S&P500 daily update

Cyber Monday

New highs and thoroughly over-heated so a 'pull-back' of some sort is now due.
Short term target acheived at 2210.
Strong support at the breakout level.
Next line of resistance activated at 2235-45.

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Steve Rushton November 27, 2016No Comments

S&P500 daily update

Time for a break

Enjoy the turkey.

Market continues to push upwards in-line with expectations, and approaching a short-term Echo high and the arm of T structure from the October 24 break-down.

And so we may need a break after Thanksgiving to relieve the pressure, and then can expect a grind into the next Echo high in early December.

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Steve Rushton November 24, 2016No Comments

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Thanksgiving

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
– Eckhart Tolle

I would like to thank all my readers and wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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Steve Rushton November 23, 2016No Comments

S&P500 daily update

Please, sir, I want some more

'Please, sir, I want some more.'
The master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale. He gazed in stupified astonishment on the small rebel for some seconds, and then clung for support to the copper. The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear.
'What!' said the master at length, in a faint voice.
'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.'

– Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1837-9

Break through to new all time highs activates the 'Make or Break' projection – a very useful tool built into the Advanced Get software - from the August peak.

This target area is 2210-2220. Push into Thanksgiving. Game on.

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Steve Rushton November 22, 2016No Comments

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Turkey Shoot

A gentle pullback on expiration day as traders re-position for December.

Still looking for a grind higher into Thanksgiving. Gotta go shoot that turkey…

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Steve Rushton November 19, 2016No Comments

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November expiration

November expirartion and a shortened holiday week to look forward to.

Market within spitting distance of new all time highs, and looking strong indeed.
Keep an eye on the rising resistance line from the Brexit low for any signs of topping off.

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Steve Rushton November 18, 2016No Comments

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Pressure release

A gentle easing of the overbought condition after the Echo high, and a doji inside day as the market preps for its next move. Doji's and inside days mean hesitation in both directions, a move beyond the inside day would often indicate a continuation in that direction.

A relatively High Arms reading helping to release the pressure. A reading at this level is more bearish than necessary and is supportative of the bullish case.

Of course it is entirely possible that the market needs to explore the downside, and we should expect the usual expiration re-positioning. Lots of out of the money options above and below the market to 'hold' the market in this neighbourhood prior to the shortened holiday week coming next.

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Steve Rushton November 17, 2016No Comments

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Tolerance

"Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population." – Albert Einstein

Market continues to look very strong, T volume oscillator at 72, Osc very strong, above all of the important averages and holding the steep angle on a par with the Brexit rally. I have indicated a tentative price target of 2225-2245 for this move, which is a fibonacci projection from the thrust.

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Steve Rushton November 16, 2016No Comments

S&P500 daily update

re-cycling

reduce, re-use and re-cycle

The market starting to coil in anticipation of the next move, presumably into November expiration on Friday.

Just getting through the short-term echo high but holding above all of the averages.

A quick drop down to the 55 ema at 2143 would make sense here, but not guarranteed – just enough to get everyone positioned bearishly prior to expiration. Significant open interest at 2150 could be a magnet and if things get ugly a larger magnet at 2120.

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Steve Rushton November 15, 2016No Comments

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Supermoon

Technically a ‘perigee full moon’, the phenomenon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being the closest it gets to the Earth on its orbit – and 13-14 November 2016 full moon will be the biggest and brightest in 60 years.

So far the market is holding up and working off its overbought character, with a nice push back up into the weekend.

And looking for an Echo high to occur monday or tuesday.
After that, its possible we need to challenge the 55 ema in a more decisive way.

I have re-drawn the new T structure back one day centre-ing on the oscillator low (0) which was 2 days prior to the price low, and this would explain the sharp selloff from 2182 on thursday.

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Steve Rushton November 12, 2016No Comments

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo da Vinci

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Albert Einstein

“All of our days are numbered. We can not afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all because the worth of the idea never becomes apparent until you do it. Sometimes this idea can be the smallest thing in the world; a little flame that you hunch over and cup with your hand and pray will not be extinguished by all the storm that howls about it. If you can hold on to that flame, great things can be constructed around it; things that are massive and powerful and world changing. All held up by the tiniest of ideas.”
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2026 Positions

(All numbers refer to SPX)

COVER Signal below 7776 on 14 October

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S/T BUY Signal at 7691 on 04 September

S/T SELL Signal active below 7645 on 01 September

S/T BUY Signal at 7714 on 27 August

COVER Signal below 7737 on 18 August

S/T BUY Signal at 7413 on 30 July

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S/T SELL Signal active below 7462 at 7440 on 26 July

COVER Signal below 7522 at 7440 on 17 July

S/T BUY Signal at 7398 on 29 June

S/T SELL Signal active below 7344 on 26 June

COVER Short Signal above 7361 on 25 June

S/T SELL Signal below 7422 on 23 June

COVER Signal below 7452 at 7365 on 23 June

S/T BUY Signal at 7500 on 18 June

COVER Short Signal at 7500 on 18 June

S/T SELL Signal at 7424 on 17 June

COVER Signal at 7454 on 17 June

S/T BUY Signal at 7404 on 11 June

COVER Short Signal at 7337 on 10 June

S/T SELL Signal at 7462 on 05 June

COVER Signal at 7553 on 05 June

S/T BUY Signal at 7586 on 04 June

COVER Signal at 7554 on 03 June

S/T BUY Signal at 7413 on 20 May

COVER Signal at 7411 on 15 May

S/T BUY Signal at 6457 on 31 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6398 on 31 Mar

S/T SELL Signal at 6543 on 26 Mar

S/T BUY Signal above 6600 at 6620 on 25 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6567 on 25 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6554 on 24 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6581 on 24 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6554 on 24 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6581 on 24 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6554 on 24 Mar

COVER Signal at 6590 on 23 Mar

S/T BUY Signal at 6623 on 23 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6563 at 6600 on 23 Mar

S/T SELL Signal at 6666 on 18 Mar

COVER Signal at 6693 on 18 Mar

S/T BUY Signal at 6729 on 16 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6668 at 6698 on 16 Mar

S/T SELL Signal at 6756 on 11 Mar

S/T BUY Signal above 6826 on 10 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6792 on 10 Mar

S/T SELL Signal at 6765 on 10 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6772 on 09 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6810 on 06 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6822 on 05 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6822 on 05 Mar

COVER Signal below 6849 on 05 Mar

S/T BUY Signal at 6882 on 04 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6849 on 04 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6845 on 03 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6877 on 02 Mar

S/T SELL Signal below 6850 on 02 Mar

COVER Short Signal above 6857 on 27 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6857 on 27 Feb

COVER Signal below 6884 at 6857 on 27 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6884 on 23 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6850 on 23 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6837 on 23 Feb

COVER Signal at 6864 on 23 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6883 on 18 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6834 on 17 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6888 on 12 Feb

COVER Signal at 6915 on 12 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6899 on 06 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6938 on 06 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6901 on 04 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6915 on 03 Feb

S/T SELL Signal at 6915 on 03 Feb

COVER Signal at 6942 on 03 Feb

S/T BUY Signal at 6968 on 02 Feb

COVER Short Signal at 6938 on 30 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6910 on 30 Jan

COVER Signal at 6940 on 30 Jan

S/T BUY Signal at 6934 on 29 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6907 on 29 Jan

COVER Signal at 6934 on 29 Jan

S/T BUY Signal above 6905 at 6923 on 22 Jan

COVER Signal at 6849 on 21 Jan

S/T SELL Signal below 6894 at 6843 on 20 Jan

COVER Signal below 6925 at 6843 on 20 Jan

S/T BUY Signal at 6961 on 15 Jan

COVER Signal below 6934 at 6925 on 14 Jan

S/T BUY Signal above 6890 at 6900 on 05 Jan

COVER Short Signal at 6864 on 02 Jan

S/T SELL Signal at 6837 on 02 Jan

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