Friday 8 May 2009

Waiting For Confirmation of a Significant Top

An “outside” reversal day top was made in the cash S&P500 on Thursday. Is the high finally in? I vote “yes” but will let the price action confirm before I take any action.


The answer lies with another question: “Is the Level 1 Alpha Pulse complete?” The fact that a reversal day was made increases the odds that Alpha is indeed complete. At this point we will have “proof” of that fact if we break below Tuesday’s 897.34 low without first exceeding yesterday’s high.


I also note that we seem to be reacting bearishly after the TD Combo Sell Setup mentioned in yesterday’s post and the trigger of a TD REI “sell” signal when 903.95 was broken. Furthermore, the fact that the TD Supply line target of 943.17 has not been reached and the Composite Index / RSI non-confirmation are also bearish developments.


The only way the market can qualify the current TD Demand Line (at 891.41) would be to open above that level (quite doubtful). This piece of information suggests a bounce may be at hand.


Also of interest: 929 is trine the March 6 low in price. In time, 930.5 is square May 7. Yesterday’s high was 929.6.


Yesterday I put out a twitter tweet during the day announcing that the long trade had been validated per the draft trading plan and to raise stops to the trade entry level. Our first foray under the plan has ended up as a “draw” (of course there would have been commission charges).


A short position (not to exceed 3% of the account balance) would be taken on a move below 897.34 today. All such trades are hypothetical (based on the cash S&P 500; not a tradable contract) and do not constitute advice to buy or sell any instrument. Initial stop would be placed at the most recent high.

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