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2022-05-12 17:07
The FGI (Fear & Greed Index) is only this low since the Pandemic low on March 2020. And it's lower than anytime since. FGI = 16 seems to create rallies for all the lows this year. With F… Read More
2022-05-11 19:37
Of course, QQQ is already in the bear market (if you use 20% decline as definition). As of 12th May, it's down 27% from the top.But the things is, throughout the last 2 years, the bigg… Read More
2022-05-03 15:19
We know that we have more negative headlines than we can poke a stick at so far this year. But have you noticed that it's the rumours or speculations that brought the market down, but… Read More
2022-03-11 18:41
Bottom is in place. For now.There's something interesting happening in the chart. I'll point it out when i go through point by point from what i said from my last post Stock Marke… Read More
2022-01-28 17:04
I said 'Bottoming', not 'bottomed'. But many signals are flashing that the bottom is very near.Not saying this is the bottom for the year. I think we may put in another lower bottom or… Read More
2022-01-02 08:37
Happy new year!I've used monthly chart and its 10 mma (month moving average) to "predict" the price movement of crypto market, specifically BTC or Bitcoin quite successfully.For example, in… Read More
2021-11-24 16:34
"The game of musical shells.""A typical Black Friday Shells frenzy.""She swaps seashells by the seashore.""It's all a shell game, betting on which one is empty. Or it it more like a ca… Read More
2021-11-24 16:34
"Is this toy made for children or adults?""I heard that it couldn't get up in their virgin launch...""Time to probe the deep dark space of the unknown.""Would shrink wrap provides bett… Read More
2021-10-15 18:53
Dow Theorist is keen to watch the transport index for any issue in the economy.Except for 2 weekly candles (see chart), since May 2020, prices of the transport Index (IYT) have stayed above… Read More
2021-10-05 19:13
"Is this toy made for children or adults?""I heard that it couldn't get up in their virgin launch...""Time to probe the deep dark space of the unknown.""Would shrink wrap provides bett… Read More
2021-09-20 16:35
Nobody knows of course. For my view, i stick to what i said in my last stock market post Stock Market: QQQ's Recurring Consolidation Patterns.I reproduce the chart in that post he… Read More
2021-09-20 15:55
This is a follow up to this previous post on QQQ Stock Market: Is QQQ About to Break Out Of Its Triangle?In that post, i pointed out the 2 similar ascending triangle consolidation… Read More
2021-08-27 14:23
Tourist camel traffic lights installed in the desert of Gansu, China "Do the camels blink their left eyes when they want to turn left?""I hope camels aren't colour blind.""This should s… Read More
2021-08-23 18:17
In this post, Crypto Market: Out of Bitcoin, and Into Ethereum, the title says it all - i dumped BTC for ETH.But since the crypto market low a few weeks ago, i have progressively accumu… Read More
2021-08-21 13:39
This is a follow up to this previous post on QQQ Stock Market: Is QQQ About to Break Out Of Its Triangle?In that post, i pointed out the 2 similar ascending triangle consolidation… Read More
2021-08-20 13:25
"Modern people are just too chicken to pose with a rooster.""Is it just me, or do they look rather cocksure of themselves?""Stop foundling your cock, you prick!""The stage is set for a fowl… Read More
2021-08-11 18:28
This is just a follow up to my last post Crypto Market: State of Bitcoin at the End of June 2021 on BTC that i posted last month .I made a few points in that post. Let's look at how these po… Read More
2021-08-03 16:46
"A revealing rear view.""A bearskin hibernating till the end of parade.""Siesta waits for no man nor Queen nor country!""Domino Theory averted!""Brexit happens!" Read More
2021-07-26 18:36
We have the 4 mega cap earnings coming out this week.In the last Q2 earning season, i wrote how the market reaction to AAPL earnings would determine the near term (several weeks to months) d… Read More
2021-07-21 06:48
The lo-res mirage of a pair of pants being worn backward / no visible zipper "The iron is broken, so a waffle iron was used for pressing my pants. Sad!""Excuse me America, my eyes are u… Read More
2021-07-20 15:19
Owner invites neighbours to reclaim items stolen by her cat Esme"Excuse me, I'm not a thief, I'm a natural born cat burglar!""In between stealing hearts, she decides to steal something more… Read More
2021-07-14 05:07
Short answer, quite likely.The green up arrows in the chart were drawn to the prices from its 200dma (200 day moving average). And the figures above the arrows indicate the percentages… Read More
2021-07-12 15:10
An US Postal Service promotion for baby by parcel post.Photo taken circa 1910"You've got mail...child!""Where do you stick the stamps? Top right corner of the kid's forehead?""I ho… Read More
2021-07-12 15:02
Mao Mao the famous professional kitty car model making an appearance in an auto show in Chongqing, China, 2020
"Move it, you dog slow driver!""Only people walk down a catwalk. I drive… Read More
2021-07-11 17:28
Laptop Compubody Sock"Over the top computer privacy.""Isn't this a socking bright idea?""The most eye catching for-your-eyes-only tool.""Data privacy? No sweat with this hot sweater; it come… Read More
2021-07-06 18:00
Mao Mao the famous professional kitty car model appears in auto shows in Chongqing, China, 2020"Move it, you dog slow driver!""Only people walk down a catwalk. I drive down to it.""Cat… Read More
2021-07-01 17:10
In short, improving for the following reasons. But a little more patience is required.#1. As mentioned in #1 of this post Bitcoin: Is BTC Waiting For Stock Market To Correct?, dat… Read More
2021-06-26 11:24
Normally, as a trader, i don't care about fundamental. But i'm also interested in Bitcoin academically.Most blame this BTC crash on Elon Musk's tweet, and Chinese news headlines. I've mentio… Read More
2021-06-22 11:14
Short answer, quite likely.The green up arrows in the chart were drawn to the prices from its 200 dma (200 day moving average). And the figures above the arrows indicate the percentage… Read More
2021-06-18 18:28
Just do a quick follow up of this previous post Stock Market: Are Techs Coming Back to Life?.I was so unwise by publishing a post about bond yields just hours before the June FOMC meeti… Read More
2021-06-16 16:24
So the rotation rolls on. And techs are back!The rotation between the tech / growth sectors (e.g. QQQ, SOXX, XLK) vs the cyclical / value sectors (e.g. DIA, IWM, XLE, XLI, XLF, XLB) has been… Read More
2021-06-10 17:26
In this recent post Crypto Market: Out of Bitcoin, and Into Ethereum, i pointed out how ETH has outperformed BTC for awhile, especially on up days while ETH is underperformed BTC on do… Read More
2021-06-08 15:42
The mirage of a pair of pants being worn backward "The iron is broken, so a waffle was used. Sad!""Excuse me America, my eyes are up here!""The media has got it backward, I'm just… Read More
2021-06-06 14:12
Because BTC market is barely 12 years old, and we can make use of however much data it gives us. Still, it's a fair amount of data. But to me, more importantly is how perfectly consistent th… Read More
2021-05-30 12:34
I don't write about BTC often unless there's something worthwhile to say (which is true in general). And i wrote about BTC the 1st time this year on 9 April in this post Bitcoin:… Read More
2021-05-27 18:14
Technically Speaking In 1 of the 4 latest posts i wrote about crypto market, i mentioned that i liked Etherum more than Bitcoin. I didn't explain why (because it was a pos… Read More
2021-05-25 18:34
Laptop Compubody Sock"Over the top computer privacy.""Isn't this a socking bright idea?""The most eye catching for-your-eyes-only tool.""Data privacy? No sweat with this hot sweater; it come… Read More
2021-05-21 17:29
Belle Starr - an outlaw - on a horse, Arkansas, 1886 "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" - Mae West"The bigger a man's gun, the smaller his doodlewick." &n&hell…Read More
2021-05-19 18:25
To say things happen rather quickly in BTC market is an understatement. This is what happened when BTC short term traders margin their positions to the max. Coinbase had some issues to… Read More
2021-05-13 14:40
LV handbag as part of Fall-Winter 2021 Collection with a price tag of $39,000 "The lofty price tag should prevent it from flying off the shelf.""Should I store this in the overhead… Read More
2021-05-05 17:57
I guess this indexes from yesterday's close (4 May 2021) says it all.Prices as of the market close of 4 MayNasdaq is the major index that represents techs, while Dow is what is the major ind… Read More
2021-05-03 14:44
Apple's emoji introduced during the pandemic.Here are some possible meanings... "First time smoker.""I think you're just blowing smoke.""Boi, I'm getting a brain freeze from the Slurpee… Read More
2021-04-29 16:20
This is a quick follow up on yesterday's post Stock Market: Time for a Reversion to 200 DMA?.When AAPL was released yesterday after market, prices jumped 4+% in response to its impressi… Read More
2021-04-28 17:23
It's time for mean reversion. And 200 dma seems like a good target.I'm bullish on the stock market, and price actions say so too. But there's such a thing as too good.Technical is once again… Read More
2021-04-26 17:47
"The 'R' in the gear box turned out to be the 'Rollover' function.""Roll over! Good car!""I've just installed the latest anti-carjack feature.""Hello! What do you mean that your car is… Read More
2021-04-22 18:07
I think so.This is a quick follow up from my last post Bitcoin: Is BTC Waiting For Stock Market To Correct?, dated 9 April.In that post, i said that if the stock market down… Read More
2021-04-16 17:15
A free form fountain at the front of the shopping mall. In the tropic, it isn't surprising that fountains are common fixtures in large shopping malls. Not just for viewing pleasure for adult… Read More
2021-04-13 15:30
I think so.While i gave 2 downside targets back in Feb in this post Gold Market: More Downside, i had to say that i expected the lower target (GLD = 148) to be met. It turned out that… Read More
2021-04-09 16:27
There're many technical reasons for BTC to fall out of the rising wedge pattern lately, but it's not happening (see chart below).First, let's look at the reasons i expect the correction in B… Read More
2021-04-08 14:06
Golden statue of Trump at CPAC in Orlando (2021),made by Shijiazhuang D & Z Sculpture Co., China "It's not just his wardrobe of long ties that's made in Chy-nah.""Did somebody… Read More
2021-04-05 16:17
Australian wombat and its dropping "Cube shaped crap? Not bullshit or horseshit. It's wombat dropping.""When it comes to the business of waste disposal, wombats don't cut corners.""Proo… Read More
2021-03-31 14:52
"The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it." - Donald TrumpI believe that statement 200%. If not 10 times infinity Read More
2021-03-25 19:51
The pullback might end today, or tomorrow. Soon.Note: all these charts are obtained before 11 am today (25 March 2021). So may look different by the end of the day.Here're my reasons:#1.&nbs&hell…Read More
2021-03-24 19:48
If rising bond yield (TNX) plays such a crucial role in how the market moves of late - especially techs - it's good to keep an eye on it.Looking at this chart, TNX is poised to break b… Read More
2021-03-24 15:30
In the last 5 or 6 weeks, i have been writing about rising yields (TNX) vs techs (QQQ), and the investment theme of sector rotations.But in late January and February, i wrote many post… Read More
2021-03-22 14:59
Convair model 118, the first flying car (1947) "I think this concept ain't gonna fly.""This contraption is operating on a pair of wings and a prayer.""Yesterday I spotted an UFO i… Read More
2021-03-18 17:53
There's no reason at all to think that the correlation between TNX and techs (QQQ) has gone away in the short term. As i said in earlier post, it would be the case if TNX declines quit… Read More
2021-03-17 05:05
Trump Buddha statue sold on Taobao in China"The Art of the Deal Zen.""Made in China.""What the hell is this? Jesus frigging Christ!""Why should only some American get to worship the man?""Ca… Read More
2021-03-16 16:18
Sector rotation exists as long as Wall Street has. Nothing new there. But this rotation is more pronounced and so attracts more attention than usual. On 8th March, while DIA makes ATH, QQQ m… Read More
2021-03-15 17:34
I totally agree that this QQQ's pullback gives me a different feels from what we've seen in the period between mid November and mid February. In fact it's a period where prices of QQQ are tr… Read More
2021-03-11 15:12
BA just breaks out of a triple resistances yesterday. Plagued by a string of woeful headlines in the last 2 years, BA is probably the only mega cap stock that's still sitting at some 45% bel… Read More
2021-03-10 17:14
While i pointed out in this post Stock Market: More Rising Bond Yield (TNX) Analysis that the shooting star was a textbook signal of a reversal at the end of a rising trend. The Fed's c… Read More
2021-03-08 18:12
In my last 4 posts, starting with this aptly named post Stock Market: Sector Rotation, i've been writing on 2 themes: #1. the sector rotation from tech / growth sector to cyc… Read More
2021-03-04 19:50
For those who have any doubt that there's a strong relationship between bond yields (TNX) and techs (QQQ), this is what happened this afternoon - about 1:30pm when Powell spoke, TNX qu… Read More
2021-03-02 18:12
In my previous post on gold Gold Market: More Downside, i pointed out that a weekly candle had closed below 50 wma since 2019. But i also reminded the readers that there's a dange… Read More
2021-03-01 15:45
As i said in the last post Stock Market: What Does The Feb Flash Crash Mean? that i believed that the pullback is almost done. What did i based this on? If this whole pullbac… Read More
2021-02-25 16:35
"Things ain't going swimmingly for him.""He's swimming over the alcohol limit.""Crikey! That's not how you do an Australian crawl, mate!""She sees Sim swims by the seashore.""Shoring u… Read More
2021-02-24 18:19
The pullback that i've been written in the last few posts had come to pass. But not quite the way i expect (well, that's to be expect. Expect the unexpected).Take AAPL, it hit my target on t… Read More
2021-02-22 20:20
What's the market telling us is clear: it doesn't want to rotate money out of the equity market (because it realizes that we're in a very early stage of a secular bull market, which i have b… Read More
2021-02-17 15:48
This post is a follow up to my last Friday's post Stock Market: Pullback Starts Today? And answer the question if i was wrong in saying that the pullback started on last Friday (12… Read More
2021-02-16 18:54
The last website i joined consisted of 3 membership levels: Platinum, Gold and Silver. And i've also seen credit card membership with Platinum being the higher level than gold membership. Th… Read More
2021-02-12 18:39
Ifthe market repeats the history of the last 2 times (in rectangles) where prices making a top for a few days after hitting the top of the blue channel line (the top spanned for 28 and… Read More
2021-02-05 19:27
After the 10% sideways consolidation from Sep to Nov 2020, the market breaks out and coincides with the 1st of the many announcement of vaccine availability.We now have 3 months of ensuing r… Read More
2021-02-04 19:22
I put up those downside targets for GLD back in Aug 2020 in this post Gold Market: Potential Pullback Targets. It's easier to see the bear case today. But back in Aug 2020, it's almost… Read More
2021-02-01 17:30
I think so. SPY hits the 50 dma, albeit a couple weeks later than i anticipated. Instead of having prices come down to touch the 50 dma, it's moving coming up. This is because the market is… Read More
2021-01-29 17:10
Rudy Giuliani, Attorney for president Trump with hair dye running down his face while claiming election fraud "I don't have a nasty streak whatsoever!""Wowza! I've never seen anyth… Read More
2021-01-26 21:04
When i was asked where to do my birthday dinner, i whipped out my bucket list (which was written on a toilet roll. Don't ask) for inspiration.The Thinker by Auguste RodinThis would be me (th… Read More
2021-01-22 15:20
Soviet's Leonid Brezhnev met East German Erich Honecker in 1979 in Berlin "From Russia With Love.""Easy Leo! Pace yourself!""You call that a kiss? Bolshevik!""Soviet politicians suck bi… Read More
2021-01-11 19:04
Mad Hatterpillar - an Aussie caterpillar with multiple heads "I just don't understand why you want to carry all those dead weights around!""Six heads are better than one.""I'm not a hea… Read More
2021-01-05 19:11
I was consistently bullish since mid April, haven't changed my tune at all. And in a post in 1st June Stock Market: The 11 Year Old Secular Bull Is Intact and Continue ?, i also s… Read More
2021-01-01 10:45
While most of humanity is cooped up at home in 2020, it's also a year when we leave earth and go out into space more than any years. Not actual human, but at least their creations. Just a ye… Read More
2020-12-29 03:04
In last last post on Xmas Eve (last Wednesday), i said pullback is coming soon. Could be last week or in a few weeks. But there're signs that is starting today...Look at the prices of high f… Read More
2020-12-22 16:52
As i said in my last post that the market is very stretched, and a healthy pullback is welcome. In an earlier post Stock Market: More Digestion Before Breakout that despite the Pfizer… Read More
2020-12-17 16:12
Santa's Yumnut: pastry launched by M&S for the 2020 Christmas "Ho ho ho holey crackers of a name!""‘Who wants a bite of Santa’s Yumnut™?’, M&S aske… Read More
2020-12-15 16:43
Just realized there're only 2 weeks to the end of year. Time flies. It's also a good time to check out the "forecast" i made in a post Stock Market: The Alphabetical Soup of Recovery&nb&hell…Read More
2020-12-09 19:29
Closed out of my GDX trade with a small gains today (9 Dec). The fact that GDX had dropped on 8th Dec while GLD was up. Once again, GDX is leading both on the way up and down.While 1 day doe… Read More
2020-12-08 15:23
"I just hope you're having tea with me, not having me for tea.""That impression of a dog with your tongue hanging out is so unbecoming of a cat like you...""Lights! Camera! Sit, for th… Read More
2020-12-02 16:13
I don't write about gold often, and the last time i wrote was back in Aug in this post Gold Market: Potential Pullback Targets. And in that post, i gave 3 targets, and i said that… Read More
2020-12-01 19:02
I didn't write a monthly market review for October (was under the weather). You can read my September monthly market review here.Let's look at the latest monthly SPX that i have been u… Read More
2020-11-24 18:07
There isn't really much to say that i hadn't already said in my last post. except for some fine tuning to what i said before.In my last post Stock Market: Market ATH Soon? date 5 Novemb… Read More
2020-11-16 18:15
Border patrol officers tried to keep fugitive in the U.S, 1920 "If Mexico is good enough for Leon Trotsky, Luis Buñuel, Che Guevara, and the Shah of Iran, then Mexico here I come… Read More
2020-11-10 15:01
"Monkey see, monkey suck.""I just love to light up a Lucky Strike, morning, noon and night.""See no evil. Smoke no Camel...""Monkeys have gone banana.""Thanks God for the lighter. It's easie… Read More
2020-11-05 14:37
I haven't written about the market for awhile because there's nothing new to say since the previous 2 posts that i wrote Stock Market: Pullback is Over. So What's Next? where i stated t… Read More
2020-10-29 17:17
Teleprompter was used for the first time in Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign
"This speech flows like waterfall.""Four scores and seven feet away, our team brought forth t… Read More
2020-10-23 17:12
Tiktoker Larz licked toilet bowl for the "coronavirus challenge" "Wait a doggone minute!""Delishits!""Hey buddy, you miss a spot on the left...""I hope you wipe your mouth afterwar… Read More
2020-10-19 16:52
Firstly, as i always say, price is king. Just look at price and you know what the market thinks who would win. And much more importantly, where it's heading.But lately, i keep reading / hear… Read More
2020-10-16 14:48
Phragmotic-headed ant. Image by Alex Wild "My mum the Queen Ant dropped me on my head when I was a baby.""Say what? You want to use my head to plug your bottle of wine?!""I can hold sev… Read More
2020-10-12 16:16
Being cooped up for so long that any excuse to go out sounds good. Decided to have a looksee at the new Apple floating store in Marina Bay and then followed by a conspicuous consumption of A… Read More
2020-10-08 18:10
A fly landed on Mike Pence during 2020 VP Debate"There's no need to be a fly on the wall or on the head. The Debate is widely televised.""'Fly, Mike Pence, Fly!', the moderator pointed… Read More
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