Argentinian Banks Present Us w/ a Short SignalI've been watching Buenos Aires based bank stock BBAR for a while now, ever since I noticed that it was the Argentinian ADR with the closest correlation to the Merval. I noticed it coiling up for some event that I wasn't paying too much attention to (the World Cup-- please, don't judge, I'm an American) and ever since Messi scored those goals Argentinian stocks have gone absolutely vertical. FOMO set in quickly, and I've been salivating at a topfish for the past couple months. Head and shoulder after double top after false breakdown after moving average crossover. But finally I think we can see the triple top on all of these names. Shown here are BMA and GGAL, but really this applies to all these ADR's, such as YPF and TEO. The Merval itself reached a double top. Why? Listen. Argentina's economy has a bright future because of its natural resources and work ethic, but man does its fiscal situation need some paternal scolding. Join currencies with Brazil? Don't strengthen the peso, other countries love your cheap exports! Anyway, the market is communicating this message to us. If you'd like to profit from this disfunction, now is your chance. Hopefully after this short's performance Direxion will create a 3x Bear Argentina MERVAL ETN.
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EEM: retesting 0.61 and heading lowerEmerging markets is completing a complex correction from an Elliot wave point of view.
The first leg of the C wave started in May21 and is currently retracing before heading lower.
Dollar index broke out and is now retesting the top of its previous range going back till '15.
Secondly EEM and Dollar index are inverse correlated when the market is trending.
VIX lift-off will coincide with this second leg.
Sentiment Let's continue to observe the social moods in the world.
The main news today is the unrest in Brazil: supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace. They are protesting against the election of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as president, calling for a coup d'état, the annulment of elections and the imprisonment of da Silva.
Let's try to assess the prospects for Brazil by correlation with the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, which includes indicators in US dollars. It peaked in 2008 and has been losing over 60% since then.
The long-term downtrend began shortly after former US President Obama called then-President of Brazil da Silva "the most popular politician on earth."
Whether this is the bottom remains to be seen, but it certainly deserves attention.
Emerging MarketsThis is just a question for thought, not a trade recommendation: Could the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (EMQQ) be ready for a breakout?
It's quite rare to find a chart where price has consolidated and appears to be breaking out, and at the same time, the oscillators are ready to move up on both the higher and lower timeframes. This set up can lead to breakouts.
With that said, obviously, there are many headwinds. To name just a couple:
The VIX is at its trend line (support) and could easily oscillate up soon, causing most risk assets to drop lower.
This ETF is composed mainly of Chinese stocks which have been volatile and vulnerable to geopolitical events, not to mention Chinese and international stocks, in general, have typically underperformed the S&P 500 over the long term.
Traders are like surfers trying to catch waves. Sometimes the wave is a total dud. Sometimes the wave crests right when you get on. Almost always, waves crest while sub-currents on a lower degree are pulling back out. On some rare occasions, however, a large wave occurs because the currents on all levels converge and begin to swell roughly at the same time. This is happening right now to EMQQ. While the weekly oscillator appears to be the only noteworthy incongruent current, it is not in overbought territory, and there is no bearish divergence in the weekly RSI to warrant the possibility that a weekly oscillation down would have a strong downward bias. Additionally, there is a breakout on the weekly chart which, to some extent, undermines the effect of the oscillation down on that timeframe.
Only time will tell.
USDMXN breaks bearish trendThe USD/MXN is attempting a breakout above 20.50, which will also see rates take out the bearish trend line that has been in place since last year. At the time of writing, it was doing a good job at that. A closing break would pave the way for more gains in this pair, and losses for the Mexican Peso.
Emerging market currencies have been in the spotlight amid the Fed's aggressive hiking.
There’s a risk that inflation in developed economies might prove to be more persistent – something the Fed highlighted the risk of at their last monetary policy sitting, judging from the minutes of that meeting released on Wednesday.
If that's the case, more aggressive hikes could be on the way from the Fed and other developed economies, which should further reduce the appeal of EM currencies.
Expect a summer of turmoil in EM space.
SSE Shanghai Composite W1 topped w/ a diamond? W2 comingThis China index confirmed its completion of ABC when lockdown ended & their economy resumes. It has risen so much from the ABC correction low of 2888 & we may see wave 1 topping out with a diamond reversal pattern. As seen in the past 2 times shown in chart, a diamond can be either a reversal or continuation pattern so proceed with caution.
Reasons why I see this as a reversal:
1) index has already risen 500 points (2888 to 3388 completes the 5 sub-waves of wave 1) without any major retracement.
2) price was rejected exactly at wma 50 & an anchored VWAP from 3300 bottom of July 2021
3) price was rejected at the 2015 red trendline
4) price has reached the 1.272 FIB retracement of the most recent leg down (an ideal spot for abc zigzag retracements)
The 2 most probable supports (the 2 yellow zones) for the wave 2 correction are:
1) the 0.383 FIB near the 3100 to 3200 pivot zone
2) the 0.618 zone near 3100
If wave 2 is shallow, then the future wave 4 may be a deeper correction like 61.8% or 78.6%.
Not trading advice
EWZ Brazil, a commodities proxy is now in Wave 3 of IIIWith the current fear of recession & rising inflation in the US, a lot of funds will be flowing outside into emerging markets, China & also Brazil which is rich in commodities especially now that the dollar seems to be peaking out as foreign markets slowly becomes more attractive to invest in.
EWZ may retrace down first to fill the gap at 33.65 green line. A bounce from here will enable a near 20% rally to the 0.618 red zone at 40 to 42.43.
42.43 will be a strong pivot point since it is the intersection of the 0.50 red dotted FIB level of my slanted FIB CHANNEL with 1.272 FIB of the recent wave 2. EWZ is currently in the wave 3 of 3 of a larger wave III.
Not trading advice
EEM emerging Mkt bottomed @39 or fall further to 37 or 36?EEM now near 41, has already fallen more than 30% from Feb2021 top at 57.19. Two weeks ago it fell to 39 the green VWAP from 2016 & bounced with a weekly hammer candle. It is now being rejected by a FIB CHANNEL level near the yellow 41-42 pivot zone. Holding this zone will see more upside maybe up to 44 or 46 before a c-wave down.
If 41/42 does not hold, there are only 2 strong supports down:
One is at 37, the black VWAP from 2011, which will be another 9% drop from current price.
The worst one is at 36 ( the red VWAP from 2009), another 14% drop from here, making the total crash of 38% from ATH.
The 37 to 36 zone will be a good place to slowly average down into EEM. Note that the dollar index DXY seems to be topping out near 105, which will be good for emerging markets, gold, silver, commodities & maybe BTC, which are all priced in terms of dollars.
Not trading advice
ASEA strong w only 0.382 retracement range;15 wedge BO or 13.40?ASEA has been in this yellow box consolidation range sine Feb2018 except during the pandemic plunge which is a BLACKSWAN event & should be discounted. The base of this box is at 13.40.
Right now ASEA is making a falling wedge. A falling wedge has a greater chance to break to the upside. If it holds the middle green zone of this box & bounce above 15, it will be a good time to buy.
But if green zone fails, next support buy zone is at a 13.40 bounce.
Maximum pain level is at 11.65, the FIB 0.618 pivot.
Not trading advice
STXEMG - Long Idea- The price is in a consolidation phase after the recent major leg down.
- Looking for a move towards R50-52 zone initially.
- Stop loss below R46
- NB This is a counter trend trade.
-- MANAGE YOUR RISK - -
Disclaimer: All ideas are my opinion and should not be taken as financial advice.
EEM may retest base of WEDGE since 2007@37; see Buy & Sell zonesEEM Emerging Mkt formed a big Violet wedge since the 2007-2008 crash. It currently gapped down & broke 40, a 0.618 level. If it does not reclaim 40 in the next few days, then It will go down to
37 to retest the lower edge of this wedge. 37 is also a 1.618 retracement of the latest rally.
See the 3 zones in the chart. Red is the sell zone. Yellow is the neutral zone & green is the buy zone.
The bottom may be near for EEM specially if inflation, the DXY dollar index & TNX the 10-yr yield will peak out soon, pushing equities & risk assets higher. Rise in commodities is also good for EEM countries.
Not trading advice
Better days for Coal India ahead!This stock is often overlooked
It is a part of Nifty-50, and major weightage in Nifty-Metal Index as well.
It seems it is time that we get our eyes on this counter again
The line drawn in the chart is a regression line for Coal India. It is downward sloping currently.
But notice that price has closed above the regression line on the weekly charts.
If we see the last 4 candles on weekly charts, we observe this:-
- All four are green candles
- Body-size of candles in increasing (getting larger and larger)
Bollinger band expansion bodes well for the stock in the near term.
Volume: If we see the past 2&1/2 -3 years volumes, they have been much higher as compared to the periods prior to 2018
Another way to convey this volume strength is that "long-term volume averages are at/around lifetime highs"
Recent Coal Shortages, elevated coal prices, prevailing inflationary trends are also tailwinds for the stock
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Long Emerging Markets as the World DeDollarization BloomsAll the empires and dynasties I studied rose and declined in a classic Big Cycle that has clear markers that allow us to see where we are in it.
This Big Cycle produces swings between
1) peaceful and prosperous periods of great creativity and productivity that raise living standards a lot and
2) depression, revolution, and war periods when there is a lot of fighting over wealth and power and a lot of destruction of wealth, life, and other things we cherish
Waiting to see what happens on March 1st***Earnings report may or may not be the catalyst I'm looking for***
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