Trade, Live and Thrive: 04/08/14

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

S&P 500 - Triple Screen 'Technical Analysis' - Shooting Star - Week 2 of April 2014.

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

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

S&P 500 - End of Day Chart (EOD) - Channel analyzing Data from Oct'2013, onward - as on 06 Apr'14

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

Patterns:

Index continues its consolidation with a shooting star on the EOW #W1..

Support & Resistance:

Bulls resisted near the current ATH, Index takes support at the Daily channel bottom again #D1.

Moving Averages:

On the Day Chart, the 5 EMA and 13 SMA cross Bullishly #D1.

Indicators:

RSI 13, meanders to the 50s #W2.

Wrap:

Bears defend current ATH - Bulls close the week inside the Day channel #D1

Looking forward into this Week:

Patterns:

The weekly 'Shooting Star' (Study link here, here or elsewhere) candle is active #W1.

Support & Resistance:

Bulls take support at the Daily Channel Bottom #D1 for the 2nd week now, while the Week Channel Top #W1 remains resistance.

Moving Averages:

MVWAP 34 on the EOD #D1 is now the critical stop for Bulls #D1.

Indicators:

Stochastic 34 3 4, slipping below the over-bought zone, works for the Bears #D2.

Wrap:

Bears look to get below 1836 - Bulls wish to keep the MVWAP 34 on the EOD below their hooves #D1.

CNX Nifty 50 - Triple Screen 'Technical Analysis' - High Wave Time again - Week 2 of April 2014.

Nifty 50: Long Term View (or) EOM Chart (or) Month Chart - each candle is 1 month's price action

Nifty 50: Medium Term View (or) EOW Chart (or) Week Chart - each candle is 1 week's price action

Nifty 50: Short Term View (or) EOD Chart (or) Day Chart - line chart of daily closing Prices

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

Patterns:

January and February Candles formed a 'Piercing Pattern' #M1. Bulls gain in March but range in April.
High wave candle last week - Index undecided #W1.

Support & Resistance:

The 5 EMA on the EOD #D1 was support for Bulls.

Moving Averages:

Index keeps above the short term 5 EMA #D1.

Indicators:

MACD and its MA meet #D2, TRD nudging the 61.8% retrace drawn #M2.

Wrap:

Bulls control all screens - Bears manage a High wave #W1.

Looking Forward into this Week:

Patterns:

Bullish 'Piercing Pattern' (Study link here, here or elsewhere) on the Long Term Chart #M1 is active and has produced a breakout new High.
High wave candle ( Study link here, here or elsewhere) last week cheers Bears #W1.

Support & Resistance:

The current support is the April'14 Wall i.e. 6642 (Wall = Approx Hawala rate - study link here, here or elsewhere).
EOD Channel top is now resistance for the Bulls #D1.

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 staying above the 61.8% retrace boosts bulls #M2. MACD sliding below its MA favors Bears #D2.

Wrap:

Bears cheered by the 'High Wave' #W1, Bulls look to stay above the April Wall (6642) and reach day channel top.

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.