation remained near exact until about January 2024, where it began to diverge again.

Now, we’re spread with bonds heading lower (rates higher) helped along with the latest ‘jobs data‘.

Positioning

If time permits, we’ll go into price action posted yesterday and how this series of two IYR, price bars, yesterday, the day before, are (almost) exactly like DE (John Deere) price action shown by Daivd Weis on his video … except taking it from a short perspective.

Current position DRV-24-05, remains intact; stop now moved tentatively to the DRV session low for today (not advice, not a recommendation).

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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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Eyes on Bonds … Rates Higher

September 28, 2024 By in Bonds, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Michael Bordenaro, TLT Tags: , , , , , , ,

Pulling Back The Curtain

Rates not going lower but higher as reported here, now being confirmed by ‘boots-on-the-ground’, link here.

With rates moving higher now, the next Fed meeting after the ‘election’, seems a long time away.

Exact Opposite

As Michael Bordenaro reported (link) above, ‘everybody’ expected rates to fall because, well, you know … The Fed 🙂

As he states, the exact opposite is what’s happening.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the curtain’s being pulled back on a lot of things. The Fed’s in ‘control’ is just one of them.

So, let’s take a look at bonds, then and now.

Long Bonds TLT, Daily Close

That was then.

Fast-forward, to now.

Price patterns can dissipate or stay ‘in-effect’.

The measured move target shows where bonds are likely to go, if the pattern stays in effect (not advice, not a recommendation).

Of course, bonds lower, means rates higher.

Get your popcorn ready and let’s watch how the media’s going to spin this one.

Stay Tuned

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Biotech, Fibonacci, & The Tape

September 24, 2024 By in $SPSIBI, Biotech, LABD, LABD-24-18, Livermore, Loeb, SOXS, SOXS-24-16, SOXX, SPBIO, Wyckoff, XBI Tags: , , , ,

Reversal of Significance

Wyckoff (tape reading) analysis identified the potential reversal in XBI.

In the past two days of trading, biotech XBI, is decisively lower (not advice, not a recommendation).

However, there’s more to this story.

As we’ll see below, Fibonacci is at work as well.

Biotech XBI, Daily Close

From closing high on 2/27/24, to closing high on 9/19/24, was a Fibonacci 144 days (minus one).

Ladies and Gentlemen, it doesn’t get much better 🙂

The black lines show resistance penetration, up-thrust and reversal.

Livermore, Wyckoff & Loeb

The trading methods of the three market masters above, can be summarized as:

Strategy, Tactics and Focus.

Livermore’s method of ‘what’s going to happen in a (potential) big way’, pointed to biotech.

Wyckoff’s analysis was used to identify (to the day), the potential for a significant reversal.

Loeb, who is less known, was the former Vice Chairman of E.F. Hutton, disparaged ‘diversification’ as the ‘averaging of errors’; meaning, if you don’t know what you’re doing (in the markets), you ‘diversify.’

We can see all three at work in the selection to go short biotech via LABD (not advice, not a recommendation).

Fixing Errors

For those watching, you got to see up close and personal a trading error on shorting the SOXX; specifically, an -11.6%, hit, link here.

As of this post, four trading days later, that loss has been fully recovered and then some.

This is how should be done.

Clear the mind, look for (don’t force) another opportunity, get to back to business.

Stay Tuned

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