Weekend Report…Risk on or Risk Off Trade

In this weekend report I would like to show you some charts that can tells us if we are in a risk off trade, DEFLATION, or risk on trade which would signal INFLATION. As most of you know I have been in the Deflation camp since the first of the year and up to a week or two ago that has been the best the safest place to invest. There is always an ebb and flow to markets which never go up or down in a straight line. In a bull market you have more ups than downs and in bear markets just the opposite happens. I think we are at one of those turning points in the markets where deflation, which has been in control for close to a year is now giving way to another inflationary move which would be good for the RISK ON type of trades.  We are still very early in this turn toward inflation which should give us some good buys.

Before you read any further I would like you to clear your minds of all the stuff you read in the papers, the internet or see on TV that that keeps enforcing how bad things are here and around the world right now. Remember the markets are always looking six months to a year out in the future. What you are seeing in the markets right now is what the stock markets were seeing many months ago. Just like right now the markets are looking ahead many months into the future and what some of the charts are saying is that now is not the time to be a hardcore bear. I know it flies in the face of reality of what we are seeing right now but I think things will be looking better for the stock markets, commodities and the precious metals six months from now. I know most of you have heard the expression, The Markets Climbs a Wall of Worry.  How many times have you seen the markets go up on bad news? You think to yourself, that doesn’t make any sense which of course it doesn’t if you are looking to the present to find your answers. So with that in mind and having your mind free and clear to look past the present and into the future, lets see what the charts are telling us as to the risk off or risk on trade.

The US dollar is the key to understanding the move in the risk off or risk on trades. When the dollar rallies the risk off or deflation trade is where you want to be and when the dollar is falling commodities or risk on trade is the place to be invested. I have been pretty bullish on the US dollar for some time now but there was a pattern that formed last week that says a top might be at hand in the dollar. The pattern didn’t really show itself until last Friday, August 3rd. On the chart below you can see a small H&S top with a steep falling neckline. The neckline hasn’t been broken yet on the bar chart but the line chart shows the neckline has already broken down. Also notice the big negative divergence on the RSI indicator at the top of the chart and the negative divergence on the MACD at the lower part of the chart.

That H&S top is not that big but it is a reversal pattern that is signaling at least a temporary end to the uptrend that has been in place for almost one year now. The line chart below shows the little H&S top breaking the neckline. Another little clue that this could be a top is the failure of the little red triangle to reach it’s price objective. It has fallen way short and now with the the H&S top in place I have to lean heavy for a top in the US dollar at this time.

Next lets look at the weekly chart for the US dollar that doesn’t look quite as bad as the short term daily charts. It looks like another backtest to neckline #2, at 81, will be a big deal. I’ve drawn in a potential bigger H&S top using neckline #2 as the neckline. If we are just now starting to enter into the risk on trade then the US dollar will have to top out in this area. How it does it no one knows for sure but a topping pattern, like the H&S top, is the most likely candidate to reverse the one year uptrend.

If the US dollar has been in a one year uptrend that means the commodities indexes have been in a downtrend for at least a year. Lets start with the $CCI commodities index that indeed shows its been in a nice orderly downtrend channel for close to a year. It is currently testing the top rail of the downtrend channel. Also the red arrows shows a Fibonacci 50% retrace of the bull leg that started at the 2008 crash lows and ran all the way up to the top that was made in May of 2011. One last note. If you follow the 50% Fibonacci line to the left side of the chart you can see a red bullish falling wedge that was made on the way up. The top of the red bullish rising wedge is a perfect place to look for support.

Next lets look at the CRB commodities index that  has corrected 62% of its bull market rise off the 2008 bottom. You can see on the chart below the last three bars have been bouncing between the top downtrend rail and the bottom rail of the rectangle consolidation pattern. A break of the top rail of the downtrend rail would be a good step in the right direction for the risk on trade.

The daily chart of the CRB index is showing a potential inverse H&S bottom. That is the kind of pattern we want to see down here that will give the index enough energy to take out the top rail of the downtrend channel that will spark the new uptrend.

Next lets look at the oil chart for more clues to the risk on, risk off trade. Oil is always an important commodity in the deflation – inflation debate as oil affects so much of our everyday lives. The first chart I would like to show is the weekly look that shows the big H&S top pattern. You can see where I labeled the neckline as a critical support and resistance rail for the simple fact that it has many touches on it. About six weeks ago it penetrated the all important S&R rail but quickly turned back up and closed back above it. That was a very important development IMHO as it told us oil wasn’t ready to go down yet.

The failure of oil to crack the potential neckline has now given rise to a more bullish scenario for oil. The next chart below shows a potential big blue triangle forming. This is a huge consolidation pattern has a price objective north of 200.

Below is a monthly chart of oil that is showing how the triangle maybe forming as a halfway pattern. Its hard to believe that oil could trade over 200 but if this triangle consolidation pattern plays out that is exactly where the price of oil would be headed.

While were on the subject of oil lets look at the gasoline chart as it should reflect a rising gas price as oil rallies. The chart below is the same chart that I’ve shown you in the past on gasoline. When I first posted it gas was trading up at its old high around 3.45 or so. You can see how the reverse symmetry played out to the downside. Once gasoline hit the old low it has been rallying back up at a fast rate. It now appears to be reversing symmetry back up.

The weekly chart of the gasoline really puts the trading range, from the chart above, in perspective. The last time I posted this chart we were testing the bottom rail of the big rectangle. Keep in mind the triangle consolidation pattern that I showed you on the oil charts above. This rectangle in the gas chart is the equivalent to the big triangle on the oil chart.

Copper is always a good commodity to look at when one is looking for a strong or weak economy or risk on or risk off trade. Just like the oil and gasoline charts above that are showing big consolidation patterns copper is also showing a big blue triangle.

As these charts above are showing we could be at the beginning stages of another round of inflation. There are alot of stock markets around the world that look like they are trying to bottom out which would put more pressure on commodities. I will post the second half of this inflation scenario in the Wednesday Stock Report which will include many of the world stock markets and a few more key commodities that could be setting up for higher prices.  All the best…Rambus

 

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Microsoft trade set up

I have been following MSFT for many years. It was a star performer during the tech bull market of the 90’s. As you can see on the monthly chart below MSFT has been in a very large bullish falling wedge for over 10 years or so. Note the little red triangle that has formed just below the top blue rail of the bullish falling wedge. As I have shown you in the past whenever you get a smaller pattern that forms just below the top trendline of a bigger pattern that is usually a bullish setup. It looks like the breakout and backtest is drawing to a close and the first real upleg in over 10 years maybe just around the corner. Instructions on chart below.

Wednesday Stock Report

I’m presently going over a ton of charts for the model portfolio so I won’t have much time to write a Wednesday Stock Report tonight. I know alot of you folks have some precious metals stocks that you have been following for a long time. If you think they might work in the model portfolio please post them at the forum and I can take a technical look at them. Right now I’m finding the bigger cap PM stocks have better looking charts than the little juniors which is what one would expect at the beginning phase of a bull run. I will probably create another list of just juniors that we’ll be able to switch over to when there turn comes. Right now I’m seeing alot of high level consolidation patterns in the big caps that are running from a year to a year and a half. This is where we want to be right now as they should be the first ones to take off. Then, as the bull move starts to get some legs we should see the little juniors get some attention and that is when we will reduce some exposure from the big caps and start layering in to some of the better looking juniors. As many of you already know the juniors can be tricky to trade. They can take their good ole time until the money starts to find its way to them. That can be very frustrating when you see the bigger cap pm stocks are rallying and your small juniors just sitting there. Hopefully we will be able to take advantage of each sector within the pm stocks to maximize our profits. Let me get back to work so I can find the best of the best to add to our model portfolio….All the best…Rambus

NGD.TO Trade Setup

NGD.TO September 4th update. I’ve updated the daily chart for NGD.TO that is showing a very well defined rectangle consolidation now after a months worth of trading.

The weekly look shows NGD.TO has just now broken out of two important chart patterns. The red rectangle that I showed you on the daily chart above and a blue bullish expanding falling wedge several weeks ago.

This will be the first stock I will start the model portfolio with. Its been a long time coming but it looks like its time to start dipping our toes in the water. There are several PM stocks that are starting to show some life so I will start to post more PM stocks that we’ll add to the model portfolio as their trade setups become apparent. My goal is to get positioned for an impulse leg that may last anywhere 18 months to 2 years. This will be where the real big money will be made. Get right and sit tight. So far the precious metals complex hasn’t allowed us to do that as gold and silver have been consolidating, gold for 10 months and silver for 15 months, and the precious metals stocks have been totally hammered during the corrections in gold and silver. The HUI, GDX and XAU all look to have a double bottom in place which is a 3 point reversal pattern to the upside. As the double bottom is a reversal pattern it will give us more confidence to take the long side for a change. There is still some serious overhead resistance on the HUI at 465 that will have to be over come to really get the bull market going in the precious metals stocks. For right now as I see a decent trade setup in one of the precious metals stocks I will post it and put it into the model portfolio.

 

 

 

SLV & SLW Update

Tuesday SLV had a big gap move above the top rail of the downtrend channel. Today SLV gaped below the same trendline. With today’s move SLV has basically closed the gap from Tuesday. If SLV can trade back above the top rail of the downtrend channel that would be a big positive. Right now we can view the top rail of the downtrend channel as a Support & Resistance rail, Above positive and below negative. There are a couple of positives we can see on the chart below. There is a positive divergence on the RSI indicator at the top of the chart. Also the MACD indicator at the bottom of the chart has just crossed over. So until SLV can trade above the top rail of the downtrend channel we have to be cautious for the time being. I would like nothing more than to see SLV get back above the top rail on some nice volume.

SLW has rallied back up to the blue rail of the bear flag which has acted as a support and resistance. Above positive and below is negative. SLW is a very important stock to follow to gauge the strength or weakness in silver. If SLW can trade above the bottom blue rail of the bear flag it will be talking to us. Like the SLV chart above we are getting close but we just need a good strong up day to get above the overhead resistance.

 

GLD Update

This morning’s gap up took the price up to the top rail of potential triangle consolidation pattern. The high for this morning stopped right at the top rail. You can also see two gaps below today’s price action that may need to get filled at some point. The 300 dma comes in around 160 also. This is the point where the bulls have to show their strength and break through the top rail of the triangle to get the ball rolling to the upside. If they fail right here and prices start to decline and break through the bottom rail of the red triangle the triangle will be a consolidation pattern to the downside. If that is what happens then the horizontal support at 149 will be taken out and that will usher in a move to new lows since the top at 186 for GLD.  Today’s high is 157.21 so that is the number we’ll watch very carefully.