Guesstimates on June 18, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1320-1337. The overnight high at 1347.50 on the Greek election  news should be taken out later this week. In any case a move to new bull market highs is underway.  

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. Resistance above the market is at 1.2680. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously. 

Guesstimates on June 15, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1324-1342. Yesterday's strength surprised me and it looks like the start of a breakout move above the June 11 top at 1342. In any case a move to new bull market highs is underway.  

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. Resistance above the market is at 1.2680. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously. 

Guesstimates on June 14, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1291-1312. It looks like the ES is headed down to 1280 or so. From there a move to new bull market highs should begin.

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. Resistance above the market is at 1.2680. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously. 

interesting chart patterns

Here is an hourly bar chart of the cash S&P 500 covering the past month of trading.

As you know I think the reaction from the March-April highs ended at the June 4 low. Since the May 21 low point the market has been tracing out a couple of interesting examples of the classical head and shoulders formation.

The bigger and more significant pattern is a head a shoulders bottom. The left shoulder and the head are labeled with green letters. I am not really sure if we have seen the right shoulder yet or not, hence the two green  "S" labels which follow the "H".

Part of the uncertainty arises from the fact that the rally from the June 4 low has stalled and in the process of moving sideways the S&P has traced out a potential head and shoulders top (red lettering). The standard measuring implication of such a formation is that the market will drop as far below low preceding the rally to the right shoulder as the head was above that low. This would imply a drop into the 1280-85 range which I would then interpret as the likely left shoulder of the bigger head and shoulder's bottom formation.

With the Greek elections this weekend and the Fed meeting next week the market will have plenty of excuses to move in both directions so I think we are going to see breakouts from one or both formations over the next week or two.

Guesstimates on June 13, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1311-1331. Should the ES stat spending time below 1310 I will conclude that the market will continue down to 1280 before the swing to new bull market highs resumes.

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. Resistance above the market is at 1.2680. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously. 

Guesstimates on June 12, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1300-20. The  ES is headed for new bull market highs.

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously. 

Guesstimates on June 11, 2012

September S&P E-mini Futures: Today's range estimate is 1322-34. The  ES is headed for new bull market highs.

QQQ:  A move to new bull market highs is underway.

TNX (ten year note yield):  The 10 year yield had dropped below  the low of its recent multi-month trading range. I suspect that QE III is just around the corner. If it is yields will head back up to 3.00% and higher.   

Euro-US Dollar: The market has bounced off of 1.2250 support. I see no sign that the decline is over. Indeed EU survival will require a much lower euro than we see now. I think the market will eventually drop well below 1.1500.   

Dollar-Yen: This market is headed for 75 and lower.

July  Crude: The market is headed  down to  75.   

GLD – August Gold:   The market has dropped to the vicinity of the September and December low points at 1544 and 1529. I think a sustained up move is underway.  

SLV - July Silver: A sustained move up is underway.

Google: Google should hold support near 562 and then  resume its move up to 750.

Apple: So far AAPL has held well above its low at 528 (I think the reported 522.16 low was a bad tick!) even as the S&P and the Dow have broken below their corresponding lows. This is a very bullish development. It makes me think the AAPL is now in fact headed above its 644 top instead of to 520 as I had thought previously.