Hi Beester, Thanks for your sound view. Price is at the upper resistance as I see it... pink line. Ugghhh. BUT I am so very impatient! Its killing me to see it continue up!
my feeling is that I missed this run up and it has now run its course and starting to consolidate and move back down. I am new to this trading game, so don't give my opinion much weight....I am suffering from severe FOMO, but nearly everything that I have read indicates a retest of the bottom.
Another thought I had was to do a partial entry like you said. If I am wrong and the market swings down, do I feel like I am getting a good value for my dollar today? My feeling is no. I feel that I would be over paying.
One final note. The markets opened at +3% across the board and that has been reduced to 1.5% or lower as of right now. I am holding out in F for the time being.
Hi Beester, Thanks for your sound view. Price is at the upper resistance as I see it... pink line. Ugghhh. BUT I am so very impatient! Its killing me to see it continue up!
Don't take my comments as trading advice /IFT: 4-24-24=50G- 50C https://www.theepochtimes.com/ & http://www.ewg.org/PermaCharts@p430#5159/strategy#4918p.410
Thank you DBA for these charts. After seeing the futures last night and the relative strength this morning I too agree it might be time to get the feet wet. I am trying to decide if I go in 25% or 50% today. Leaning towards 25%, but if trends over the next hour are down I may just wait. I wanted to see the market successfully punch through the 50-day EMA a second time to build a bit of confidence, but I see your pink line and completely agree that that may be important resistance. I also agree with some that the market is expensive in the short term but it's still a discount relative to the highs, so a 25% investment with the goal of holding that 25% over a longer period of time may be an acceptable risk for me. I am reconsidering my strategy of (mostly) an all-or-nothing approach based on two of the premium services and am considering an incremental approach, a balance of short of long positions based on the perceived "most likely" market direction and "premium" guidance. The reality is that the Fed continues to run the show, for now. But, I am just "dumb" dumb money talking. It would sure be a lot easier (but not necessarily more profitable) with more than 2 IFTs...
Anyway, best of luck to all and thanks again!
SC
Thx also from me DBA! I'm thinking similarly... though maybe IFT with a nibble of say 10%C 4%S 2%I and keep 20%F (rest in G)(?). Gotta decide, and get back to "work"... hmmm.
If it's any consolation your not alone. I moved most into G back around the highs in Feb and the rest in before the big drop. So I've been itching to move some back out into other funds, FOMO. But I agree that I would be over paying a little because I do think the markets could move back down a little.
Partial entries sound good but even then I feel like this spot is too high. Am I way off? I am not an expert either so I might just not be looking at this from the right perspectives. Moving averages and key resistances and support levels seem to be things that people use as a guide where to potentially dip their toes in. I am not sure I feel good about this position to do it. I might just need to get more educated in this stuff. Still, it's nice to read others positions and thoughts/ideas on this stuff especially with respects to what we have been through the last month.
I rode this monster down and then up off the bottom until a just before the last dip. Yeah, I've missed some of this run up, though I do think there is another shoe to drop. Mostly listening to the Pivot Point Trading video Aussie dude, but others have pointed out when the impact of this shut down to the economy really becomes apparent... could spell trouble. Otherwise, I would love to see the 'reopening' grow legs and take off. The governors aren't all going to play, IMHO.
50% S, 50% C 06 Mar, was 100% G; 80% S 20% C COB 08 Jan '24; 100% G COB 14 Nov; was 100% C COB 31 Oct (Boo!); was 100% G COB 12 Oct; was 50% C, 50% S COB 22 Jun; Life is good!
I saw somewhere (I think CNBC) that 5.5% of all mortgages right now are in forbearance. Think this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Mentally, I keep going back to sporting events (I am a huge baseball fan) and the lack there of. The trickle down of that hasn't hit yet. Once people do start getting back to work, there will be some time before people can dig themselves out of the hole this put them in.
What makes 0 sense to me is that the market keeps going up and up despite all other indicators that it should go in the other direction. The treasury must have used all that money they are printing to buy a few more pressess...
I've said this elsewhere so...broken record but...
That 1.2T infusion turned the cliff into a dead cat bounce...even a dead cat bounce has to hit the floor again unless it comes to life. We've passed the point of coming back to life as normal: like you said it will some time before people can dig themselves out of this hole. The market was also propped up by the panic buying which has mostly abated. Everyone has their toilet paper now, so revenue from consumers will start to evapotranspirate.
A lot of people haven't made credit/rent/mortgage/car payments since March. Those chickens must come home to roost. I don't think we've seen the bottom yet. Don't have FOMO...be happy you're missing out. Sailing in a storm is a great adventure, but you could also lose the boat.
Also, wait until the market gets wind of the multitude of class-action lawsuits filed against any liable corporation for failing to protect workers/customers from Covid...you must know that's coming as well. This won't be over for some time.
never occurred to me about the class action lawsuits....
Illinois has been under a shelter in place order since mid march yet the number of cases keeps rising. It is clear (to me anyway) that this isn't going away until there is a vaccine or therapeutic meds....
will we see a 100% retracement to previous highs from this dead cat bounce? it seems like all the Fibonacci resistance lines have been passed or met?
I may have to move this exchange to the Covid-19 thread since I don't see DreamboatAnnie in the mix. I'd also suggest private messaging. Thanks.
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Looking at charts this morning. Still no entry for me..... waiting... even F not lookin that good.....but they all could turn back up. Must admit with drops these last two days, still considering a partial entry.... Best wishes to you all* !!!!
PS. I'm not gonna do it! With oil crashing like it did yesterday, I'd have to be insane to jump in....hummmm...
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Don't take my comments as trading advice /IFT: 4-24-24=50G- 50C https://www.theepochtimes.com/ & http://www.ewg.org/PermaCharts@p430#5159/strategy#4918p.410
So tempting to jump 15-25% back into C for fun, in hopes the pro-forma sessions passes a 4th stimulus package today... oh the temptation!!! C'mon congress, pogo that dead rabbit up again!
not worth the gamble, the pro-forma is stagnant on info...oh well, tank baby tank and tomorrow's another chance to buy low!!!
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