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AMD Stuck in a Severe DowntrendPrimary Chart: Linear Regression Channel and Two Long-Term Anchored VWAPs
No matter what method is used to analyze and define the trend, AMD has been stuck in a severe downtrend since its all-time high on November 30, 2021. Like other growth and technology stocks (except for FAANG stocks and Microsoft), AMD's November 2021 peak occurred a month before the S&P 500 ( SP:SPX ) topped on January 4, 2021.
The linear regression channel, set a two-standard deviations from the linear regression line, evidences the downtrend as of today, October 6, 2022. Price is hovering just under the linear regression channel's midline, which is the linear regression "line of best fit."
Two anchored VWAPs also confirm the validity of the downtrend as well. The first anchored VWAP is anchored to the all-time high in November 2021. That VWAP is well overhead at $102.38 as of today, and it slopes downward. Note how it has been resistance at major swing highs after sharp bear rallies over the past year. The second anchored VWAP is anchored to the pandemic-crash lows in March 2020. That VWAP also lies well overhead at $92.16 as of today. These VWAPs show that sellers remain in control despite the impressive bear rallies that have repeatedly occurred since the all-time high.
Until the structure changes materially, and that could take a fair amount of time to unfold, the downtrend remains in effect. Bounces should be sold at proper resistance levels preferably with confirmation that price has begun to reverse back lower in the short term.
If readers are interested, SquishTrade may post a shorter-term view that includes key resistance levels where the current bear rally may find strong resistance. These levels could be watched for reversals where price in the short-term rejoins the larger-degree downtrend.
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AMD (NASDAQ: $AMD) Ready To Rocket Higher 🚀Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Computing and Graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Its products include x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and professional GPUs, and development services; and server and embedded processors, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services, and technology for game consoles. The company provides processors for desktop and notebook personal computers under the AMD Ryzen, AMD Ryzen PRO, Ryzen Threadripper, Ryzen Threadripper PRO, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, AMD FX, AMD A-Series, and AMD PRO A-Series processors brands; discrete GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs under the AMD Radeon graphics, AMD Embedded Radeon graphics brands; and professional graphics products under the AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro graphics brands. It also offers Radeon Instinct, Radeon PRO V-series, and AMD Instinct accelerators for servers; chipsets under the AMD trademark; microprocessors for servers under the AMD EPYC; embedded processor solutions under the AMD Athlon, AMD Geode, AMD Ryzen, AMD EPYC, AMD R-Series, and G-Series processors brands; and customer-specific solutions based on AMD CPU, GPU, and multi-media technologies, as well as semi-custom SoC products. It serves original equipment manufacturers, public cloud service providers, original design manufacturers, system integrators, independent distributors, online retailers, and add-in-board manufacturers through its direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Advanced Micro Devices Analyze!!!😉Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) completed a Double Zigzag correction in Descending channel.
AMD is completing one of the impulsive waves in my resistance zone, and I expect AMD goes down again to the support zone.
Also, Every time AMD has risen slightly above the EMA 111, it has fallen again (this is the fourth time).
Advanced Micro Devices Analyze, Daily Timeframe (Logscale).
🔴Resistance Zone🔴: 100.4$ until 98.3$
🟢Support Zone🟢:85$ until 82.9$
❗️Note❗️: If AMD breaks(valid) the resistance zone, then we can verify the end of the correction.
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AMD's False Breakout above Short-Term TrendlinePrimary Chart: Down Trendline from November 2021 to Present and Several Anchored VWAPs
Recent False Breakout above Short-Term Trendline
After hitting a new low on September 29, 2022, AMD had a brief a rally off the lows . This led to a brief break above a shorter down trendline from August 4, 2022 peaks (light blue down trendline) Now, AMD looks to have faked out the bulls and bottom pickers again. Before the close, AMD's price sunk all the way back to the trendline, perhaps just below depending on how exactly it is drawn, after seeming to push decisively above it. After hours it sunk well below that trendline again with preliminary earnings results that were well under expectations.
Notice the daily candle from October 6, 2022. Some technicians call this a Pinocchio candle or bar. It has a long upper shadow that pushes above a key level, but the shadow being the only part of the candle above the key level by the close of the price bar.
For another example for purposes of comparison, consider AMC's most recent short squeeze (which was smaller than many others in the series of short squeezes it has seen). Here, AMC formed a extremely large Pinocchio bar that effectively signaled the exhaustion and reversal that ensued. That one worked exactly as expected.
A Pinocchio price bar shows up when the bar breaks temporarily above a level of resistance and then falls back below it. It also can appear when the bar breaks temporarily below a key support level, and then reclaims that level by the close of the bar. Essentially, a Pinocchio bar is a failed breakdown or failed breakout that occurs within a single price bar.
Some basics of Pinocchio bars follow below for those unfamiliar with the term:
Martin Pring, a technical expert, writes that these bars "give a false sense of what is really going on."
Pinocchio bars tend to create bull or bear traps depending on the direction the long upper shadow points.
Failed upside breakouts, such as the one shown here on AMD's chart, lock in unwary bulls with a loss by the close of the bar.
Shorts similarly get stopped when intraday bars pierce well below support and then whipsaw back above that support by the close.
In Martin Pring's technical-analysis reference books, he explains that the "false break" that develops is "indicative of exhaustion since the price cannot hold above the strong resistance reflected by the line ." In short, like the character Pinocchio's nose that grows when he lies, the price move beyond the resistance / support ends up being a false move, and the bigger the false move, the bigger the lie.
Just because price is in a severe downtrend does not mean that prices can behave irrationally. How many sharp and powerful bear rallies have occurred so far in this market, especially in beaten down laggards?
For example, price could go down and retest the lows and then rally up to high $70s. Or it could make new lows, and then rally hard back up to a key Fibonacci level, such as the .382 or .618. Until price can start exceeding major swing highs and lows, and its down trendline, it's not a great candidate for bull-trend trading or investing.
Additional Comments and Considerations
Not long ago, stocks like AMD and NVDA were some of the hottest technology stocks traded in the world. They had become veritable market leaders not just in their innovative technology products but also in price leadership. In terms of relative strength, AMD and NVDA both spent plenty of time at the forefront of one of the most powerful bull markets in history (funded by extra liquidity and easy-money policies of central banks) from 2020-2021. But then the cracks started to appear in what otherwise appeared to be some of the most formidable stocks on the planet. Major indices began to roll over not long afterwards.
AMD has not gone unscathed. Its downtrend is not difficult to see with the clearly demarcated lower highs and lower lows. On the Primary Chart, note the orange down trendline that has contained price since November 2021 peaks. VWAPs confirm the view. The dark blue VWAP is anchored to the all-time high from November 30, 2021. It's hard to imagine that there was quite a lot of liquidity on that day, with a number of buyers paying that price at the very top, at $164.46. It can be a viable strategy to strategically buy stocks that have been hitting new 52-week highs showing extraordinary relative strength, but this time, buying at the all time high didn't work out so well for some.
How many times have traders and investors started eagerly buying the dip in this bear? The chart tells the tale. Quite a few major swing lows, with candles having a nice long lower shadow, appear AMD's YTD chart. Each rally may have made a nice trade for nimble countertrend traders, but for investors hoping they caught the low of a pullback, or even better a multi-year low, disappointment ensued.
AMD's days of heroic market leadership along with NVDA continue to be a distant memory as continues to fall to new lows. Should anyone be a knife catcher and hope to have a multi-bagger in 10 years? That's a question for your financial advisor or your own due diligence if you're fundamentally oriented. But from a technical perspective, a lot has to change with regard to the structure before it's safe to buy. Jesse Livermore had a fantastic adage that applies well to this situation, which was recently published by @InvestMate in an Editor's Pick here on TV:
“Don’t take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don’t be an impatient trader.”
Credit and thanks to @InvestMate for reminding everyone of these timeless truths to help in trading and understanding markets.
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10/16/22 SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF ( NASDAQ:SMH )
Sector: Miscellaneous (Investment Trusts/Mutual Funds)
Market Capitalization: $ --
Current Price: $173.15
Breakdown price (hold below): $173.40
Sell Zone (Top/Bottom Range): $185.00-$211.50
Price Target: $139.80-$134.50 (2nd)
Estimated Duration to Target: 60-64d (2nd)
Contract of Interest: $SMH 12/16/22 165p
Trade price as of publish date: $8.95/contract
The world no longer needs chips! LOLThis is in my opinion like buying oil stocks in the march 2020 crash. Semis to technology is like oil to transport. The world will not survive without either. So I place my long here today confidently regardless of the next few weeks or months. I will hold this until we re-reach our previous ATH which will be sooner than most anticipate. I expect by 2025 this will rereach those highs and achieve a much higher value by 2030. This is a serious chance to change your wealth status. Buy red sale green as always this is not financial advice. Do not be short-sided with this dip. Get in front of big money. Retail is gone from the markets, now all that is left is big money to choose their picks... high probability this bounces soon major.
$AMD Analysis, Key levels, and Targets $AMD Analysis, Key levels, and Targets
It is time to just be prepared on all levels… I’m labelling this long because these are my levels were I will be accumulating… I don’t accumulate haphazardly, I have very specific levels…
So even though I’m not doing anything right this moment, my levels are marked and ready to go….
These moves could have the potential to be really amazing and huge, but also really devastating if you don’t know what you’re doing or don’t have an ability to average down if necessary…
I don’t have a position right now, but will post when I do… and it shouldn't be long because honestly this is starting to look really attractive here…
IF you trade this let me know your thoughts….
I’m going through my entire stock list this week (definitely longer than a week) so sorry in advanced for blowing up your emails… This is where the opportunities are at, y’all…
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NVDA, now has a fresh low as was predicted.! whats next?I warned about a very strong bull trap in NVDA on 28th July and now the stock has a fresh low. !
As discussed in previous idea , inverted flats in bear market are among the most difficult patterns to recognize. Lets review published idea first :
Now, What is next?
As shown on the chart , a zigzag correction is most likely forming in NVDA and the stock is currently in wave 5 of A of an ABC form of correction.
Two suggested supports are shown on the chart by green lines. These lines coincide with 0.382 and 0.618 Fibo projection of wave 1-3 from top of wave 4 which are typical for end of wave 5. Suggested wave A which is (most probably) just the first large leg of correction will probably end at these supports. This means that stock may show a considerable counter trend correction (wave B) and a resumption of down trend (Wave C ) after that. It may take 12 to 18 months from now for completion of large degree ABC zigzag form of correction.
Picture inserted in the chart was captured from a very useful book written by Frost and Prechter titled : "Elliott wave principle key to market behavior " chapter 1, figures 1.22 and 1.23. As we can see current chart beautifully resembles text book example.
Please note this analysis may need update in future since corrective waves may take some complicated forms . Should it need any update, we can do it later.
I hope this analysis to be useful and wish you all the best.
AMD going after 2020 H&S that was ignored due to tech bubbleAMD formed a H&S topping pattern & has since broke below 100 psychological level & the neckline. It wants to retest 75, the neckline of a 2020 H&S that was bypassed because of the tech bubble. If the 75 neckline does not hold, the measured move may see a low of 49 or even a little lower.( due to the bigger H&S from ATH)
However, it will be good to start averaging down in the 64 to 49 zone because of the many Fib levels in
this area which may offer support.
Shortterm bearish but longterm bullish. Semi-conductor & memory chips will benefit from the gaming, Metaverse, AI, Automation & EV boom.
Not trading advice
AMD | Potential Bearish Day Trade OpportunityAMD closed the week out with a new low, trapping four recent days of bull volume (bearish gap and go). I expect AMD to trade down to support (around $52) and am looking to play it bearish as a day trade. Assuming we continue with the bearish trend, my personal method will be to wait for a close below premarket support, get in on a pullback, and hopefully ride it down to support.
Swing trading wise, I have an order placed to purchase AMD at $52 and am looking to sell at around $90 (close to the 100 MA).
AMD Multi Chart View Currently AMD has formed a ascending triangle which can be seen by the higher highs and rejection around $69 in the 4hr, 1hr and 20 min time frames. Over all AMD's primary formation is a descending channel which is seen in the daily chart to the top right. We are nearing our lower trend line in the daily time frame so I am expecting a bounce if we reach the $58-$60 region. However. It's possible that we break $69 and head up to the top trend line of the daily charts descending channel.
The 4hr chart has formed an ascending triangle which is usually a continuation pattern. So there is possibly more down side. However if we break $69 we can go higher. On the other hand it we break the lower trend line of the descending channel $58-$60 is our next target where we can possibly expect a bounce.
Lastly, from a risk to reward perspective there's a 14% difference from our current price around $68 to the lower trend line of the descending channel $59. While there's a 19% difference from our current price around $68 to our top trend line of the daily descending channel $80. The difference between the bottom trend line and top is about 35% to the upside if we bounce of $59 and hit $80.
Currently, I'm shorting at the resistance around the $68 to $69 region and will go long if we break above it with the next resistance above being around $73-$74.
AMD Kissing the pre-covid highsAMD is one the earlier tech giants who kisses the pre covid highs. The 2020 high can act as a major support at this stage of the game and definitely opens a nice entry into the $AMD ticker.
Immediate resistance is around $70 and next support is around $50.
I entered with a small percentage in along position at this point and will average down from here at every major support.
$FB Zuckerberg Gut PunchFaceplace is really getting it in this bear market. After looking like it might finally rebound, we are seeing a clear indication of a bearish consolidation pattern which can be used to initiate short positions and limit risk. Even though this looks golden, I do not pretend to know what is going to happen, so I always cut losses when positions move against me.