Welcome to the Trading the Line Special Report.
Since my last report the market has continued to surge higher shrugging off the possibility of any weakness at that time and at the critical 2600 level.
As mentioned, the first major projection for a high from the new T structure was 14 January with the expectation of a pullback of some kind last week, and that put us on alert to the possibility of another rapid decline.
As we have seen, the shallowest of pullbacks on 14 January provided no more than entry for a continuation higher and the current S/T Buy signal has continued without a cover signal. In effect this confirms the strength of the T structure overall, and is activating the next projection, from the earlier high on 08 November for another high at the end of January, and quite possibly beyond.
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As we can see in the chart below, the very strong oscillator - an indcation of buying power in the market as a whole - has fully supported the recent move higher which has now taken the market above some of the potential obstacles to a recovery.
The collapse in price below 2625 in November opened Pandora's Box of price discovery as the market quickly dropped throughout December, and so, should we now assume that the recovery back above 2625 will set the path back to 2800 and beyond?
In this bi-polar market there seems to be little choice, either down relentlessly or up relentlessly.
Would I be correct in saying that this bi-polar characteristic is increasing with more dramatic movement up or down? And if so, is this, in of itself a warning of something more significant to come...?
Could this expanding range be described as a megaphone?
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Zooming out to the weekly chart contextualizes the market's recent activity of pushing higher and lower in a range that appears to be increasing.
As you can see 2800 presents itself as strong resistance to higher prices with the possibility of a re-test of the panic low and perhaps even lower, but if 2800 is overcome this should re-open the possibility of another all time high.
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As we can see in the monthly chart the strong bounce back above the warning level of 2622 is very encouraging but still well within the context of either a full recovery or a dead-cat bounce . The next negotiation is the down-trending monthly 10 ema currently at about 2735 and what happens in this area - if reached - will be revealing.
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All in all, 2019 has started with a move that continues the dynamic range of 2018 - far beyond the experience of previous years. We should expect price volatility to continue and trade accordingly. This is a Brave New World.
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Regardless of whether the market can continue to recover or whether deeper low(s) are ahead of us, the simplicity of the proprietary price based S/T Signalling System continues to keep us on the correct side of the market, providing a timely Buy Signal in early January that is still active.
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