sep 29, 2014 weekly outlook

This past week all the major indexes finished down.  A lot of volatility.  Same type of activity last time a QE was set to expire as is about to happen in October.  Is this the cause of weakness and volatility?  Unsure, but it does raise the question....

Looks like we should see a short term bottom by Sept 30 (+/- 1 day).  Medium term look for more volatility and some weakness.  Maybe we finally get a correction (-10% or more), if the FED quits flooding the economy with newly printed currency.

Here is a short term outlook:

GL

sept 22, 2014 - Is it time?

take  a look:

Have we topped?  I have a full position RWM.

We may see a try at higher highs by mid week, but I suspect we are at/near a high:

GL

Update:  9/22 sold a tranche of RWM; hope to buy it back if R2K pops a bit.:

update sep 23

 

Sept 13 weekly outlook and more

 

More of a downside move than anticipated, but it is what it is.  I continue to hold  RWM shares (R2K inverse) and have about a 1% gain at the close Friday. Because it seemed I had gotten out of sync with the market I have attempted to fix that.  I hope I have.  Here is that attempt:

Longer term the group of longer term cycles I have referenced in the past (Kitchin, 1/3 Kitchin and Wall cycles) seem to be coming together to provide a more protracted downturn.  The Wall cycle (20 weeks, 4.5 weeks) should be at a top, the 1/3 Kitchin 13,5 months is over 6 months up from its last bottom and topping.  The Kitchin cycle is well past its top and should be in the area where it goes hard down soon.

See for yourself:

How much of a pullback could we expect?   I looked at the nesting of cycles longer than the Kitchin  some time ago.   Two Kitchin cycles make up what is called the Juglar cycle (7+ years).  This cycle usually right translates and goes up 5-5 1/2 years and down 1 1/2-2 years.  Last bottom was likely early 2009 (up 5+ years 2002-2007) and down late 2007 into Mar 2009).  Here is an update of a chart I maintain showing the current iteration of this cycle:

If I have the timeframes correct then the Juglar Cycle should start its pullback soon and it could get nasty,

So this covers the long cycles?  Hardly!!! Here are longer cycles (that I posted quite a while [2-3 years] ago and their likely placement in time (2 Juglar cycles in a Kuznet cycle):

 

We are overdue for a downturn (some claim FED policy has elongated some of these longer cycles by 1-2 years and if that is the case any downturn could be very fast and powerful).
GL traders

Sept 8, 2014 weekly outlook

The prior week traded in a very narrow range over the 4 trading days.  It was down going in to Friday and turned positive for the week on very poor employment news. The theory seems to be slack employment will restrain the FED when it comes to raising interest rates.  Still QE3 is set to wind down by  October.  Going to be interesting to see if the market actually reacts to this slow down in printing dollars.  If so we should see reaction starting soon.  Russell 2000 was little changed.

Appears market will continue sideways with a spike up during the week of 10-15 SPX points to set a top around 2020.  By the end of the week probably not  much change.

Here is a visual:

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Update Sep 9:
Looks like RWM forming inverted H&S pattern:

VTL (Valid Trend lines) http://sentienttrader.com/hurst-trading-room/blog/peak/

GL

sept outlook - Hurst chart

Currently looks like down into third week and some recovery toward end of month.
http://sentienttrader.com/hurst-trading-room/blog/

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Sep 2, 2014 weekly outlook

Should top (or has topped?) and begin  down for next 8-9 TDs (trading days).  After that maybe one more high.  Taking more time than expected to top and give us a respectable pullback.

Picked up small amount of RWM (R2k Inverse) - 200 shares - last week.  Will add if expected pullback starts.  Currently around break even.