Wednesday, June 1, 2011

6/1 pre-open

Nasdaq futures spiked last night.  That was the high for the counter-trend rally.  Today the supply chain disruption from Japan held ADP to 38,000 jobs, far below estimates.  SP futures came down to their 30-minute M/A.  A 30-minute close below 1333.25 will confirm a new downtrend is in place.
DJI critical M/A envelope 12,580 still stands.  My stop is at 12,585.  I don't expect this to happen.
Today is the first top day in the short-term timing component of I1.  I'll be increasing shorts late today.
Currently holding 3% SDS, 2% DXD, 1% SOPIX, 1% UXPIX. 

I've already gotten a sell signal in DJ futures by a decline .3% below it's 10-minute, 76-unit M/A. 
This does not carry the same weight as the SP futures 30-minute M/A, however.  So, I'll look to increase shorts on strength after the 30-minute break or near the close today.

5 comments:

  1. Good morning!

    Yeah, the ADP report was pretty bad. And right on queue to give the market a "reason" to head south, just as I1 indicated it would.

    You said you would add to your shorts on strength after a 30 min close below 1333.25. So your plan is to wait for that 30 min close which will confirm a new downtrend, then wait for the market to rally on a retracement of that initial move down, and then you'll begin adding shorts on that retracement, right?

    Do you look for a Fib retracement, like 38 or 50 percent, or do you use the wave structure, like look for 3 waves up?

    Good luck!

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  2. pima,
    Right back at ya! I'll wait for confirm, then a rally up to DJI 150-minute if it looks like a 3 up.

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  3. thanks, Steve! Getting pretty exciting this morning! ES trading below 1333.25 as we speak, but it needs to stay down there for another 15 minutes.

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  4. You got your 30 minute close.

    However, right now it on the 30 min chart it looks like we're in the middle of a 3rd wave down. This thing could go much lower before we get a retrace.

    In a situation like this, where the new downtrend is confirmed and you're waiting to short into strength but the wave pattern looks like it will continue lower before doing a retracement, do you just short into the move as it's happening? In other words, short the breakdown.

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  5. Hi Steve,
    Can u do a post on all the MA's that u use? and how u use them?
    Thanks.

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