The long term weekly line chart for the XBI, biotech etf, shows a H&S top if the price action closes below the neckline today.

BIS is a 2 X short the biotech’s etf which shows it’s forming a possible inverse H&S bottom. The left shoulder was a bear rectangle and when the bottom rail gave way the head was formed. Now BIS is approaching the possible neckline. Symmetry suggests the right shoulder may need a little more work but if the neckline gives way a nice bottom should be in place for the BIS.

Below is the long term combo chart we’ve been following for a very long time now. Longer term member will remember the bottom rails of both of the 2 1/2 year consolidation patterns that seemed like they would never give way. Finally in July of this year they both simultaneously gapped below the bottom rail of their respective trendlines. Since the big breakout gap both have been building out a small consolidation pattern with HUI building out its possible bearish falling mostly below the bottom rail. Gold on the other hand is building out its small consolidation pattern right on the bottom rail of its bearish falling wedge. Keep in mind both of these small blue consolidation patterns are not complete yet and won’t be until they break below their bottom trendlines. The fourth reversal point is always the hardest to spot in real time. It’s only after the fact that it will stick out like a sore thumb. Note how the 50 dma and the top rail of the HUI’s possible bearish falling wedge are parallel to each other.

Below is a weekly chart that shows how horizontal support reverses its role and turns into resistance once it’s broken to the downside as shown by the horizontal black dashed lines and blue arrows. The horizontal S&R line at the bottom of the chart shows the 22.70 area has been tested several times so far. Since the 2011 top you can see a series of lower highs and lower lows through out this bear market. The first really bullish setup would be if the GDXJ could close above the 29.50 area.

Below is the daily chart for the SPX we looked at yesterday which shows the bearish rising wedge. If the bearish rising wedge plays out as a halfway pattern the price objective would be down to the 1792 area. That would also mean the neckline would be broken on the potential big H&S top.

The next chart for the SPX we also looked at yesterday which shows the potential neckline coming into play around the 1870 area.

The small trading range since the August low was kind of sloppy in its development but the true picture has emerged. Last Friday it cracked the bottom rail of a bearish rising wedge with the backtest this past Monday. The INDU is now in its third day of its new impulse move down. At this point in time the price objective for a falling wedge is to where it began to form which would be the August low. On the other hand it could also be a halfway pattern which would show up between the two impulse moves. The first impulse move led into the bottom of the bearish rising wedge and the second impulse move would be measured from the last reversal point in the blue bearish rising wedge. The August low is going to be very important for several reasons. If it continues to hold support that would nullify a potential big H&S top. If it gives way then the new bear market will be born.

The weekly chart below shows the potential H&S top and the initial price objective if the neckline gives way.

Another long term weekly chart for the INDU shows its uptrend channel that began to form at the 2009 crash low. As you can see the August low broke the bottom rail but found support at the 200 week moving average which is around the 15,380 area. A lot of important long terms trendlines are being tested.

GDM bounced off the brown shaded S&R zone again this morning and is closing the big gap made on the previous decline. This morning it created another gap which will most likely be filled at some point. The 360 to 365 area on the GDM is setting up to be a very important line in the sand. As long as the GDM can stay above that S&R zone that’s positive but if it ever breaks below then the 360 to 365 will reverse it role from what is in now support to strong overhead resistance. Usually when you see a lot of gaps in a trading range they’re called area gaps and have little value compared to the other gaps like breakout or continuation gaps. The trading range continues to build out.

It appears we maybe entering into another bout of deflation by the looks of some of the charts I’ve been looking at. The US dollar will be the key driver if this second leg down is going to take hold. Many of the commodities charts are looking pretty heavy right now along with some of the commodities based currencies.

Lets start by looking at the most important currency in the world the US dollar. We’ll start with a two year daily chart for the US dollar that shows the big impulse move up that began last year in July and ended in March of this year. That big impulse move up was made up of four small red consolidation patterns two of which were bullish rising wedges which tells us the move is strong. Note how much bigger our blue bullish falling wedge consolidation pattern is vs the smaller red consolidation patterns that made up the impulse move. This is a perfect place for the US dollar to consolidate those big gains made last year. From a Chartology perspective this is exactly what you would like to see. The US dollar is working on its fourth reversal point that won’t be complete until it touches the top rail. At that point the pattern will be complete but we’ll still have to wait for the breakout to occur.

The daily line chart for the US dollar gives us a nice perspective on the development of the six month consolidation pattern which is showing up as a triangle. It’s currently testing the neckline made at reversal point #3 which is offering some short term resistance. A break above the little neckline will bring the top rail of the black triangle into focus. One step at a time.

Lets now look at some long term monthly charts for the US dollar so you can see why I’m so bullish on the US dollar. This first monthly chart shows the big base that was built over a ten year period or so. Note the string of white candlesticks that shows us how strong that impulse move out of the big base was. The blue bullish falling wedge formed at the previous high made way back in 2003. This chart also shows you some nice reverse symmetry. How a stock comes down is often how it goes backup if the move down was very strong. I put a black arrow at the center of the chart just above 2010. Reverse symmetry is not a perfect science but it does give you a place to look for support or resistance when the trend changes. When you look at the chart below think of the black arrow as the center of a piece of paper. If you fold that piece of paper from the right side of the page to the left side you can see how similar the downtrend was to our current uptrend. Again the correlation isn’t perfect but you can see how the right side of the chart matches roughly the left side of the chart starting at the black arrow.

The next chart is a combo chart that has the US dollar on top and gold on the bottom. If the reverse symmetry keeps playing out we should expect the US dollar to breakout above the most recent high and rally up to the next area of resistance which was the high made back in 2002. This would most likely affect the PM complex and commodities in a negative way.

Lets look at one last long term chart of the US dollar which shows the massive bullish falling wedge that began to form back in 1984 or so. The big base we’ve been looking at on the charts above is labeled big base #2 on the chart below. That rally out of big base #2 was also strong enough to takeout the 30 year top rail of the bullish falling wedge. I’ve been showing this chart since the day the US dollar broke out above the top rail of that 30 year triangle. That breakout area just above the top rail of the falling wedge is our smaller bullish falling wedge we looked at on the daily chart above. Over the last six months or so that top rail has reversed its role to what had been resistance to now support. This chart shows why I think another down leg in the deflationary spiral maybe getting close at hand. The smaller daily falling wedge will show us the way when it finally breaks out.

If the US dollar is going to rally to new highs it would make sense that most of the other important currencies of the world will look just the opposite to the US dollar by showing a bear market. The weekly chart for the Canadian dollar shows a huge topping pattern that took over five years to complete. It’s now trading at multi year lows.

The 20 year monthly chart for the Canadian dollar shows it’s now just breaking below a double bottom trendline creating a huge 10 year double top. There is a lot of room for this currency to move lower.

The Australian dollar is another commodities based economy that has put in a massive H&S top and is currently in its next impulse move down. Some of the longer term members may remember that little red bearish falling wedge that formed just below the neckline when the breakout occurred.

The long term monthly chart shows the Australian dollar forming a massive H&S top and is currently reversing symmetry to the downside as shown by the red arrows.

The euro is the most important currency to follow if you want to know what the US dollar is up to. In the first chart tonight I showed you the US dollar was in the process of building out a potential bullish falling wedge. If the US dollar is building out a bullish falling wedge then there is a good chance that the euro is building out a mirror image pattern of the US dollar which would be a bearish rising wedge. Like the US dollar the euro is also working on its fourth reversal point which won’t be complete until the bottom rail is hit.

The monthly chart for the euro shows it has built out a massive double H&S top which would be an inverse look at the US dollars big base. During the last six months or so the euro has built out the little red bearish rising wedge just below the brown shaded S&R zone or neckline #1. Here again you can see the reverse symmetry is alive and well as shown by the red arrows. From a Chartology perspective this is a pretty but ugly looking chart for the euro.

Lets look at one last important currency the $XJY, Japaneses yen. This long term monthly chart shows some nice Chartology. Note the H&S top that ended the yens bull market. The two smaller red consolidation patterns are forming the left and right shoulder of a much bigger H&S top. The little red bearish falling wedge led to an end around move of the apex of the large blue multi year triangle which is bearish.

The shape of most of the important currencies of the world are looking rather negative. Keep in mind these are long term charts so changes don’t come overnight. These charts above also tells us the story of the deflationary event that has gripped the worlds economies. Until these currencies find a bottom and the US dollar finds a long term top there is little hope that inflation will rise up to save the day.

I would like to show you a 60 year quarterly chart for the CRB index that I’ve shown you several times before but it’s worth bring up again. We’ve been looking at some currencies that are showing some reverse symmetry. This quarterly chart for the CRB index is sitting right on a knifes edge as it’s testing the brown shaded Support and Resistance zone that goes all the way back to the early 1970’s. As you can see it got the initial bounce off of the bottom of the brown shaded S&R zone. This is one of those WHAT IF charts. What if the CRB index breaks below the brown shaded S&R zone. As you can see there was a vertical rally that happens back in the mid 1970’s that never paused to form an important consolidation pattern. That is the type of rally that reverse symmetry works the best in. Is it possible that the CRB index is going to crash all the way down to the mid 1970’s low to end this deflationary event that has been going on since the top in 2011? A break of the brown shaded S&R zone would leave all the price action above it as a massive top. All I can say is stay tuned as the next leg down may not be too far off. All the best…Rambus

The stock markets are still in a dangerous area to try and get positioned for a move lower as many of the different stock markets have broken out from a bearish rising wedge formation since the August 24th low. This short term daily chart for the SPX shows a nice example of the rising wedge. Yesterday it broke below the bottom rail of its bearish rising wedge with today’s price action going nowhere. The top of the bearish rising wedge at reversal point #4 is the possible right shoulder high of a much bigger H&S top. A complete backtest would come in around the 1970 area.

The long term daily chart for the SPX is showing us a possible H&S top in play. The left shoulder was a bullish expanding falling wedge while the possible right shoulder is a bearish rising wedge. Breaking through the first brown shaded support and resistance zone at 2020 was a big clue that a potential H&S top maybe playing out. The reason being is that the top of the left shoulder should have held support under normal circumstances. As you can see the price action sliced right through the left shoulder high like a hot knife through butter. That was the very first thing we needed to see if a H&S pattern was going to form. Next we got the initial bounce that took the SPX backup to the lows that formed on the left side of the chart at the 1985 area. After bouncing off of the bottom rail of the blue rising wedge the SPX made another run higher but this time it found resistance at the 2020 area. This is a similar setup I was looking for on the oil chart where the tops of the left and right shoulders form at the exact same height even tho the neckline is slanted. Note how the brown shaded S&R zones held initial resistance at 1985 after the big selloff. The lower S&R zone was hit and the SPX fell lower followed by a second hit which this time broke through to find resistance at the next brown shaded S&R zone at 2020. The only S&R zone that hasn’t been tested is the one at 2045 which I’m viewing as the head portion of the big H&S top. Again getting positioned in this type of volatility can be very hard. You can be right but still wrong if the move is delayed or there is a whipsaw. If we get a backtest to the underside of the rising wedge at the 1970 area I will take a short position.

The long term daily chart below shows the massive bearish expanding falling wedge we’ve been following for well over a year now. You can see the big breakout gap that occurred in July and then the strong backtest to the bottom black trendline. I have pointed out many times when you see a smaller consolidation pattern form just above, just below, one above and one below or one right on an important trendline, which the bottom rail of the two year consolidation pattern is, is generally a bearish situation. A touch of the bottom rail of the possible red bearish falling wedge will complete the pattern. This would be a perfect setup as it would gives us a nice way to measure for a price objective. Using both measuring techniques I get a two price objectives one at 67.15 and the second just a little lower at 64.35. I don’t believe at this time that those two price objectives will mark the end of the bear market but it is a possibility that I’ll be watching very closely.