Watch this closelyAfternoon Traders,
Here's what I am currently keeping my eye on at the moment. We are in this ascending megaphone pattern. This is typically a bearish pattern longer-term. The problem is that we don't know how much longer the pattern will hold before we, most likely, drop out of the bottom side. It could be weeks. It could be months. It could hold for a year. But what we should definitely be keeping our eyes on the most is that bottom side. Today it sits at just under 67k. Tomorrow it'll be just over. By my calculations, it looks to be rising at about $437 a day.
Draw this one out on your charts and watch closely. As long as we remain inside the megaphone, I am still long, with growing caution over time. But once we break that bottom line, look out below!
Best,
Stewdamus
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Macro Monday 24~New York Empire State Manufacturing Index MACRO MONDAY 24
The New York Empire State Manufacturing Index
Trading View Ticker: $USNYESM
The New York Empire State Manufacturing Index (NYESM Index) is a month to month economic indicator that measures the general business conditions in the manufacturing sector of New York State. It is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is based on a survey of 200 executives from the largest manufacturing firms in the state of New York.
The top six manufacturing states in the U.S. are California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and then New York. Whilst New York is only ranked the 7th largest state in terms of manufacturing jobs, the state is strong in pharmaceutical manufacturing, printing and publishing, and electronics, with some of the top tier manufacturing companies including big names such as Pfizer, IBM, Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies. Total output from manufacturing in New York was $75.24 billion in 2021. In comparison total output from manufacturing by the largest manufacturing state in the US - California was $394.83 billion in 2021, magnitudes larger than New York. So whilst the New York Manufacturing Index holds some weight in terms of its reputation, location and large well known firms, it is a smaller index and it should be considered in combination with other indexes/metrics to assess the broader economic picture.
How to Read the Index
As with many of the survey led indexes, it is a diffusion index that oscillates above and below the 0 level. Above 0 suggests manufacturing activity is expanding, below zero means manufacturing activity is contracting.
The Chart
In today’s chart will also attempt to see how good the NYESM Index has been at predicting general market performance/direction using the S&P500 CBOE:SPX as a market gauge:
1. One of the main findings on the chart is that 7 out of the 8 times the NYESI fell below 0 for longer than 2 months (shaded areas) the S&P500 moved lower or did not increase in price.
- This suggests that in the event the NYESM Index falls below 0 for greater than 2 months there is a higher probability that market performance will be impaired.
2. The one time the S&P500 increased whilst the NYESM Index was below 0 for greater than 2 months was from July 2022 to present.
- The index during this period was very volatile jumping briefly above the 0 level before falling under it again (see the red box). It is the only time in history that this occurred on the index. One could compare it to a sector gasping for air above the 0 level over that period, however the S&P500 was rallying hard as the index gasped for air. This highlights the need to review other indexes and charts, and not rely solely on the NYESM Index in isolation.
One such additional index that might shed some light on the S&P500 rally during point 2 above is the relative strength of the ISM Services PMI which has remained in expansionary territory throughout the same period. The Services Index is designed to measure the economic activity and health of the services sector in the United States some of which are professional services (accounting, legal, etc.), healthcare (hospitals, clinics & other practitioners), accommodation, leisure and food services. One could imagine with everyone cooped up during COVID-19, the resilience in the services metric could help explain the resilience in the market with people enjoying more experience orientated activities.
We covered ISM Services Vs ISM Manufacturing on Macro Monday 22 which you can check below in the attaching links. The ISM metrics cover all areas of the U.S. and are considered a more all-encompassing measure of manufacturing and services in the U.S. Regardless looking at individual states such as California, Texas and New York can provide clues and insights into the overall trend.
Current Readings & Expectations
The New York Empire State Manufacturing Index increased from Sept to Oct 2023 demonstrating a sharp rise from -4.6% to +9.1% pushing the Index into expansionary territory. Expectations for this Fridays release is a reduction of 7.1% resulting in a reading of 2 for the month of Nov 2023. This would still be expansionary for manufacturing in NY State but a reduction all the same, demonstrating less manufacturing to the prior month.
Lets see how the Index performs this Friday.
PUKA
Baba is Boutta DROP DROP! Triple indicator heres my graph analysis for BABA 6/9/2020
OBV is Racking up M I L E A G E to the top of the graph - which indicates the graph is more likely to drop as the obv needs CORRECTION
ON the RSI we see the ' SELL ' Signal indicator - whilist the stock didnt drop and actually climbed - which is a double bad juju indicator sign that baba is bout to drop twice as hard as it was originally indicated
and the THIRD indicator is the moving average. Baba is still trading Above moving average..
These are three signs that telling me BABA is bout to DROP!
good luck trading and these are just my ideas!
glgl!!
Aussie $ On the RadarAfter a double bottom at the 38,2% Fib last week, the AUD is moving toward our red zone which is delimiting a strong resistance that might cause the price to plunge. We are expecting to see a reversal pattern within the red zone in the next days. Such formation would confirm the bearish view targeting 0.6185.