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DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 15, 2012 12:37
In Thread: EUR
cat I noticed spanish 10yr yield steep rise yesterday, Italian did not follow.

I am hoping that what Ashraf says about risk-on/off correlations resuming to a degree of normality will now transpire with the new QE announced. Trading has been extremely challenging in the last few months with inter mkt correlations skewed all over the place. I agree the eur instrument will likely continue to be the most volatile. Next we may see some UK QE in the months ahead. China I have no real feel. Japan debt is still "a bug in search of a windshield". Will Japan corporates start to desert the sinking ship moving their investment abroard ? Exciting times we live in but blurdy horrendous scenarios. Soon the headlamps will be back upon the US deficit. Gold is lookin to be sailin northward again.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 15, 2012 0:41
George, yes agree the incredible might transpire with continual printing.

For Brent daily chart I see next level of resistance cluster zone at 119. Weekly chart shows zone at 125.94 to 127.40 and above that at your 135.50 being the 78.6% ret of the move down from the July 2008 high.

For CL price hit my 78.6% level today at 100.20 (the HOD was 100.42). We see a daily sell spike candle so I would hesitate to buy here but if the HOD is taken out the next level of resistance on my chart is at 102.55 or slightly below at c.102. Beyond that would be a test of the pivot high at 106.43.

Bears would need to see a break of the support at 94 level. Weekly chart shows some resistance at 104 and 111 levels and support at 94.50 and 91.50 levels

gl my friend and have a great weekend.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 15, 2012 0:06
In Thread: EUR
Yes big surprise from Ben. Today EU hit the 78.6% ret of the move down from the 1.3484 Feb high, within 7 pips from 1.3175. Weekly trend resistance line broken, drawn from the 2nd Sept 2011 high.

For bulls I see powerful confluence of weekly resistance at 1.3450 to 1.3540 zone next. Beyond that the next level would be 1.3840. Usual rets along the way. Bears would need to see a break back below 1.2650 level.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 10, 2012 21:51
In Thread: GBP
george, they are now talking about creating a business bank, yes a bank for businesses, wow that's a good idea, I never thought of that (In the days of old uk banks used to be for businesses). I think this could catapult FTSE's to the moon. Add to this another idea under discussion to borrow the NHS pension fund to invest in large infrastructure projects, then a plan to amalgamate hundreds of smaller pension funds into 2 or 3 large funds for investment in the growth plan. This would also reduce fund adminstrative costs which would ultimately write off our future pension deficit liability, (they say). And it would enable the bond mkts to continue buying our gilts and the credit agencies continue with AAA.

Does it all sound too good to be true or is it just a grubby plan to get their grubby mits on our savings. We all know what governments do with our money.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 8, 2012 10:52
Cat, if the plan succeeds with what amounts to an effective USE I can see UK right out in the cold and still politically unable to address things like long term pension liabilities, healthcare costs etc etc. The system of elections every 4 or 5 years in UK and US is absolutely hopeless. Short termism has been the ruination of our economies.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 7, 2012 22:05
George, I don't try to lable complex corrections because EW become too subjective on these occasions. A corrective like this I will try to bracket like 93.90 to 98.30. So once a simple ABC corrective pattern is invalidated I basically revert to wide bracketing with MP also to guide for the point of control. POC or HVN volume node. I had one short trade on the way down to 94.40 and one long trade in the swing up from 93.95 pivot low to 97.37 pivot high taking about 50% of each move. Right now I shall not trade inside the bracket parametrs.The action is too choppy for me.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 7, 2012 0:40
no nor me, but it has to break above that 70.7% level for bulls or the bear will win. Count is now scewed into a mess. Need to bracket the daily consolidation pattern for longs or shorts.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 3, 2012 0:54
Q, 0.6 looking rather far ahead :-)

on the daily our potential ABC scenario is satisfied at 1.0286 ish but we are biased short for the medium and longer term. ABC implies simple corrective finished so back to new highs above 1.0612. very difficult to imagine that at this particular time.

I see the 161.8% ext to pattern at 1.0218 coinciding with 38.2% ret same level & 100 dma at 1.0200 ish (A tight cluster of potential support confluence). Below this cluster level we have fractal level at 1.0100 coinciding with the 50% ret level. I would expect a reaction maybe lasting a few days from one of these levels, basis daily chart.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 2, 2012 1:21
George, I dont think that would qualify for 5 series down because the W.4 high would have breached deeply into the territory of the W.1 low which is not allowed :-) If it were a completed 5 series then we can assume it is either W.1 of larger degree completed or W.A completed. It could be completed ABCDE corrective which would allow the deep overlapping.

The pattern was messy as I said so cannot have high confidence with the subjectivity. My best guess assumed W.A at 95.41 low, W.B at 97.72 high and W.C at the 93.95 low. This projected 127.2% of A at 94.07 which was achieved. Not ideal pattern so my next preference would be to assume ABCDE corrective completed with an impressive bounce back up.

The daily rsi, cci14 and stoch 9,3 hooked up slightly on the bounce from less than oversold conditions & have plenty of room to see your $100 level which happens to be right on the 78.6% ret level at 100.19 on my chart. I am not a great fan of indicators as they are lagging price. The daily is now testing the 200dma so needs to break above to increase our confidence for higher prices again. Then we have to get through the highs at the 70.7% level which was previously tested for 3 days. For me that 70.7% level is crucial.
DaveO
UK
Posted Anonymously
12 years ago
Sep 1, 2012 23:56
In Thread: EUR
Yes cat, like when peripheral 10yr bonds rise (yields fall) expect EU to rise and when bund and schatz rise the differential to japanese bonds rises so expect EJ to fall. When US 10yr, 2yr etc rise expect ES (SPX) to fall. (UJ I find is more unreliable) For intra day trading there is often a lag so this cannot be a straightforward leading indicator unless direction is maintained when the currency will ultimately react.