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Fractures in the global equity markets continued last week. I continue to believe we are in an intermediate degree 4th wave (which are almost impossible to trade effectively). A number of global equity markets appear to be topping while commodity bulls have been killed. Crude Oil, Dr Copper and Silver are all good examples of what happens when all traders are on the same side of the boat - it eventually tips. This is why we follow the COT and sentiment data closely - it tells us when to bet...
MCP Market Update: March 6th, 2017 – Topping
US equities appear to be completing wave 3 of (3) but there is only partial evidence that a tradable top is in place. The Euro decline ended up being a bear trap as I suspected and tweeted late last week. The US$ traded like buy the rumour and sell the fact on Yellen's speech. The major asset classes are trading with very little conviction so I am trading far more short term right now so as not to get whipsawed. It is difficult to find high conviction trade ideas right now. Key trade ideas I...
MCP Market Update: February 27th, 2017 – Fractured Markets
Global equity markets are beginning to fracture with European and Asian markets failing at marginal new highs while US markets remain strong. The US$ and bond markets remain range bound and have NOT shown their hand yet. PM's continue to benefit from the weaker usdjpy while CL continues to consolidate in its 4th wave. Last week I posted the s/t ES chart allowing for one more marginal new high for this rally. I have been very clear that we are in a bull market and while in the process of...
MCP Market Update: February 20th, 2017 – Almost there…
The US equity markets rallied hard last week in what we correctly identified as being wave (v) of 3 - complacency, sentiment and FOMO are severely extended as we approach our initial target objectives for this 3rd wave. I suspect we are in an area where we should start to see some increased volatility for equity markets. This is NOT the time to be adding to over-extended longs but rather a good area to take some profits as we are up over 300 ES points since correctly calling the Trump lows....
MCP Market Update: February 14th, 2017 – Back to work…
Our primary bullish equity positioning continues to be vindicated as wave 3 of (3) of 5 extends towards our upside targets. We were early in identifying this rally as a 3rd wave and there has been NO reason to alter this stance as we climb the wall of worry. We remain bullish. That is why I have focused on Daily and Weekly timeframes as that is the PRIMARY TREND. If you trade in the direction of the primary trend you will be better off. The US$ found support where it needed to and the Euro...
Brief MCP Market Update: February 1st, 2017 – Is wave 3 complete?
Apologies for this late update but I am still on vacation and access to charting is difficult. I will try cover the key markets at the moment. The global equity markets made new ATH's as expected over the past week but these gains were shortlived. The question is whether this rally completed ALL of wave 3 of (3) for our nested bull count. The equity markets have not been able to break out of long term trend channels so the grind higher continues. I have placed horizontal pink lines on each of...
Brief MCP Market Update: January 24th, 2017 – Vacation Update
This is just a brief chart update while I am on vacation... The US equity indices continue to consolidate within 4th wave structures. We expect this is a bull flag before another push to new ATH's. The US$ is approaching key support in the 99.50-100.00 area. This support area will be key for a potential end to the US$ correction and near term top in PM's. Gold headfaked us last week and pushed to marginal new highs. I think this rally is ending to coincide with a tradable low in the US$. ES /...
MCP Market Update: January 17th, 2017 – Bull market remains in tact
Important Notice: I will be on vacation from January 20th - February 12th. I am travelling to the US for some work in NYC and a skiing vacation. Apologies for the late notice but I will still be posting charts and ideas when time permits. In future, I will provide more advance notice so it doesn't disrupt anyone's process. This should be my last vacation for some time but my apologies once again. It's been a long 12 months... Equity markets continue to stall at key near term resistance while...
MCP Market Update: January 9th, 2017 – US$ Inflection Point
Gold and Silver may be setting up as the best fat pitch long setups right now assuming the US$ has topped. We are at an important inflection point for the US$, PM's and our primary bullish equity count. Equity markets pushed to new ATH's as expected as the bull market continued without violating our key risk levels. There is no evidence to suggest we change our bullish stance. HOWEVER: It's make or break time for the Nasdaq indices! This weekend I have spent a lot of time analysing the Nasdaq...
MCP Market Update: January 3rd, 2017 – New Year Ahead
As promised I've undertaken a strategic review of my outlook for 2017. I hope you get some value out of my planning for the year ahead - it took a week to write so I hope you enjoy it! 2017 is now upon us and we expect our themes of strong equities to continue. We are yet to see the market fully commit to this bull market as we continue to climb a wall of worry. Our forecast for 2016 was that we would see new ATH's for global equities as the US took the lead on the global recovery. Our...
