US500 longEquity rally due to systematic buying and HF short covering. Short interest has halved from
the Q4 highs for EU equities, but is still elevated in the US. Macro HFs and CTAs have turned
outright long equities, and their exposure is close to 12m highs, yet still below average. Long
short funds have also reduced short positions, but their net exposure remains low too. Risk
control funds’ exposure has increased only modestly and remains depressed by historical
standards. So there is room left for more systematic/HF buying. In contrast, mutual funds
remain long cash and have dumped equities in recent months. As a result, their equity beta is
close to the lows. Similarly, the bid from retail investors to equities has waned, with US
households turning outright sellers of stocks. ©Barclays Equity Research
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US500 to bounce from here towards daily resistanceSo as mentioned in the previous post, the price hit the target of 3990 following S1 path. This is a weekly support zone and I expect a bounce from here. The degree of bounce from here and the momentum in that bounce will decide the next course for the price action. The bounce will head towards daily resistance 1 and 2 zone.
US500 to hit the weekly support and then bounceUS500 is on the way to revisit the weekly support zone around 3990. Currently it has hit the daily support but it is likely that it will go and at least touch the weekly support zone. But they both are quite close. That will definitely produce a bounce to the upside and might bring the price to daily resistance level. Let us see if this daily produces enough momentum to lead it to the resistance. But I would incline towards it touching weekly first before heading towards resistance and that would also be favorable for a better entry point and a better RR.
The (4) Four Charts I am watching closely todayPull these charts up on your radar. They are key. With today’s spike on the VIX, we may see key resistance and support lines break. If any one of these critical trendlines/levels are broken, much more caution is warranted on the long side. Let’s quickly run through the charts I am observing.
DXY - A break to the upside of that macro uptrend (with confirmation on the daily) indicates a stronger dollar. A stronger dollar price must be calculated into current stock prices, weakening the current stock momentum.
US500 - Testing that Macro Uptrend as support. A break below may indicate further downside (pending FED language following FOMC press conference).
US Treasuries - Both the 10 year and the 2 year are pushing up against resistance. A break to the topside would indicate that the FED will continue its aggressive rate hikes strategy to tackle inflation. The dollar will follow with strength. The markets will depress even further. Crypto will follow. Treasuries seem to indicate that the FED will continue its aggression against inflation. We must pay attention closely to those purple lines/levels.
Also to note, Bitcoin is up against its 200-week ma. I don’t see that be broken immediately without some setback prior. The Bitcoin price battle with the 200 weekly ma may be the earliest indicator we have to what might follow in the next few days/weeks.
As always, be cautious. Don’t bite too hard on these last few weeks of bullish price action. Dollar-cost average yourself in. Place those stops. And best of luck to you all!
Stew
S&P500 - Temporarily exhaustedHello traders!
As presented in previous posts, we believe that price has showed to be in a primary wave (B) to the upside to correct all the downtrend from January 2022 high. Price is likely to ungoing the last leg up of this upside correction. Low volumes and over entusiasm about the soft landing narrative suggest us that this rally can go up to 4300+ before reversing, but we do not take higher highs as our base case.
However, price arrived at a big resistance, with the blue wlfe wave still valid, and managed to exhaust the upside steam creating multiple divergences e lower lows. Also, VIX seems to be about to breakout a bullish wolfe wave :
We sometimes get insights by looking at VVIX, which is the same algorithm of the Vix applied to the VIX itself:
Here we can see that VVIX already broke out, suggesting bullishness for the VIX and bearishness for the index.
We are therefore short from @4152. Our stop loss is already placed on entry. Our first target is 3940, we will re evaluate the price action if we get there.
Breaking 4090 confirms more downside.
Happy trading!
Keep a close eye on this breakout!Traders,
Keep a close eye on this breakout on our fear index. So far, nothing significant has followed to the same level of price movement: the dollar is still under its macro-uptrend resistance, the US500 is still using its macro-uptrend for support logarithmically, and the US10yr/US2yr remains under resistance.
But we want to track this closely to find out the legitimacy of this spike in fear. Confirmation can be had if one of the indicators mentioned above follows and breaks its support/resistance (see yesterday's video for more).
Best,
Stew
US500 - Strong Support Zone Ahead!Hello TradingView Family / Fellow Traders. This is Richard, as known as theSignalyst.
US500 is overall bullish trading inside the rising red channel and now retesting the lower red trendline.
Moreover, the zone 3900 - 3950 is a strong weekly support zone .
🏹 So the highlighted purple circle is a strong area to look for buy setups as it is the intersection of the blue support zone and lower red trendlines . (acting as non-horizontal support)
As per my trading style:
As US500 approaches the lower purple circle zone, I will be looking for bullish reversal setups (like a double bottom pattern, trendline break , and so on...)
📚 Always follow your trading plan regarding entry, risk management, and trade management.
Good luck!
All Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly!
~Rich
Two Big Indicators to Watch This WeekTraders,
There are two cautionary indicators that I want you to be aware of and to watch closely this week. One of them has to do with U.S. treasuries which lead our dollar strength/weakness. The other has to do with the 200 week moving average on the Bitcoin chart. Let's dive in and take a look at these two very important lead indicators.
Stew
SPX in a BEAR Market? Retracement before a BULL TrapIn this Elliott Wave paradigm, I'm assuming that SPX have completed a BULL Cycle with large wave 3 and that a possible Zig Zag correction is currently unfolding.
If that's the case then, we shouldn't expect any BULL Market or wave 5 before 2024.
However, the AI hype could boost the markets during the end of the year with a test of the 61.8% and maybe above that price level.
The PERFECT BULL TRAP will be in play if this case were to play out.
Of course, we could already assumed that wave B has already finished but I take DURATION into consideration and other macro economics factors.
I'm expecting a correction of of nearly 50% in the short term (next couple of months) to then see a rally up until the end of the year. Maybe November.
ES1! SPX500USD 2023 FEB 20
ES1! SPX500USD 2023 FEB 20
Scenario1 rotation play yielded 120pts gain
for week of 13 Feb.
Scenario Planning:
1) Rotational play = trade at boundary of 4175-4061 zone
2) Short on test and reject of 4094-4048 zone
Volume Analysis:
Weekly: Ave vol down bar close off low = minor demand
Daily: Ave vol up bar close toward high = Minor demand
H4: Ave vol up bar close toward high = minor demand
Price reaction levels:
Short = Test and Reject | Long = Test and Accept
4175 4061-4048 3928-3788
3580 3502 3231
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Have a profitable trading week.
US500(S&P) : Short Trade , 1hUS500 sell Entry : 4108.3
Stop : 4161.8 , Target1 : 4048.0 , Target2 : 4001.1
Risk/Reward Ratio : 2