Expert technical analysis of financial markets by JC Parets
Tuesday we posted a mystery chart and asked you all to let us know what you would do. Buy, sell, or do nothing?
Most of you agreed that it looked like a structural breakout that we should be buying as long as prices are above resistance.
So today we want to reveal the full chart and why it’s relevant.
From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting
Tuesday we posted a mystery chart and asked you all to let us know what you would do. Buy, sell, or do nothing?
The majority of responses had a bearish bias, however, a few suggested buying the “failed breakdown” with a tight stop, and even fewer said wait it out. Both sides could prove to be right depending on the timeframe, but it’s clear the mixed signals make it tough to have conviction.
Let’s get into the real chart and why we feel it’s relevant.
I’m in Vancouver for a few days. While I’m here, I need to meet with Gold Bugs and ski Whistler. That’s what you do around here right? I’m good with both.
It’s hard to have a serious conversation with the true yellow metal cult followers. These clowns are bullish at all times and have been expecting Gold to make a huge move every day since their last big move that ended in 2011. “This is it”, I’ve been hearing for years. But Nope. Not only have they not made any money, but the opportunity cost (what else could they have done with that cash) is through the roof. It’s been painful to watch them.
For our purposes, open minded investors, in other words, we don’t care if Gold doubles or goes to zero. We could not care less. Our jobs aren’t dependent on them. Our “investment strategy” is not tied to rising prices for precious metals and since we don’t have “a narrative”, we don’t need to make things up to justify our existence.
We want to be buying things that are going up and selling things going down. It may sound oversimplified, but that’s just the truth. Securities trend. There is a much higher likelihood for a trend to continue than for it to reverse course and turn around. “An object in motion stays in motion”, I believe is how Mr. Newton put it. [Read more…]
We’ve all heard about Japanese Candlesticks, but how can they help us? While line charts and bar charts each have their roles in our process, Candlesticks really tell the best story of them all. I’ve seen many different ways in which these tools are used, so in this short video I explain how we incorporate candlesticks in our every day analysis. [Read more…]
John Roque is a Technical Analyst who I’ve looked up to since early in my career. From the bottom of my heart, it was guys like him who inspired me to analyze the behavior of markets and do it in a way that is unique to me. I’ve always enjoyed his comparisons between markets and sports. While on the sell side, John was consistently ranked among the top analysts before joining the buy side, including Soros Fund Management. In this conversation, we discuss everything from Ted Williams to Corn Futures. He gives us his thoughts on Gold, Crude Oil, Interest Rates and the combined market-caps of Financials & Technology sectors. This was a real honor for me to get to interview one of my favorite technicians on the Street. I hope you enjoy it! [Read more…]
This week we’re back with another Mystery Chart.
For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and eliminate the x and y-axes and and all labels eliminated to minimize bias. The chart can be any security in any asset class on any timeframe on an absolute or relative basis. It can even be inverted or a custom index.
The point here is to not guess what it is, but instead to think about what you would do right now. Buy, Sell, or Do Nothing?
From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting
This week we’re back with another Mystery Chart.
For those new to the exercise, we take a chart of interest and eliminate the x and y-axes and and all labels eliminated to minimize bias. The chart can be any security in any asset class on any timeframe on an absolute or relative basis. It can even be inverted or a custom index.
The point here is to not guess what it is, but instead to think about what you would do right now. Buy, Sell, or Do Nothing?
Another day of weakness in small and mid-cap stocks while large-caps hold up well. Last week we discussed this two way market we’re stuck in.
