GBPJPY // countertrend breakThere is a valid bull trend on the monthly and below.
The trigger level is the daily breakdown, which is in line with the break of the countertrend line.
If it's taken back by the buyers, the market enters in the daily long expansion phase, and the daily target fibo 138.2 in line with the next daily breakdown is my target zone.
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The Best Phase of the Trend: The Expansion PhaseBeing a successful trader requires the ability to identify the phase of the trend with the highest probability of success.
The best opportunities arise during the expansion phase, where the prevailing trend resumes, pushing the market to new highs or lows.
This phase is characterized by swift, decisive market moves with minimal pullbacks, aligning strongly with the overall trend.
My Trading Steps:
1. Define the Primary Trend on the Daily
Identify the dominant trend (uptrend or downtrend) to establish the broader market context.
2. Look for a Countertrend on H4/H1
Spot corrections or pullbacks against the primary trend, signaling potential setups.
3. Find a Trigger Candle
Watch for a Marubozu-like candle at the zone of the countertrend line break or the last clean, untested breakdown.
4. Exit Rules
Exit the position if the price closes below the trigger line.
5. Take Profits
Target key Fibonacci levels and significant support/resistance zones. a countertrend on H4/H1
This is an 80% Setup: Targeting Fibo 138.2
The strategy has an 80% success rate when the target is set to the Fibonacci 138.2 level, calculated from the closing prices of the correction.
This precise targeting aligns with the expansion phase of the trend, ensuring high-probability entries and exits while maximizing potential profits.
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ETHEREUM (ETH) // The daily structure broke with one impulse, and the correction of this impulse couldn't change to a primary trend expansion.
Yet...
This is the daily chart with the structure break:
If is stays like this (so, the new daily impulse base will stand), and the waves start to build south, the short countertrend's expansion phase will be a nice opportunity to ride the corrective impulse down to the correction fibo 38.2.
If this daily impulse base is taken back by the buyers (on the daily), the primary long trend resumes.
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SOLANA // idea for both directionsThe daily short countertrend is valid, and the market has reached the correction fibo 50 level.
The question is: will it reach 61.8?
If the market can significantly break the last clear H4 breakout significantly, it may have a chance.
If it turns up, and there is a significant (trigger) candle in the long trigger zone, my target is the weekly target fibo 200.
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THE US DOLLAR (DXY) // primary long expansionThe last impulse, that is visible even on the weekly chart, broke the weekly structure.
The emerging countertrend only came back to 23.6, but tested the weekly (and H4) breakout, and turned up in the direction of the primary trend.
This is the expansion phase with a target of 109.00, and it is valid until the structure breaks on H4.
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BITCOIN ($BTC) // Countertrend BreakEvery timeframe is bullish.
There is a countertrend on H4/H1, and my trigger zones at the highest clear breakdowns are marked by green.
My targets (purple) are target fibo levels at all-time highs.
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NASDAQ // Primary Expansion?The trend is. long on all the major timeframes, and this H4/H1 breakdown (green) is my trigger zone.
If it's triggeren on M15, and the waves keep going up, my target is the daily target fibo 200 and the H1 target fibo 138.2-161.8 zone.
Exit the position if the structure breaks on the entry timeframe.
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SPX Falls Below the Midpoint of Its 13-Year Uptrend ChannelPrimary Chart: Logarithmic Chart with 13-Year Secular Uptrend Defined by Parallel Channel
BRIEF SUMMARY:
The secular uptrend over the past 13 years is still valid and contains within its boundaries the current bear market, which is at the primary trend level.
SPX's price has fallen past the midpoint of the channel. Two weekly closes have been below the midpoint of this channel. This week's close was lower than last weeks, which is not bullish at all, even if an oversold relief rally is becoming more likely.
The lower edge of the channel, called the upward trendline, lies at 3000 to 3200 from year end to about May 2023. If this bear market lasts that long, the lower edge of the channel may provide a good spot for the bear to end—or for a much longer-term shift in trend should that line break.
SPX has been in what technicians call a secular uptrend for approximately 13 years. A secular trend is an even higher degree of trend than the commonly discussed "primary trend." A primary trend typically ranges from about 9 months to 2 years. Two recent examples illustrate the primary trend: (1) The bull market from the March 2020 lows to the January 2022 highs, and (2) the bear market from the January 2022 high to the present date (9 months exactly).
By contrast, a secular trend is about 12-25 years long according to technical expert Martin Pring. When examining the price on a weekly chart from the lows of the 2008-2009 crash (the Great Financial Crisis) to the present date, one can find that the price has stayed within a trend channel, respecting its upper and lower boundaries more or less.
Will the channel break to show a much larger and longer-term shift in change? That is a question that no one can answer, but it will be worth noting whether price breaks or finds support at the channels lower boundary, the upward trendline.
Recently, price broke through the midpoint of this channel . Last week was the first weekly close below the midpoint. This week followed through with a decisive move lower and a second close below the midpoint—along with a lower weekly low. This is not bullish no matter how oversold oscillators and indicators may be. Speaking of oscillators, what oscillators predicted whether the June 2022 lows would be undercut? None: they all looked like they could be oversold, or close enough to oversold to work for a double bottom.
The double-bottom conversation also suggests that capitulation is not present. The widespread discussion of the term is actually bullish, reflecting hopes that the market will reverse its downtrend and put in a bullish reversal formation that will lead back to all-time highs. Is that the sort of sentiment that is commonly seen at a true bear-market low? The five stages of a bear market include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Could equity markets still be in denial? Or have markets moved to the third stage of bargaining? With all the talk of "double bottoms," in both equities and crypto, perhaps the current stage is "bargaining." Why? By describing the present selloff in this bear market as a "double bottom," market participants attempt to place the current ugly decline in a positive light. A double bottom, after all, is a pattern that implies a powerful rally after the second bottom, where the rally eventually exceeds the peak between the two bottoms and continues thereafter once confirmed. So all the banter about double bottoms shows that a lot of bullish hopes still have not been crushed. The end of a bear market, however, evidences the fourth and fifth stages of bear-market grief, which is depression and acceptance (capitulation).
Sure, a double bottom could lead to a nice bounce because oversold extremes tend to cause mean reversions anyway, and when everyone is looking at a double bottom, shorts may cover and investors may try to pick the bottom. That is why my hypothetical arrow shows a jagged trip to the lower upward trendline of the parallel channel. First a little lower, then higher in another OS bounce / bear rally, then lower again, then up as people try to catch the low, then lower again, and so on.
Eventually, price may likely come into contact with the lower edge of the channel—and the long-term secular uptrend will still be intact and neatly contain this bear market. In other words, this bear market at the level of primary trend will not invalidate the secular uptrend, unless price breaks that line around SPX 3000-3100 (considering where the line lies in 3 to 6 months).
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NVDA: Placing the Rally in ContextPrimary Chart: NVDA's Primary Trend Since Its All-Time High November 22, 2021, with Anchored VWAPs
SUMMARY:
NVDA appears to have begun a countertrend rally within the context of a sharp downtrend.
Other countertrend rallies have ranged from 28.9% to 40.17%. Don't be fooled by a show of strength that does not change the overall structure. Countertrend trading is lower probability, but can be lucrative if risk is managed with great discipline.
The most conservative upside target (resistance) range for this rally is $128-$130. This would be reached, if at all, in the next week or two.
If the $128-$130 level is reclaimed successfully, then the next higher target to consider is the $145-$150 range discussed below.
Watch the green uptrend line off the YTD low on October 13, 2022 and the red VWAP anchored to the YTD low. If either is broken, all bets are off.
NVDA has rallied about 15.58% off its YTD lows on October 13, 2022. The lows have not been undercut now for a little over a week. Broader equity indices have rallied as well, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 both gaining about 2.3% on Friday. NVDA rallied along side both these indices.
1. NVDA's rally could continue into the FOMC meeting on November 1-2, 2022. The FOMC is likely to increase interest rates by .75 percentage points at the November 2022 meeting. The CME's Fed watch tool, tracking federal-funds-rate futures products, shows the probability of a 75 bps hike at 88% for November. Have markets already discounted this? Probably. What is unknown is whether any change in the Fed's messaging will occur or will the Fed maintain its higher-for-longer hawkish stance to deal with sticky inflation. Fed officials have spoken in recent weeks expressing dissatisfaction with the current inflationary environment and its ramifications for price stability.
2. Pullbacks may likely respect the very short-term VWAP anchored to the YTD low (red VWAP anchored to October 13, 2022). Watch this VWAP for support. If the VWAP is violated, it will be important to determine if the violation is decisive (slicing through and showing no sign of reverting back to the level) or if the violation is minor and brief.
3. NVDA just closed above its 21-day EMA, which lies at 124.16. Today's close was 124.66.
4. Before any higher price targets can be taken seriously, NVDA must reclaim its 34-day EMA (currently just below $130) as well as a key Fibonacci level (teal .236 level at $128.10) (shown just below this paragraph). This is the most conservative target zone for a countertrend rally.
Supplementary Chart: Fibonacci Levels
5. A more ambitious zone for a price target may be considered only if the 34-day EMA is recovered first. This secondary target zone comprises two technical levels: (a) the VWAP anchored to the August 4, 2022, high currently located at 143.08, and (b) the gap fill area (teal-blue rectangle) at $145 to $150.
6. It remains crucial to place any rally into context, even if the rally seems like a powerful rally that is unstoppable for a while, like some of the other bear rallies in this market. Massive bear rallies can trick market participants into thinking the lows may be in, and lure them with fear of missing out. Other countertrend rallies have ranged from 28.9% to 40.17%. Don't be fooled by a show of strength that does not change the overall structure. Countertrend trading is lower probability, but can be lucrative if risk is managed with great discipline.
7. The larger context is a downtrend at the degree of the primary trend. All major swing highs and lows over the past year have been lower highs and lower lows. The anchored VWAP at the all-time high (dark purple) remains well overhead. Price would have to rally and hold the $190-$200 level to show material structural change. All other rallies will constitute noise at the larger degree of trend. In other words, the downtrend channel should contain any rallies for the time being. If not, then it becomes appropriate to consider whether a larger-degree structural change is occurring that may lead to a major trend reversal.
Please note that SquishTrade is "cautiously bullish" only for the next week. In the larger scheme, the outlook remains bearish until substantial evidence appears that structural trend change is occurring at the larger degrees of trend. This remains unlikely with interest rates breaking above a 40-year trendline as discussed in this post:
Gold – Long on a classic uptrend line2 Rules for Trendline:
1. Identify the significant lows. At least three points
2. Find the best fit among the significant lows
We can apply the 2 points to a down trendline analysis as well. Looking-out for the significant highs instead.
Gold started its rally after year 2000. We could see it started forming its primary trendline since 2006.
Primary trendline is the key support of any market. When analyzing from a larger timeframe like a weekly chart, it should be considered as an investing position into the long-term.
Secondary trendline on a weekly chart, I will deploy for add-on with stop loss in mind.
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AUD/CAD Expecting ContinuationAUD/CAD is currently in a primary downtrend, with a few secondary and minor trends within. I expect price to continue trend until I see the accumulation phase coming along or some force. I will be watching this closely for the next couple of weeks for a possible long setup near major support.
ETH close to the breakout Hi everyone,
Today I am here with a question, where is ETH heading to?
It is clear that the market is changing right now, fear is starting to get into the investors and traders due the high selling volumes.
You think ETH will keep the current primary trend ? Or there is going to be a trend reversal ?
Spoiler: I am quite bearish right now.
Have a nice trading week!
SolanaSolana is incredibly interesting.
It seems to currently have completed a nice 5-wave impulse of +43 000% in just a year and a half.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if this here were to be a running flat correction - an ABC - to retest the primary trend line.
Given that this is on the log chart, we're still talking a nice 45-50% retracement, which should be good enough prior to being ready for the next leg up.
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GBP/USD analysis with mixed signals!Hey tradomaniacs,
I`m currently waiting for the FED to give the market more fundamental impulses.
Looking at GBP/USD bigger picture we can currently see a mix of bullish and bearish signs.
The primary trend is currently moving sideways and has formed an S/H/S-Pattern, which is usually a trend-reversal-pattern.
Additionally we see a breakout below the primary trendline but so far no break below the neck-zone of the S/H/S-Pattern.
The often respected 200 Moving Average has supported price aswell as you can see at at recent fakeout below support, which is a bullish sign showing absoprtion after attracting bears to sell the S/H/S.
A potential lower high could cause a continuation to the upside, but as long as the FED it likely to announce a tapering until mid 2022 (not later than than september and according to MM) I will stay very cautious with longs.
Need more clarity and confluence before I execute any trades here. ;-)
We either need the S/H/S to get triggered or invalidated!
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NZD/USD: Nice chance to sell!Hey tradomaniacs,
as you can see onm the weekly chart we are currently retesting the Trendline of the primary trend.
Additionally we are right at a horizontal key-resistance and should wait for a rejection and confirmation in the smaller time-frame here.
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ORBEX: DOW JONES - Successful Correction Looking BullishDJ could move higher to complete primary wave 3 near 29670, completing the intermediate 5-wave move starting at 21753.
The current structure suggests that we are minor wave 3 of the intermediate wave 3. In the sorter degrees, we have completed minute waves 1 and 2 and currently are ready to correct perhaps with a minuette a,b,c wave. That would then allow prices to potentially extend higher for minute wave 3 near 27769, and then 28962.
A successful correction could get prices pushed up for the continuation of the bullish pattern. A failure, however, could be the beginning of a deep that could form a fresh intermediate wave 2 low.
Look for a valid break above 27396 but also focus on whether a bearish breakout is valid should it occur.
Stavros Tousios
Head of Investment Research
Orbex
This analysis is provided as general market commentary and does not constitute investment advice.
Primary Bearish Trend in $BTC RemainsWith internal momentum still favoring the bears (although it could weaken a bit) the next level to consider a buy is inside the highlighted order block on the chart.
Internal trend momentum is measured with the ADX indicator, and it still favors the bears here.
The midpoint of the historical consolidation area (order block) is near $2800 and will re-evaluate indicators if and when that price level is tested.
Thoughts?