Tuesday saw continued downside -- and as I warned in the last article, bulls indeed "dropped the ball" for the near-term. Currently, it's expected that this is only an extension of the correction from the 1474 pivot high, and that it will ultimately resolve higher over the intermediate term. Bears do have a shot to turn the decline into something more meaningful, but will need to force a decisive breakdown of support to begin shifting intermediate prospects to their favor.
The S&P 500 (SPX) trendline chart below highlights a pivotal confluence zone, which crosses 1425-1430. The chart should also note 1453 as a bear warning level.
It appears reasonably likely that the market will test this zone before this wave is complete. Keep in mind, however, that bears do not particularly want to see overlap with the blue wave (1) low (chart below) in the near term, since this would imply a potential for new swing highs more directly.
We can count a clear five-wave decline, which means the decline has already completed the minimum expectations for a (c) wave, and as such isn't required to head lower. Lower would be more "normal" though, so on the chart below, I've positioned the (3), (4), and (c) labels to reflect the roughly-expected path of a typical (c) wave. A choppy sideways/up mess is the usual for wave (4), which could start quite soon.
The Dow Jones Industrials (INDU) outlines the two most likely prospects -- however, as long as the swing low of 13425 remains intact, this leaves additional bullish options (not shown) on the table, and trade above the key short-term overlap levels outlined on SPX and INDU would suggest a more directly-bullish resolution. Larger degree prospects for SPX are essentially the same as shown on the chart below...
It currently appears likely that the next swing low will mark ALL
OF wave (c)-down, but the potential does exist for it to mark only wave
i-down of (c), which would be corrected by a rally in wave ii-up of
(c). We'll watch the structure as it unfolds to determine if the next
rally is corrective (alt: ii) or impulsive in nature.
Keep in mind that, as always, I am working within the space constraints of the chart and am not intending to project a time-component, only the price structure.
In conclusion, while five waves down can already be counted in the decline from 1470 SPX, it does appear likely that the near-term weakness will continue for several more sessions. Conversely, trade back above the blue wave (1) pivot low (2nd chart) would suggest that weakness is over.
For the intermediate term, there are presently no indications that this wave is anything other than an ongoing correction, meaning the rally is likely to continue to new swing highs when it completes -- however, any breakdowns of key intermediate support will call for more bearish prospects to be considered. Trade safe.
3 things I want to tell you that I consider important, occuring right now, and that you might not be aware of (since I have not seen it in any of your daily writings). and I am telling you because I am interested in reading what you think about both issues, which I am fairly sure, you will also find of interest.
ReplyDelete1st thing is this---I know you are always discussing the importance of similarities in fractal shapes, whether short or long term. and, what I want to point right out now, is the uncanny striking similarities of 2 other important fractal shapes, lasting approx. 13 months each, in both cases (and also occuring from september to october, in both cases)---of the 13 months' fractal of sept.2011-oct.2012, and... the fractal of... sept.1986-oct.1987. so look at them together, they are so similar, you can nearly overlap them, into 1 shape.
second thing is---I have long thought (in practically total opposition to the entire world) that gold is extremely OVERvalued, since I continue to strongly opine, that the world is soon to enter a multi-year phase of massive world DEflation--and NOT what most expect, which a continuation of apparent FED-created fiat-dollar deconstructive devaluations.
however, until recently, I had not been able to find anything, to CHARTwise prove my thesis, of gold's extreme OVER-valuation (and despite the -IMO- utterly insane gold bullishness out there everywhere right now, even down to cabdrivers and shoeshine boys, just like in baruch's time). But now I believe I've found someone that has properly charted this current gold OVER-valuation, and it is in the most logical simplistic manner: gold price/crb index.
I saw a longterm chart a few weeks ago (can't recall the charter, I look at many charts daily), that clearly showed that gold is now at nearly THREE hundred % OVER-valuation of it's normal 30+ yr. range, in relation to it's most directly proper comparable: basic human-living commodities, the crb index.
and what the 31 yr. chart showed was this (chart was started in 1971, year of u.s.a.'s gold-window closing, probably the most defining financial event of the 20th century)---chart showed that for nearly 30 years, the range ratio of price of gold vs the crb index, always stayed between 1.1 and 2.2 (and this INCLUDED the massively INflationary early 70's to early 80's, believe it or not, where it hit 2.2 ratio in 1981's gold spike to $850).
however... when you look at the last 3 years (2010-2012) of this gold/crb charts... what you see is a IMO -hysteric- explosion of gold OVER-valuation, never seen before, in relation of gold price to basic human-living commodities... since over last 3 years, the chart spikes nearly straight up, to reach an incredible 6.0 gold/crb ratio, in 2011 top... (and it isn't much lower now either, around 5.7, if I remember correctly).
therefore, I finally found the chart-PROOF I wanted, about gold price's extreme OVERvalue right now, vs. other tangible REAL goods--- because, if gold price were to just return to it's normal range vs. the crb index over last 31 years, of 1.1 to 2.2---
that would mean that gold right now should be somewhere between $400 and $700 dollars an ounce, believe it or not.
3rd thing is---something else of current consequence---s&p500 insiders are right now selling their shares at a ratio of 40sold per 1bought.
40-1, insiders of big public companies, are selling.
and as the old saying goes, insiders sell for many reasons, but not because they think their stock's price is going higher.
I made the same case that gold is overvalued last summer (July 2011)
ReplyDelete... and got some resistance from inflation-phobic gold bulls
"all hyperinflations must end in a deflationary collapse. we are reaching the end of a global hyperinflation, not the beginning. so many are worried about hyperinflation not because it is what will happen, but because it is what has just happened. The Fed's Quantitative Easing represents the climax of a failed policy that is being challenged and rejected." http://danericselliottwaves.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-review-july-9-15-2011.html#comment-255573653
"the price of liberty under the law as it is currently interpreted is to pay off debts and taxes in USD rather than gold. Since USD pays our debt and taxes (and gold does not) gold becomes less valuable as having adequate sovereign currency to pay taxes and transact purchases is paramount.
and how much debt is there subject to credit deflation? our debt as % of GDP is much greater than it ever was in the depths of the Depression... and has remained at excessive levels for much longer periods. the sheer volume of debt is the highest in at least a hundred years." http://danericselliottwaves.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-review-july-9-15-2011.html#comment-254309524"If rising interest rates, falling inflation, central bank sales of gold, and reopening gold to individual ownership could bring gold down to $250 when global debt was still growing, why can't an unwinding of the gold fever (on inflation fears sputtering in the face of credit deflation) bring gold down to $250 (wave 4 support level) once again? when 80-85% of the broader population is concerned about inflation and gold advertising is increasingly ubiquitous, buying gold on fear of inflation has become a crowded trade." http://danericselliottwaves.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-review-july-9-15-2011.html#comment-254163538