Apple dropped almost 7% out of nowhere and SPX reversed hard. What gives?
This is not a market for faint hearted that’s for sure.
If we are able to look beyond equities, we will find that there were lots of actions today in the commodities.
Let's start with the US Dollar Index daily chart.
I think it made a bottom. If my thinking and analysis are right, we will see more pressure on crude and PM sector soon.
Gold and Silver gave the sell signal and I plan to add some more to my short silver position. I would have liked silver to close around $ 32.50 range and that would have made me more comfortable with the shorts, but none-the-less, there is no higher price target for PMs now. The direction is clearly lower.
Few days back I wrote that I am out of Nat. Gas. There was a question as to how low I expect Nat.Gas to go and I wrote that I do not have any lower price target for Nat. Gas and I am neutral. I also wrote that Nat. Gas would most likely test the falling trend line around $ 3.90 and only when it fails there, it would be safe to short it. Nat. Gas jumped 4% out of nowhere. The 2X ETF BOIL tells a story.
I would expect BOIL to test $ 56 level and fail there. That would be a cue to take a short trade in Nat. Gas.
I also wrote about coffee few days back. I said that the hourly charts of coffee is over bought and will retrace soon. It is where that retracement stops will determine if Coffee has really bottomed. From the hourly chart of coffee ETF (JO) it seems that it has made a double or triple bottom. I do not want to jump in coffee yet.
Let us keep an eye on the daily chart of JO and we can think of a safe entry when the 13 DMA crosses over the 34 DMA. I think that would be around $ 35 or so.
Equities are moving in a world of their own. No one wants to sell because everyone is expecting a deal on the fiscal cliff. This, despite the best efforts of CNBC to scare the retail to sell. So the Boyz will now have to take drastic step and create a bit of panic. I have been writing that do not expect any big sell off, keep the stops tight etc. etc. If we do not get the sell-off by next week, I might close my short positions of the indices and just continue with the short position on crude and silver. I am not suggesting to go long yet but keep an worry eye on any short on equities. I feel bad bad for ZH, the world refuses to collapse. May be a bad NFP number tomorrow will convince folks to sell and that would be a good excuse to create some panic.
