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Saturday, June 14, 2014

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Monday, June 9, 2014

S&P 500 - Triple Screen 'Technical Analysis' - Channel Top - Week 2 of June 2014.

S&P 500 - End of Month Chart (EOM) - Channel analyzing Data from mid 2009, onward - as on 06 June'14

S&P 500 - End of Week Chart (EOW) - Channel analyzing Data from Aug'2011 onward - as on 06 June'14

S&P 500 - End of Day Chart (EOD) - Channel analyzing Data from Jan'14, onward - as on 06 June'14

Learning from last Week: (click here for the previous post)

Patterns:

Bulls get a break out, following last week's Marubozu #W1.

Support & Resistance:

Index holds gains - the 5 EMA was AGAIN support both on the Week Charts #W1 and Day charts #D1.
Weekly Channel Top our resistance was approached #W1.

Moving Averages:

The 5 EMA and 13 SMA #D1 deflection produces.more gains for Bulls.

Indicators:

RSI 13, stagnates in the 60s #W2.
TSI continues holding above its crucial Fibonacci level #M2.

Wrap:

Bulls dominate all 3 screens - Bears defend the EOW channel top #W1.

Looking forward into this Week:

Patterns:

The Medium Term Marubozu (Study link here, here or elsewhere) is active #W1.
Strong Resistance expected at Weekly Channel Top #W1.

Support & Resistance:

5 EMA on the EOW #W1 at a Index reading of 1913 is support for the week, while the Week Channel Top around 1959 #W1 remains resistance.

Moving Averages:

5 EMA on the EOD #D1 - 1935 for Monday - would be the first line, Bears want to get below.

Indicators:

Stochastic 34 3 4, staying back in the over-bought zone, works for the Bulls #D2.

Wrap:

Bulls like a continuation of life above the 5 EMA on the Day charts - Bear future lies in a reversal of the index, around the EOW Channel top to below the 13 SMA on the Weekly charts #W1.

The Dow Jones - Ichimoku Study - Range Break - Week 2 of June 2015.

Dow 30 - End of Week Chart (EOW) - Analyzing 24 Month's Data - as on 06 June'14

Introduction / Primer to Ichimoku can be read at this link (click).

Learning from the earlier Study: (click here for the post)

Bulls break out of the range at last and make a new High #W2.
All Ichimoku signal lines move up in unison #W1, #W2, #W3.

Wrap: Index takes off from support at Tenkan Sen to break range - new ATH made #W2.

Looking Forward into this Week:

Keeping above the Tenkan Sen - Bulls have hopes of a new ATHs #W2.
Bearish Cross or Bullish Deflection of Tenkan Sen & Kijun Sen, would continue to show direction going forward #W2.
Bulls wary of the Chikou span bearishly crossing the Price line #W1.

Wrap: Bulls look to stay above this range #W2, Bears hope to get below the Tenkan Sen #W2.

CNX Nifty 50 - Triple Screen 'Technical Analysis' - ATH retake - Week 2 of June 2014.

Nifty 50 - End of Month (EOM) Chart - Channel analyzing Data from 2008 onward - as on 06 June'14

Nifty 50 - End of Week (EOW) Chart - Channel analyzing Data from Mid 2011 onward - as on 06 June'14

Nifty 50 - End of Day (EOD) Chart - Channel analyzing Data from Feb'2014, onward - as on 06 June'14

Learning from last Week: (click here for the previous post)

Patterns:

Bulls get more gains from the 'Medium Term', Three Outside up #W1.
Bears denied a 'Three outside Down' as Bulls gap up above our mark 7236 with precision on Monday last, to take off to a new ATH.

Support & Resistance:

5 EMA on the EOD #D1, was support for the Bulls.
Day Channel Mid-line was resistance #D1.

Moving Averages:

On EOD the 5 EMA and 13 SMA, had a Bullish Deflection #D1.

Indicators:

STS crashes below its support line and Pulls Back (study) to the same, but still in the overbought zone #W2.
TRD nears the 76.4 % Fibonacci retrace #M2.

Wrap:

Bulls control all screens and make new ATH #W1.

Looking Forward into this Week:

Patterns:

Bulls look to the 'Medium Term', Three Outside up (Study links here, here or elsewhere) for some more gains.

Support & Resistance:

Support for Bulls is now the 5 EMA on the EOD - keeping current momentum.
7711 - The Day channel middle line (by week end), is the current resistance - which the Bears want to defend.

Moving Averages:

Golden Cross (study here, here or elsewhere) of the 50 & 200 SMA is on and steady, even as index is clear above these SMAs #D1.

Indicators:

TRD Indicator keeping above the 61.8% retrace is good for the Bulls #M2.
STS staying below its support line, helps Bears #W2.

Wrap:

Bears look to defend 7711, Bulls seek to keep above the 5 EMA on the EOD and maintain current momentum to make new ATHs #W2.

BSE Sensex - Ichimoku Study - Highs Held - Week 2 of June 2014.

BSE 30 - End of Week Chart (EOW) - Analyzing 12 Month's Data - as on 06 June'14

Introduction / Primer to Ichimoku can be read at this link (click).

Learning from the Earlier Study: (click here for the post)

Bulls keep just above Tenkan Sen for the 16th straight week and make a new ATH #W2.
Senkou Span A & B - gap increases #W3.
Tenkan Sen and Kijun Sen gap steady #W2

Wrap: Bulls clear breakout ATH - stay clear of Tenkan Sen #W2.

Looking Forward into this Week:

Bear hope is that the Chikou Span, keeping current altitude, will meet the price-line, in a few months #W1.
Bulls want to keep the price line clear of the Tenkan Sen and make new ATHs #W2.

Wrap: Bears hope is to get the index below the Tenkan sen, Bull focus is to hold recent Highs and look at new ATHs #W2.

Welcome Read

The Trading methods used here are suitable for those who (like me) are always Learners in the World Market (never presuming Mastery).

One learns with 'Technical Analysis' using Moving Averages, Channels, Time frames, Pattern & Candlestick Analysis, Fibonacci, Ichimoku Cloud, Oscillators & other Technical Indicators.

To comprehend the Dynamics of any Market, Peer Wisdom suggests, that we show plenty of Patience, keep it real Simple and adopt tons of Discipline.

We therefore use the same framework 'Patiently' every week - 'Simple' Technical Analysis Tools are repeated - The 'Discipline' of keeping a Neutral view is maintained.

So welcome to my notes - posted here for my Friends and Family.

Some Quotes..

There are times when playing the stock market that your money should be inactive - waiting on the sidelines in cash - waiting to come into play. In the stockmarket - time is not money - time is time and money is money. Often money that is just sitting can later be moved into the right situation at the right time and make a vast fortune – patience – patience. Patience is the key to success not speed.

Jesse Livermore.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Steve Jobs.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Jim Rohn.

Favorite Quote

"Why do we trade?

To be sure, trading allows us independence, the opportunity to work for ourselves. Trading also offers the prospects of a lifestyle in which evenings and weekends need not be consumed by work. Some of us crave the competitive aspect of trading, doing fresh battle each day. Others approach trading as a puzzle to be solved, deriving a sense of intellectual achievement. Finally, there is income. A successful trader can make seven figures in a year—and many of the traders I work with are living proof of that.

So why do they trade? Once you have the money, all of trading’s lifestyle advantages could easily be yours. Needs for competition and intellectual stimulation could be met in so many other ways. Why do traders remain traders long after they’ve won the game?

The great professions are those that serve as personal playing fields. They are the arenas we choose to express and develop ourselves. In mastering a discipline, we cultivate self-mastery. In writing a poem or placing a large trade, we capture—in a single act—our vision of how we see the world at that moment.

The great occupations are great precisely because they are such meaningful playing fields. Long after we’ve earned fame and fortune, the calling remains to be more than we are, to return to the arena and do battle with our limitations. The profound urge to extend the human grasp is common to all the great callings. To run faster, to capture more beauty, to predict ever better: in no small measure, our work is our pursuit of the godlike, however fleeting.

Maybe it is our different images of the godlike that animate our career choices.In work we find something divine within ourselves. Whether as scientists, monks, or traders, we strive for those moments when we are just a little closer to perfection, a little nearer to immortality. That is why we trade"

.... Brett N. Steenbarger

Inspiration

The Parable of Talents...

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The Holy Bible: Matthew - Chapter 25.