Hey guys, I hope everyone's having a great week! Let's get right into it today. So the majors saw new all-time high's overnight (again), but appear to be experiencing some weakness as we approach the afternoon session. At the moment, SPY is trading comfortably above the megpahone pattern (and longterm resistance trendline) on the monthly, for the first time in over 9 years. We'll soon find out whether or not this is an outside reversal candle. If it is, I'll be praying for the bulls, because the correction will be epic. But, if it's not, and we continue to melt higher (on persistent dollar debasement), then we'll need to either work our position by hedgeing on the long side with minimal leverage and tight stops, or seek out value through a deep analysis of emerging markets. I would also consider holding off risk all together, and parking some cash in gold and crypto. Personally, crypto carries a bit to much beta for my palate, but I'm always comfortable holding gold or silver. First we would need confirmation that the top of the megaphone has been defeated, and is now acting as support on the monthly. Only then would we adjust our strategy.
When you take a look at the SPY on the 3 month timeframe, you'll notice the rsi is in a well defined descending channel, and we're sitting right at the top, where we could see a notable rejection. SPY is at, or nearing overbought levels across every timeframe, which could translate into lower returns in the near term. Mean while, the CAPE ratio is also at all-time high's, confirming limited returns over the next 10 years. Therefore, the justification for taking the risk would need to fall back on the shoulders of the "hope and optimism/recovery," narrative, with the real underlying mechanism driving prices higher, being dollar debasement (inflation).
Jobless claims are out tomorrow, so it's going to be very interesting to see how markets react, considering we rallied last week after a colossal miss, and an ugly print. We all know markets rally on bad news, good news, and no news. Trade accordingly.
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