tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43791506095458832332024-03-13T22:32:54.092-07:00DayTrading with Anni: A Blog about Stock Trading & LifeLife relates to trading and trading relates to life. Constantly revealing, unfolding before us as we trade and live, so I write about how my life relates to trading and how I trade the markets. Along the way I share my opinions on anything that evokes my passion or tickles my funny bone trying not to forget that enjoying life is the best part of living. Anni_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16342262158236322896noreply@blogger.comBlogger594125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379150609545883233.post-29339488073844402802015-02-09T01:10:00.000-08:002015-02-09T20:11:39.959-08:00My Daily Notes - Patterns and Surprises<a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-hashtags="trading" data-via="AnniDayTrades" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a>
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*****There 's no doubt that any news event can trigger a surprising action in the markets. What is often forgotten however, is that much of the so called "news" that triggers the market action is most often already anticipated.<br />
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I'm not speaking of sudden disasters, but I'm speaking of news events that are often enough discussed, but not necessarily known. The patterns tend to actually foretell these better because, on the whole, people are waiting for the news. In short, the so called "news" is anticipated and financial institutions, market brokers, traders, are ready to act quickly on the announcement. Real surprises very seldom happen; in fact in the last sixteen years I can only remember two. Real surprises will take the market up or down rapidly and in unison, locally and globally. They tend to tear markets apart so I am all for keeping those to a minimum.<br />
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Often we'll see anticipation in the patterns not knowing exactly whether it will fail or continue, but we can certainly plan for their direction according to historical and usual behavior. <br />
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The $DJIA ended Friday at a point of indecision rising higher once it broke above the 17428 I mentioned last Monday. Now looking to possibly test the 18k and the high of December, but it may be a harder sell in this environment to keep it at that level. Watch the 17890 to 17950 area as resistance points. Testing the 17660 is also possible once it breaks down the 17745. We also have to keep in mind that in this environment, 200+ point ranges are not surprising. So certainly they can be anticipated.<br />
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Pattern on the $NDX suggest possible breakdown below the 4215 even with the 4200 support to the 4175 level. A higher trend will need to wait for topping 4275 and will have a struggle unless it can break above and hold the 4300 at which time the 4325 to 4350 become possible.<br />
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Next, the $SPX has a challenge to top the 2072 with much needed faith in being able to hold and reach for the 2080 and then to a possible high test. It will also have to hold the 2040 and 2020 levels.<br />
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The struggle is evident in all charts as faith is being tested at these levels, so let's hope for no surprises. <br />
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Happy Trading, Living and Dancing<br />
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*****Watching the opening of the $ES_F March futures, the picture has not changed. This pattern the M once completed usually reverses and test somewhere in the middle. But there is a larger picture forming .. the reverse H & S which is the next possible play.<br />
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The $DJIA overall still holds the key: Hesitation or a possible draw-down challenge. Can it hold the supports or will it succumb the 17135 area in which case th 17000 will come into question. Of course the 17428 will have to be topped for a reversal.<br />
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The S&P500 ($SPX) has the 1988 but the 1972 is likely to be tested, below that we'll have a possible larger pattern to complete.<br />
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All eyes are on the bouncy ball of the $NDX, take a look at the daily chart. Its darling, $AAPL, has come in with great earnings, yet the finish is not certain with all the other techs under scrutiny. Watch for tighter support bounces and resistance tops before the breakout/breakdown can be predicted.<br />
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***** Watching the $ES_F futures complete the pattern Thursday, the predictable bounce took place reaching both the low and high target price. Expecting hesitation at the resistance on the high, but this pattern would usually go higher in the coming days.<br />
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The $DJIA is what gives us pause with the double bottom reaching lower with the tail. Although it recovered on Thursday, it too is now at major resistance and possible top, and there could be a test lower to the 17060 area, with a possible lower breakdown, but it's too soon to tell. For now, concentrate mainly on the resistance and bottom bars of the past two days.,<br />
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$SPX and $ES_F is much alike of course, but above the trendline it may get enough support to stay aloft. Watch the 2000 on this one.<br />
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Finally with the $NDX at trendline resistance, I'd watch for a possible test of the 4090 level.<br />
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Anni_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16342262158236322896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379150609545883233.post-41925713909581379742015-01-29T12:31:00.001-08:002015-01-29T12:32:42.961-08:00My Note on a New Year and Market Volatility <a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-hashtags="trading" data-via="AnniDayTrades" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a>
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*****After more than seven (7) years writing this Blog, sixteen (16 ) years trading the markets, watching the charts, I felt I already said it all and I was repeating myself. I grew tired and almost gave up, but I could not check out completely as my interest has not diminished as much as my energy had. So, rather than quitting I decided to take time off instead. Unannounced and unplanned but often those are the best kind of vacations. Planning requires expectations, whereas spontaneity requires quick creation and traders have to know how to use both.<br />
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Watching as the markets defied gravity, pushing higher last year, I was writing about the cloud fantasy in the making long before the idea caught on with the rest of the world, yet trading the reality of what was actually happening. I played both the pessimist and the optimist in my outlooks which is never easy but it's part of being a trader. The solution I thought would be a serious correction leading to finally allowing the markets to develop as they were meant to be, without government manipulation, but alas that was and is not to be.<br />
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Of course overloading eventually makes for top heavy situation yet one never really knows which exact "straw" breaks it down; hence the extreme volatility we are experiencing. Perhaps leaving those unaccustomed to such things bewildered, but in reality it was inevitable. <br />
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Truth is that charts show the possibility ahead of time and usually live up to the expectation, regardless of reasons expounded upon later. Charts also show how spontaneity also works for traders because in between the bigger pattern, the same patterns play out daily on a smaller scale. Allowing for the use of both planning and spontaneity prepares us for the best of all possibilities, which I have often written and talked about here, on this blog, and seems will continue to do so.<br />
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Happy and Continued Trading, Living and Dancing<br />
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I challenge you to make it a full holiday weekend because here in the USA we get 4 days for the opportunity to be together. From Wednesday through Sunday Thanksgiving weekend is the most traveled holiday in the USA. Use all the time you're given because trading can wait but family cannot. They grow up too fast, grow old too soon, but the markets will always be there and look the same.<br />
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and wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Weekend<br />
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*****My PlayList has been successfully giving to those who wished to be part of the service. Today, in celebration of my followers, I'm giving back to those who were always wondering how it works. <br />
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Thank you for reading, listening and following.. in short for being part of my network. Hope this tape gives some benefit to you but first be sure to study and research and always trade it well and carefully.<br />
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*****We are just one week before the all important "Black Friday" report for the markets. Expectations may be already built into this market and as a result a check or a pullback may come immediately after or even before Thanksgiving weekend.<br />
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That said, we should also remember that new highs without a check, will come at a cost that may go more deeply than we expect. Any little thing could set up a quick pullback which may turn ugly if we continue with this steep enthusiasm, so be on your toes, listen to the news, and always be ready for change.<br />
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*****Post the elections this past week the market took a decided positive turn as the media once again stuffed our heads full of analysis. What it reveals is that we are usually happy about change and usually believe that change will take us on a positive path.<br />
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The eagerness with which the indexes soared seemingly put caution to the wind. It seems that once more traders and investors see no downside to any of the action, as if only the upside is possible after the results. No wonder that they call it the "honeymoon" effect since we tend to forget that it usually takes a long time for anything to change in Washington and even longer for all of us to reap the so called "benefits".<br />
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It will be interesting how it plays out in the long run. In the short term however party on but it may also be wise to remember that the changing of the guard will not happen until the beginning of the New Year which is still weeks aways giving ample time for party crashers and mischief makers.<br />
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*****Markets were boosted by earnings results for the past two weeks, coupled with enthusiasm about Japan's quantitative easing. Now, we will take a breath waiting for election day and results, unless it is already decided that it will matter none.<br />
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It is interesting that the USA may totally dis-empower Congress and leave all decisions about its well being in the hands of the Executive branch along with the FED. Certainly it has been moving in that direction for quite some time and if I'm right, the reaction to the election results will be nothing more than a possible pause. Elections at one time were important, people really cared about who was going to represent them in the Houses of Congress and Senate, and waited sometimes at the edge of their seats. After all Congress is supposed to have the power to decide on spending, but alas they have allowed themselves to be reduced to nothing but stamps of approval about how the Fed thinks and the President wants, in that order. So waiting for results on the elections, I see as no "biggee".<br />
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Waiting, however, for $BABA earnings result will be much bigger news and I bet there will be many more watchers for it; Therefore a favorable report will probably see the markets jump with joy along with $YHOO.<br />
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I recorded the Outlook as usual, on Sunday but posting it late Monday due to a delay; a technical glitch and a lack of attention. It stands as I saw it then, so wait no more and listen on:<br />
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***** Tough week ahead in my opinion. Maybe the enthusiasm will lead us into a strong V shape recovery then again, maybe there'll be a pause. Your "guess" may be better than mine, I can just be ready for the possible and here is how I see it.<br />
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Anni_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16342262158236322896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379150609545883233.post-42431947150581077992014-10-19T17:10:00.001-07:002014-10-19T17:10:59.136-07:00The Weekly Market Outlook - Bottoms Up? Maybe Not <a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-hashtags="trading" data-via="AnniDayTrades" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a>
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*****The market deep drop last week was viewed by some as a surprising sudden move. Those perhaps who have listened to my outlook reports may know that the shift actually began in September. What is next will be determined by trader and investment mood more so than earnings in my opinion.<br />
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If we are to trust that earnings are getting better and the economy is improving well, we may look at the current events as bottoms. Yet I would not be so quick to asses it so because it's been 2 years that we had a true test of these levels and a pullback of such severity usually gets tested again before a bottom is determined. In fact I believe that Friday's gap up and bounce, which got its momentum from the housing report, may have been also in anticipation of this coming week's earnings reports so earnings misses or outlook shifts may drop it with equal momentum once again.<br />
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So far we've had a mixture of up and down guidance from reports and as I mentioned before, the end of year positioning is not yet over, in fact it's just getting into full swing. Therefore more fluctuation may become evident in the markets as we approach December. <br />
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Nevertheless, this week is in focus and on everyone's radar for now and watching what happens next will be more revealing perhaps than any other week ahead. So for now, this is what I see:<br />
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*****Even as we are prepared for the possible, we can also be surprised at how quickly it can become actual.<br />
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The Market Outlook reports that I have been publishing for a few years have always felt like a channeling experience for me so when they become actual is not a surprise. I have always maintained that information from the Universe is Universal and available for all of us. Some may not think or feel that they are tapped in to the infinite information available, but I maintain that we are all connected and days like today in the markets prove to me it's true. <br />
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In the markets fluctuations are noticed and played all the time. Fluctuations are digestions of information consumed; it is what takes the longest and it's where the charts show fluctuations pro and con. Accumulation of information gives direction to the markets, and when a majority agrees to the same scenario, the market moves rapidly in one direction toward the next possible target. The direction is unmistakable, be it up or down. It is what happened today.<br />
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There can be slow accumulation, like the past 6 years of upside movement in the markets, but it is not a total agreement as each information had to have time to be digested and eliminated if need be; much like the acceptance of bad economic reports. The past 2 years however demonstrated a consensus toward the upside without checks or tests; the fear of a possible downside ebbed, then steadily accumulated in the far reaches of our Universal mind.<br />
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The thought of a downside remained checked until the past two weeks when it surfaced once again to be considered for acceptance or rejection. We saw rapid fluctuations as a result of those Universal debates, until today when a consensus was reached. So, what happened today was the result of the conscious and unconscious Universal agreement to the scenario.<br />
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What can happen next, will also require a consensus, be it knee jerk or a long thought out process, eventually we will arrive to reach an agreed to goal once more.<br />
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My Weekly Market Outlooks are available to be viewed here on my blog and they are also always available to view and re-view to the public on my <a href="https://voicethread.com/share/5400702/" target="_blank">VoiceThread</a> .<br />
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***** Major earnings reports kick off this week and will influence the markets resulting in possible further quick tests of highs and lows.<br />
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More volatility may come from earnings reports and outlooks. Profits and positioning will continue to play into the mix as a result. On the other hand, a calming effect may come from attentions focused away from the markets and on the coming holidays.<br />
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It is important to keep in mind not only the short term but longer term possibilities that the charts are now showing. I cover these this week not to suggest that it will play out in the next few days, but to point out the larger canvas on which we paint success. So look forward (and back) to monthly possibilities along with the current events.<br />
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*****I often use past history in order to predict current outcomes. That does not mean that the past is written in the stone of the present since we always have choice to change the outcome, but people tend to follow patterns therefore any chart will reflect that tendency.<br />
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Think of patterns as beat or rhythm in music and think of dancing as steps to the rhythm or beat of the music. Regardless of which dance we choose, we follow a pattern around the dance floor be it the sidewalk or hardwood. A waltz will make a circular motion not unlike planets (the couple dancing) swirling around the sol or an imaginary sun using a large dance floor. A line dance will take an orderly line form with each individual doing the same step left, right, forward and back. In each case, even if an individual adds their own twist to the steps within the group, the pattern remains constant to the beat.<br />
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Likewise, The Tango and the Break Dance performed on the sidewalk will not look the same, yet each is danced with equal passion to the rhythm of the music. Both dances may be spontaneously started by dancers moved by street musicians, yet each has a certain historical expectation of steps the performers will generate. In other words, one does not try to Break Dance to a Tango or vice versa.<br />
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The watchers of dances and dancers are the audience who add to the expected outcome. It is because they perform vicariously with the activity that they add to support the expected steps the dancers will take, thereby supporting the current direction of the dance. If a dancer switches from the waltz to hip hop, it may be shocking whereupon one audience may leave and another group may gather and join in supporting the dancer's direction. <br />
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So it is on the chart. Each day has its beat and rhythm the traders may like and join.. Each day brings a change to the beat or just the tempo be it fast or slow, but no matter what the dance, there will always be an expected performance direction and an audience supporting the "dance".<br />
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Although on a chart a low number of trades begin the pattern, as more traders join, the watchers grow and the expectation will create a momentum. Once the current "dance" ends and another tune begins perhaps having a different rhythm, the original followers may leave the dance floor and become the watchers of the new group.<br />
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All dances added together create fluctuations and make up the chart patterns. Traders may come and go, the tempo may increase and decrease, but the desire to participate or watch will not change and the patterns on a stock chart will generally perform to their own rhythm and historically expected steps.<br />
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In the chart below, $NQ_F Shows a similar pattern we have today from February 5th completing April 15th with a bounce on March 27 to April 2nd before dropping to finish the pattern. The question is where are we on this current chart? Did we already have the bounce or are we about to have one? Therein lies the choice for participants of this dance.<br />
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*****Last week's volatility may not have surprised my readers and listeners but if it surprised you, welcome to my outlook where I look to the past to see into the future, not with a crystal ball but with an eye to patterns and possibilities they may produce.<br />
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Depending on our outlook, surprises can be pleasant or unpleasant but what we need to admit about them is that we did not prepare well enough for the possibility.<br />
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Although we can expect some recovery, we also have to remember that the earnings reports are about to get into full swing. Along with reports come expectations, surprises and sell-offs. Selling may increase due to the end of the year profit taking and buying will become more active due to positioning into the next year. Therefore swings in stocks may become wider. So, allowing for wider swings both ways and preparing for the possibility, we may avoid the unpleasant task of last minute decisions or big surprises.<br />
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Here is what I see for this week and perhaps beyond:<br />
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*****This week will be telling about the market sentiment going into the 4th quarter. Further wild fluctuations are possible as is the pulling in of the horns by the bulls. Not necessarily giving up or giving in, the bulls would probably prefer to just throw up some dust whilst eying whence danger, if any, is coming.<br />
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Protecting our health and interest is the obligation of all of us for ourselves because without us being healthy we can't take care of others. Thus holding on to gains, keeping it on close watch and nearer to our pockets is not greedy but wise especially when markets are looking as if they could turn.<br />
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Yet it's not always that simple because we also have to add into the equation the Taxman (IRS for short). If not calculated properly this bite may be worse than a Bear's, so sales of our holdings have to be carefully calculated to do us no harm. Hopefully we all do our tax planning at the beginning of the year and not the end thus making the end of year decisions more simple but for those who have not, a consultation or at least a study of capital gains consequences may be crucial to keeping healthy and wealthy.<br />
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*****See an excuse at the end of a quarter, but especially at the end of the 3rd quarter, and profits will be taken, slump created from which new opportunities are formed ... in time. Simply put, from the ashes, phoenix rises.<br />
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Given today's $AAPL news it's not surprising that institutions may be taking off positions. How much is the bigger question which will reveal itself in time. Opportunity will be bought; It's like a phoenix, you can't kill this bird.<br />
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But today was not so much about $AAPL as it was about the end of the 3rd quarter and the end of the year scenario beginning to be played. Sell for profits, and minimize tax gains, buy back before the end of year, for next year profits and do it so no wash sale rule applies. Hence the all important 30 day absence creates a slump after which enough time for opportunity to be formed.<br />
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When markets slump or quickly rise, watching levels of support and resistance become even more important because they become the opposite markers on the reverse. Spending time on charts and studying levels pays off in the long run because one does not have to time the top and the bottom, but can recognize direction change more easily and perhaps with better timing.<br />
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These were my comments today, Thursday Mid-Day :<br />
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<a aria-describedby="qtip-10" class="ticker with-ticker-card" data-hasqtip="true" data-symbol="DJIA" href="http://stocktwits.com/symbol/DJIA" style="background: transparent; color: #5774a2; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">$DJIA</a> A bit of a challenge: could we bounce from here? Watch the 16950 support / 17010 resistance </div>
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<a class="ticker with-ticker-card" data-hasqtip="true" data-symbol="SPX" href="http://stocktwits.com/symbol/SPX" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5774a2; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">$SPX</a><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"> Ask yourself: Are institutions/pros taking profits before 3rd quarter end? Watch support 1960-1961</span></div>
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<a class="ticker with-ticker-card" data-hasqtip="true" data-symbol="NDX" href="http://stocktwits.com/symbol/NDX" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #5774a2; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;">$NDX</a><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"> watch the 4011 then 4000 support : IF we keep bottom then 4040 is bounce upside resistance</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Below, Thursday's results and Friday outlook: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">DJIA closed at 16945.80 with same low and which now has potential of testing previous 16932 but also becomes vulnerable to 16900 and 16855 and 16800 test for support</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">SPX closed1965.99 with same low so it has potential of breaking lower to support</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NDX closed at 4007.82 low of 4007.63 and which broke down the 4011 now has the potential of testing the 4000 low </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">So, Trade it well and carefully!</span></div>
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*****Traders, after holding breath for a few days waiting for the FOMC, let out a sigh of relief which bounced the markets once more to reach highs. Not much more to it than that. <br />
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This coming week is the last of the 3rd quarter, so once more we look forward to the analysts opinions about earnings and what is to come in the 4th quarter to end another year of positive gains and wonders. After which earnings season once again descends, positioning, tax strategies begin and soon the year will end.<br />
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But before I run away with thoughts too far ahead, listen to what my current thoughts are about the possibilities in the week ahead. Then take pleasure in the end of an Indian Summer and welcome the Fall(ing) leaves.<br />
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*****Markets are sitting on a decision point. I say point, because the more uncomfortable it becomes on the tush the more likely that it will move somewhat violently one way of another.<br />
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The truth is we cannot continually excuse the bad news to be OK news. We cannot continually say that this is the only market that there is where people will put their money to invest; and we cannot continually think that we are in a robust economy when earnings expectations meet or exceed a lowered expectation.<br />
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I don't wish to throw any wet blankets on anyone or anything, but evidence is actually to the contrary. We are at best sputtering. Even though this is the only market that people can continually rely on to invest, the much too often talked about sidelines money from the citizenry is going to meeting living expenses and not not waiting for the right time to enter. Evidence is that the jobs market may actually reduce not increase much in large due to ObamaCare. Evidence is that the government is not only increasing income taxes, but adding other taxes that are hidden, in everyday life. Also, evidence is that inflation for you and my living expenses are on the rise at much higher than 2.2% . <br />
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Inflation is not measured by the government as it actually effects us. Maybe inflation is not so much evident in your gas or energy cost or your interest cost (yet). But it's hugely evident in your food cost, your entertainment cost, your travel cost, your health care cost, and even your parking meter cost.<br />
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But the largest evidence that we are not nearly in a robust recovery as we'd like, is in the wage increase data. Yes, you read that right. When wages don't increase across the board (unless compelled by the government) it means that the people are not going to do much better than last year or the year before especially when compared to the cost of living increase (inflation). Some people point to "bonuses" being on the rise to employees and should be looked at as a wage increase. The trouble with that argument, aside from the reason it's done that way by companies, is that most employees don't get a bonus.<br />
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So, the big question of where we are really in this recovery, becomes more weighing on the markets as we keep pushing higher because low volume does not always mean everyone's happy where they are sitting. In short, as I always say, "trade it well and carefully" my friends. <br />
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*****I quit wearing a timepiece (watch) the day I left corporate life. Having worked for an airline compelled me to live by the minutes on a clock, so wearing a watch was mandatory. I still remember the feeling of removing it, setting it on my dresser and actually being relieved. That was thirty years ago and I never wore another time piece since, nor have a ever had a need for one.<br />
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One thing that strikes me about this new and possible fashionable item for a new generation is the memory of seeing people constantly looking at and checking their watches. Like the smart-phones they were the nervous "tick" of the masses. It made people look important, to somebody, mostly themselves. After all, if you look like your waiting for someone at a bar, you're not looking so desperate to meet someone new. Your ego's intact. It was also a signal of boredom, therefore rude, to look at your watch while you were conversing with someone.<br />
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Smart phones and tablets have become the wristwatches of yesteryear in the past decade. It's even worse than a watch because it would have looked silly to talk to or keep adjusting a watch, but the use of a smart phone it has become a natural action. In short, smart-phones have become relied upon as useful company as much as they have become mandatory for business and social interactions. After all, if you look like you're busy calling, texting, or messaging, you're don't look desperate for company. Yet, it makes it even more difficult than looking at a watch to strike up a live conversation with the person next to you. When your eyes are on a screen busily interacting with "whoever" or "whatever" it shuts down eye contact with anyone live, but it keeps your ego intact.<br />
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Seems to me that doing the same with a watch as with a smart phone, we will have combined the two. A brand new generation of people will be endlessly looking at the screen on their wrist, taking away even more attention from their surroundings. At least with the smart-phone most use both hands and, at some point the phone was put away like for instance during a meal. A wristwatch, on the other hand (no pun), will always be available and seeing persons constantly looking at their watches will, indeed, look silly again to someone like me. Maybe worse if you're also signaling boredom coupled with rudeness when it's taking away attention from the person you're with, because a glance at a watch is far different from being engaged with one. <br />
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*****We are in the last month of the third quarter and what lays ahead can be both higher or lower. Markets continue to push higher ignoring all negative news after it's digested. It makes for a look ahead higher with a weary eye toward a possible reverse. Weary or not however, I look at and for both. I'm seeing the battle lines drawn and it's why I like to know about the possibilities of the next outcome.<br />
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Since none of us have a crystal ball, and my psychic abilities are limited with numbers, I'm forced to look at the markets this way. I'm just one part of the masses who have collective control and so I prefer to be ready with the moves both ways. Whether you are a long term, swing term or day trader, determine setups for both long and short because it makes no difference about the direction when you know where you're going.<br />
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I force myself to think this way because I can be easily swayed by my own prejudices. If I believe that the world will end in the next week, my prejudice will show in my trading positions unless I don't allow myself to be so swayed. Therefore setups for both long and short entries, targets are based on the charts. Adjustments (if any) are based on market action, but never do I try to forget the possibilities initially seen. I usually regret if I do.<br />
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So, for the following week, this is what I see:<br />
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Anni_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16342262158236322896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379150609545883233.post-82853172200391523282014-09-03T20:28:00.000-07:002014-09-03T20:29:28.347-07:00Small Studies for Trading and Life - Useful Use of Stops and Alerts<a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-hashtags="trading" data-via="AnniDayTrades" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a>
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*****It's oft said that if you miss one train there's another one coming, which also applies to trades. Trouble is that in trading, as in life, you never know which one will run you down. So always look for and heed those stops!<br />
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Last Thursday I spoke about waiting for <a href="http://www.daytradingwithanni.com/2014/08/small-studies-for-trading-and-life-aapl_28.html" target="_blank">$AAPL</a>. Often we wait patiently for that next train (read trade) but too often we pace up and down on the platform looking at the time and thinking that it will pass us by and we'll never have the opportunity again. That is when the train whistle should blow loudly in our heads to alert us that we may jump before we think about our destination.<br />
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It is why when planning a trade look for best opportunities which have often occurred before. But before you get on that train, be sure to settle on your stops and destinations (targets).<br />
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It's also wise to set alerts so you know what's coming at you; lest you be run down by gravity. I bet you many people in $AAPL wished they'd done that today! <br />
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$AAPL Daily chart 3Sep14<br />
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Notice how the first test of support from last week was sliced through and the second support was tested; after which <a href="http://www.daytradingwithanni.com/2014/08/small-studies-for-trading-and-life-aapl.html" target="_blank">$AAPL</a> closed just above the line. Also note that yesterday, for the first time $AAPL closed above the channel trend-line with a candle of indecision. Now watch for the 50% retrace test.<br />
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Happy Trading, Living and Dancing<br />
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Anni_Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16342262158236322896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4379150609545883233.post-54608147264369727942014-09-01T23:15:00.000-07:002014-09-01T23:54:56.993-07:00The Weekly Market Outlook ~ $DJIA $SPX $NDX - Sept.02, 2014<a class="twitter-share-button" data-count="none" data-hashtags="trading" data-via="AnniDayTrades" href="https://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a>
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*****Market looks like it needs more than this past weekend to pause and rest although the futures look somewhat positive for the moment. There can be several reasons why we may be looking at a moderate to tight rise. Perhaps more investors are beginning to peel profits. Perhaps it's due to the uncertainty of the EU coupled with the strengthening of the $USD. Perhaps also due to the uncertainty of the Middle East's new threats to our security.<br />
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It's true that the USA is still the safest place to invest, yet there does not seem to be a strong inflow of funds for the time being. It may change going further into the month, but traditionally, it is also the last month of the 3rd quarter, and earnings season will be again soon upon us. Institutions will be looking for profits to report at the end of the year and positioning into holdings they may have missed or see further positive returns toward the end of the year.<br />
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So looking ahead this week, this is how I read the index charts:<br />
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*****On Thursday, $AAPL continued to test the upper trend-line. after a brief test to the first support line on Tuesday. Now, as you can see on the chart below, AAPL is testing above the top channel trend-line but still closing below. Although it's hitting new highs, it's showing some hesitation on part of new buyers here. I call it the trader killer, scalper promise. Scalpers are the ones who taunt those who don't wish to miss out on the next big break. These can be false breakouts, programmed or not, testing how far others will follow. In addition, those who wish to take some profit will take advantage of the new highs. Therefore, those who enter and hold can be killed on a reverse so it's a bigger gamble.<br />
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Although it may take days or weeks, eventually these patterns give in and reverse before breaking out again, so it now behooves a trader to practice patience until the next pullback is finished. To help you with patience, just keep the chart below in mind; I can count 3 pullbacks just in the past 3 months.<br />
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Happy Trading, Living and Dancing<br />
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Disclosure: $AAPL has been on the SwingTrader list for entry at 95.25 on 8/11/2014 with top target as $99 <br />
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*****When trend lines and channels get hit, it's a signal to watch for a reversal. It may reverse for only a couple of days or it may head for the bottom of the channel. Therefore it's important for a trader to mark those support lines and heed them.<br />
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Happy Trading, Living and Dancing<br />
Anni<br />
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