Dow Transport and Dow Industrial RelationshipThis is an interesting day chart showing the relationship of Dow Transport Index and Dow Industrial Index. Did you notice that each time, DOWT (blue line) went south, it would rebound.First time was April, then July and now November this year.
The yellow dotted line shows the support that the current price of DOWT is at ,9501.93 which was the same in Sept 18. It also rebounded nicely. So, this 3rd attempt, can we conclude safely it would do the same as well? Please note that it is also sitting nicely on the 50% FIB level where the rebound is.
Using the inverse cup and handle pattern on the last frame, one would see that the right handle is in the process of forming. If it does, then the price would goes up. If it does not, it would break down from the support line of 9501.93 and heads towards the 618 FIB level.
The DOW is still bullish with its price action above 21EMA but not for the DOWT which is way below 21EMA but it has happened before and the rebound was evidenced in the chart. If you pull it back to a longer time frame like the weekly chart, it is comforting to note that both DOW and DOWT price action are sitting above 21EMA.
I am confident the peak in the US stock market is not yet in sight and the indices would continue its upward move though there would be pull backs for profit taking and giving buyers an opportunity to accumulate or buy if they like.
I googled and discovered this is termed as the DOW THEORY .
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4. Indices must confirm each other. In order for a trend to be established, Dow postulated that indices or market averages must confirm each other. Dow used the two indices he and his partners invented, the Dow Jones Industrial (DJIA) and Rail (now Transportation) Averages, on the assumption that if business conditions were in fact healthy – as a rise in the DJIA might suggest – the railroads would be profiting from moving the freight this business activity required. If asset prices were rising but the railroads were suffering, the trend would likely not be sustainable. The converse also applies: if railroads are profiting but the market is in a downturn, there is no clear trend.
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Implications of Risk (CAD, WTI and Bonus Chart)CADJPY has been setting up to become a great selling opportunity on a macro-standpoint for the following reasons:
I was looking for a drop well-before today's action:
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Fundamentals in a nutshell:
CAD is highly correlated with WTI crudeoil, both on a fundamental and technical level. There still is no tangible catalysts to cause a significant rally in oil prices. Perceived catalysts have yet to amount to anything substantial. Still, there is no producer willing to cut production as of yet. Furthermore, the macro outlook for Canada is continuing to look like a poor one.
JPY is a proxy for risk, which is signalling further turmoil in risk assets, and the correlation of such assets do not bode well for oil prices. Despite BoJ's meandering into NIRP territory, it has been dubbed a policy error almost as quickly as the Fed's single rate hike in seven years. Japan's Finance of Ministry may call of 10Y auction of bonds for the first time ever on fears of negative rates.
Still forecasting the US business cycle ending, with a recession in 2016. As with my previous Russell 2000 posts (correct but early!), small caps are supporting the "FIFO" what it comes to domestic economic weakness. Still see a bear market in US equities.
Technicals in a nutshell:
Price action rallied hard from an oversold position on two fronts: the rumor of a Saudi-Russian deal to cut production (which was refuted by Saudi twice), and the BoJ's decision to cut rates (which occurred as crude stalled). Clearly, if the production cut rumors amounted to something more than talk, clearly that is bullish. However, we must look at it as what is happening and what may happen (from highest probability) and not what we want.
The price action on the daily stalled within a long-term demand zone as both positive price action (+DMI) and ADX continued to slope downward. RSI is well out of oversold territory, which gives traders room to continue selling post-squeeze.
The stochastic indicator is giving a great sell-signal on the daily chart.
Note: indicators on tradingview do not mirror those on my MT4 but are close. I use a 9,3,3 on stochs.
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USDJPY, essentially risk appetite, is trending lower on the monthly chart (this particular chart I made last month but decided to show my awesome readers!).
If global fundamentals and aversion to risk occur as I believe, we could see 110 this year. I expect their will be more yen strength even as the dollar remains supported.
As I noted when I was on Dukascopy TV in 2014, the Bank of Japan is running out of "tool," as was unlikely to further increase QE. Moreover, traders would loose their faith in central banks and their ability to prop up markets. We're seeing that now.
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Dow Jones Transportation Average Hinting Of Trouble AheadWe normally don't publish equity ideas but this chart is worth noting as it directly relates to the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Average are highly correlated for many reasons as you can imagine. A quick look at the chart and you will see the current divergence in that correlation. Simple said, if an economy is not producing many goods than there is less need for shipping, indicating the economy is slowing or struggling. Historically the Dow Jones Transportation Average leads the Dow Jones Industrial Average and at the very least lends confirmation to the Industrial Average.
DOW Transports To Retest Recent Lows(Note: DOWT is no longer in a bear market after rallying the last two weeks)
2015 was suppose to be just another year of the epic bull market created by reckless central banking policies. Some Wall Street estimates for the S&P 500 were as high as 2,300. Me? I projected a contraction to 1,810 in mid-January.
Whether or not the SPX will reach my target within the next 10 weeks, or so, is uncertain; but what has been quite clear is the scaffolding holding with risk assets around the global has been crumbling for sometime.
In " Is A Storm Brewing? How History is Repeating Itself ," I was clear and concise in what 2015 had in store (posted Jan. 13, 2015):
I support the idea that we are on the precipitous of something disastrous.
Those who constantly look at underlying factors and notice the shifts in the FX, commodity and economic data are witnessing that the latest boom cycle is on its last leg.
In essence, the post was a summery of the marco trends few wrote about because everybody indulged in the feel-good of rising stock prices.
The post ended quite ominously: "2015 is going to be mercurial…"
On March 26, I indicated that the DOW transports looked technically weak. Price action had been consolidating early in the year, much like the SPX. The index made several lower highs, higher lows and finally broke support at 8600.
Nobody was even looking at the transports as a potential catalyst to drag the broader markets lower, even though that is historically the case.
For instance, Cowen Group's Head of Sales, David Seaburg, said, as late as June 25 (after the the transports already began weakening underneath consolidation), "Everyone is up in arms about the transports, but the underperformance has very little to do with a weak economy and has more to do with the structural issues within the sector."
Seaburg also said that "I DEFINITELY don't see any downside (broader markets) necessarily." Almost a month-to-the-day, not only did the DOW and SPX hit their first 10 percent correction in four years, the DOW transports fell into bear market territory. Awkward.
Those that live by subjectivity, die by subjectivity.
The broader markets did receive a massive bounce following the largest NYSE short-interest since the Lehman Brothers collapse, but the transports has been rejected twice from 8,250, or the 23.6% Fib. retracement from the 2012-lows.
It's important to note that central bank credibility is fading fast, and traders will become more wary as the year winds down. Structurally, the index looks weak as earnings have been lackluster to not good at all.
EMAs are showing bullishness on the daily, as they are sloping upward. However, a close above 8,250 will be needed to garner any significant technical buying in my opinion.
Price action is within a large symmetrical triangle with price support of 7,970 cutting through the middle. This key, near-term support level could determine whether the index will test triangle support, which is supported by price support of 7,790.
A confirmed close below the triangle support will cause transports to retest the 2012 ascending trend line. I expect fundamentals to continue to deteriorate into 4Q, and the transports to challege 2011's trend (between 7,200 and 7,300).
Conversely, a close above triangle resistance could cause a rally to 8,500.
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Dow Transports - Monthly TrendPrior to 2014 there have been 3 instances of the monthly RSI closing above 80 going back to 1988, Each of the three instances have lead to a return to the trend line noted below. In November of 2014, the DOW transports recorded the 4th instance of a monthly RSI close above 80 coming in at 86.
Recently the DOWT found support at previous resistance measured from the 1999 and 2008 tops. Should the DOWT go back below this support, I believe there is a high probability of retesting the long term trend line below. Depending on the timing, this would imply a long term target of 5500-6300 on DOWT.