Feb 22, 2020

Weekly preview

Currently what I see:
- the indicators does not look good, market breadth with sell signals, reversal daily and weekly candles (confirmation needed), sell signal triggered - bad looking close below MA10.
- the pattern - from the January low I see zig-zag higher and zig-zag lower. At the moment there is neither complete pattern nor reversal pattern.
- time - from cycle perspective the ideal time for a top is the first week of March - more below in cycle section.

My opinion at the moment - we should see one more high for completed pattern. If we have reversal we should see acceleration lower next week for a third wave to negate the zig-zag pattern lower.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - at first it looks like impulse, but I do not see such for the other indexes or the futures. I think it is a-b or some ED running. Again as long as it stays above 3300 we should see move higher, for something bearish we should see acceleration below that level.

NYSE again with more clear picture, many indexes have this zig-zag up/zig-zag down pattern. For a top I want to see NYSE making higher high to synchronize with DJ/SP500... it does not make sense if they have different patterns.


Intermediate term - the indicators do not look so good. Waiting for the move up to be completed after that expect MA200 to be tested.
In arithmetic scale after one more high we will have two legs up with roughly the same size.... zig-zag corrective pattern.
Below DJ and RUT how I see a complete pattern. It is the same for SP500 just this indexes show it more clear. The outcome for the both patterns is the same it is just the labeling and they will hit the high at the ideal cycle time for a top.

DJ with ED for c/y/B.

RUT with series of zig-zags including all four a and c waves.


Long term - close to the top of wave B, once completed we should see sell off into the end of Q2.2020. It will complete the correction which begun in January 2018. Alternate scenario shorter impulse C for running flat, less likely zig-zag lower w2 for a big ED.


MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - the same weak with divergences, pointing lower and sell signals.
McClellan Oscillator - below zero, divergences.
McClellan Summation Index - sell signal with divergences.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - sell signal.
Bullish Percentage - divergence, turned lower.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - below 75, pointing lower with divergence.
Fear Indicator VIX - series of higher lows, the next big move is spike higher most likely in March.
Advance-Decline Issues - turned lower with double divergence.


HURST CYCLES
Daily(trading) cycle - roughly 1/3 of the cycle. Sell signal was triggered - the price is below MA10, RSI below MA18, the price broke the trend line. As expected this cycle is weaker than the previous two.
At the moment I am ignoring the signal and giving preference to EW+cycles. I could be wrong, but I want to see either completed pattern or reversal pattern and there is no such at the moment.


Hurst cycles - the first two cycles look perfect 15 days high-to-high for the 20d cycle and lower, now we have day 15 low-to-low for possible 20d cycle low(not confirmed yet). Why is the first week of March interesting for a top:
From high-to-high perspective I am expecting to see 5w high before the markets turn lower. This is 2x20d cycles or the first week of March.
From low-to-low perspective we have new 20w cycle running so I think the minimum is one 20d cycle higher(check) then the second 20d cycle should "fail" and revers around the middle of the cycle or before that - another 6-8 trading days higher is again the first week of March.


Week 3 for the 20w cycle. Weaker as expected - DJ,NYSE,RUT are struggling below the previous high, SP500 around it. It is all about the tech stocks - many of them completing w3 from 2009 and many with vertical moves. We should see spectacular decline into the 4y cycle low because first it is compressed in time and second it follows vertical patterns.... and they always end the same way - vertically lower.

Feb 15, 2020

Weekly preview

Last week more price action was needed for the pattern to take shape and after this week it looks like ED. For confirmation we should see one more high followed by steep decline below 3300.
If we see move lower without one more higher high than it is the bigger ED which I showed last week in comments.


TECHNICAL PICTURE and ELLIOTT WAVES
Short term - it looks like diagonal structure, but no overlapping on the cash index. There is overlapping on the futures and other indexes - DJ,NYSE,RUT.
For something bullish we should see only zig-zag above support and MA200. Break below this level and with high probability we have a reversal.

NYSE it looks like ED with overlapping - it makes more sense to see completed ED squeezing marginal higher high so that the big pattern is synchronized across the indexes.


Intermediate term - the fifth wave shown last week is taking the shape of a wedge. This pattern once completed is fully retraced so next target should be support around 3215. If H&S is confirmed target is important support and MA200. The indicators does not suggest something bullish.


Long term - at the top of wave B, next we should see sell off into the end of Q2.2020. It will complete the correction which begun in January 2018. Alternate shorter impulse C for running flat, less likely big ED.


MARKET BREADTH INDICATORS
Market Breadth Indicators - do not follow price higher, weak and divergences.
McClellan Oscillator - slightly above zero with double divergence.
McClellan Summation Index - turned up but very weak below the MA, this is still sell signal.
Weekly Stochastic of the Summation Index - sell signal.
Bullish Percentage - turned up with divergence.
Percent of Stocks above MA50 - below 75 with divergence.
Fear Indicator VIX - double divergence, next we should see spike higher.
Advance-Decline Issues - double divergence.


HURST CYCLES
Daily(trading) cycle - the trend line touched two more times, the signal is still buy. With this diagonal pattern and the divergences it could change very rapidly.


Hurst cycles - 10 days higher, we should see a high next week. With RSI double divergence it does not look so bullish.


Week 2 for the last 20 week cycle, making higher highs at week 19 does not make sense plus my indicators are pointing to a 20 week low.