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Gold is surging while Crude Oil is laggingHere is a ratio chart of Gold OANDA:XAUUSD and Crude Oil $USOIL. Historically you can see it goes to extremes. Especially in 2020 when crude oil went to zero (and negative). I cut that spike out of the chart so hopefully it shows here. When the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-2009 hit, crude oil hit $140 and gold was low which set up the bottom of this chart on the lower-left. Crude was expensive and gold was cheap. The opposite happened during Covid when crude plunged and gold stayed relatively calm. These are generational trades that can make traders rich but they take too long for the average small investor to stay focused and take advantage of these setups. With Gold now at the upper end of the range of this ratio, it is time to start looking elsewhere to protect your wealth. Can this ratio continue higher? Yes, of course. I point it out as a starting point for your trading. If you are just getting long gold up here now, you need to understand where the historical range is for this ratio and decide if you want energy to keep you warm and let you travel or do you want a store of money. It is always a trade-off between the two. You can't live with only one of these commodities. Cheers. Tim 12:33PM EST, October 22, 2024
OANDA:XAUUSDShort
by timwest
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Is Silver About to Rewrite the Rules of the Global Financial GaIn a remarkable twist of market dynamics, silver – long overshadowed by its golden cousin – is positioning itself for what could be its most dramatic transformation in decades. Russia's unprecedented decision to add silver to its central bank reserves has sent shockwaves through the precious metals market, potentially signaling a fundamental shift in how central banks view this dual-purpose metal. This strategic move, combined with a staggering supply deficit of 663 million ounces projected through 2024, suggests we may be witnessing the early stages of a historic price realignment. The numbers tell a compelling story: a 41% price surge year-to-date, pushing above $33.89 per ounce, with analysts projecting potential moves beyond $40 before year's end. Yet it's not just the price action that's turning heads. The convergence of industrial demand from emerging technologies, particularly in renewable energy and electronics, alongside traditional investment demand, has created a unique supply-demand imbalance. This structural deficit, coupled with major central banks' expected rate cuts in 2024, could catalyze a powerful upward price trajectory. Perhaps most intriguing is the current gold-silver ratio of 81:1, sitting well above its historical average of 55:1. This disparity, viewed alongside Russia's groundbreaking policy shift, raises a provocative question: Are we witnessing the early signs of a new monetary paradigm where silver reclaims its historical role as a strategic reserve asset? For investors and market observers alike, the unfolding story of silver in 2024 may well represent one of the most compelling opportunities in the precious metals space – a narrative where industrial necessity meets monetary revolution.
FX_IDC:XAGUSDLong
by signalmastermind
PUT CALL BUY SIGNAL MAJOR SP 5760/5880 The chart posted is my 20 day put/call . We have now reach a .50 % of the drop in QQQ and we have broke above .618 and 50 % of the drop in the sp 500 cash . We are alos forming clean 5 waves up patterns based on this chart in the put /call alone I must view the correction as OVER I had saw a chance to drop into 8/12 but the structure has turned up . Once we break above todays high n on a closing basis I will look for the min of a .786 to re think . Wavetimer
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by wavetimer
Asymmetric Risk Reward: The Secret to Success in Trading?Be as bold as you want yet protect your capital with the asymmetric risk reward strategy — an approach adopted by some of the greatest market wizards out there. In this Idea, we distill the concept of asymmetric bets and teach you how to risk little and earn big. Spoiler: legendary traders George Soros, Ray Dalio and Paul Tudor Jones love this trick. Every trade you open has only two possible outcomes: you either turn a profit or make a loss. Perhaps the greatest thing you can learn about these two outcomes is the balance between them. The fundamental difference between making money and losing money — the mighty risk-reward ratio . The risk-reward ratio is your trade’s upside relative to the downside you baked in (or realized). Let’s Break It Down 🤸‍♂️ Most traders believe that you have to take huge risks to be successful. But that’s not what the big guys in the industry do with the piles of cash they’ve got. Instead, they try to take the least amount of risk possible with the most upside. That’s what asymmetric risk-reward ratio means. Think of it this way: you invest $1 only if you believe you can ultimately make $5. Now your risk-reward ratio is set at 1:5, or a hit ratio of 20%. Safe to say that you’ll likely be wrong lots of times. But step by step, you can risk another dollar for that $5 reward and build up a good track record or more wins than losses. That way you can be wrong four times out of five and still make money. Let’s scale it up and pull these two further apart. Let’s say you want to chase a juicier profit with a small risk. You can pursue a risk-reward ratio of 1 to 15, meaning you risk $1 to make $15. The odds are very much in your favor — you can be wrong 14 times out of 15 and still break even. What Does This Look Like in Practice? 🧐 Suddenly, the EUR/USD is looking attractive and you’re convinced that it’s about to skyrocket after some big news shakes it up. You’re ready to ramp up your long position. Now comes decision time — what’s a safe level of risk relative to a handsome reward? You decide to use leverage of 1:100 and buy one lot (100,000 units) at the price of $1.10. That means your investment is worth €1,000 but in practice you are selling $100,000 (because of the leverage) to buy the equivalent in euro. In a trade of that size one pip, or the fourth figure after the decimal (0.0001), carries a value of €10 in either direction. If the exchange rate moves from $1.1000 to $1.1100, that’s 100 pips of profit worth a total of €1,000. But if the trade turns against you, you stand to lose the same amount per pip. Now, let’s go to the practical side of things. You choose to widen the gap between risk and reward and aim for profit that’s 15 times your potential loss. You set your stop loss at a level that, if taken out, won’t sink your account to the point of no return. Let’s say you run a €10,000 account and you’ve already jammed €1,000 into the trade. A safe place to set your stop loss would be a potential drawdown of 2%, or €200. In pip terms, that’s equal to 20 pips. To get to that 1:15 ratio, your desired profit level should be 300 pips, aiming for a reward of €3,000. If materialized, the €3,000 profit will bump your account by 30% (that’s your return on equity), while your return on investment will surge 200%. And if you take the loss, you’d lose 2% of your total balance. It’s How the Big Guys in the Industry Do It You’d be surprised to know that most of the Wall Street legends have made their fortunes riding asymmetric bets. Short-term currency speculator George Soros explains how he broke the Bank of England with a one-way bet that risked no more than 4% of his fund’s capital to make over $1 billion in profits. Ray Dalio talks about it when he says that one of the most important things in investing is to balance your aggressiveness and defensiveness. “In trading you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep money.” Paul Tudor Jones, another highly successful trader, spotlights the skewed risk-reward ratio as his path to big profits. “5:1 (risk /reward),” he says in an interview with motivational speaker Tony Robbins,” five to one means I’m risking one dollar to make five. What five to one does is allow you to have a hit ratio of 20%. I can actually be a complete imbecile. I can be wrong 80% of the time, and I’m still not going to lose.” What’s Your Risk-Reward Ratio? 🤑 Are you using the risk-reward ratio to get the most out of your trades? Do you cut the losses and let your profits run by using stop losses and take profits? Share your experience below and let’s spin up a nice discussion!
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by TradingView
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IWM/SPX spread - Long smallcapsBeen watching for a reversal of the trend between the 2 indexes and a breakout of this bullish falling wedge for a while. Fundamentally it made sense to look for this breakout result because of the looming interest rate cuts and frothy bond yields since the start of the year. Small caps are highly sensitive to such things. Long IWM or TNA is the play on this breakout. But the best value will be found in heavily beaten down individual small caps. If you want to hedge against a market correction long small caps short large would be the other play.
AMEX:IWMLong
by cc1
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Using TSLA/NVDA spread to find cluesIn yellow is the TSLA/NVDA spread or ratio, and here it shows the jump off the all time lows with the huge price spike post Musk vote. With spread charts you can gain clues on future price action based on the other ticker. For the continued TSLA bull case, we get a pull back in the ratio to form the right shoulder of the IHS and then continue upwards. In that case as long as NVDA continues to consolidate or trend up TSLA will remain bullish too (and outperform).
NASDAQ:TSLALong
by cc1
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ETH/BTC ratio signalizes 'Alt Season' soonMany see this ETH/BTC price ratio as the ignition for the Alt Season Price is flerting with a long multi-year resistence, since 2021! A strong break out here will signal the so waited Alt Season, but first there must be a retest of the lowest purple line, the Beam Band bottom line Also here, we are still waiting for a local bottom blue tag from Hodlfire indicator As another indicator to watch is the bottom panel indicator, the Detornator C, as it is still red, almost crossing the zero line So... 3 points of confirmation of Alt Season: 1- Retest of bottom Beam Band line 2- Hodlfire buy tag 3- Detonator C above zero line What is interesting here, is that the upper Beam Band coincides with the target of the Cup & Handle formation when ETH/BTC price will reach a staggering 0.735 ETH for each BTC! If this ratio would be today, ETH price would be 45k! Time will tell!
Long
by CCCLopes
BTC key level of 42.2k is a ripple of its "Covid Stimulus" waveAbove Chart is a single wave, in 3 time frames. This wave was started by Covid Stimulus money. That "Impulse" created "Ripples" that still exist. 42,200 has been a clear battle line last few days. It is a very strong ripple, being a "Golden Multiple". Exact touches on both sides prove its existence to all. This is one of MANY waves (and thus fibs) of BTC. The ripples of THIS wave are strong at certain times. Perhaps economic reports and bond yields are moving? Regardless of the cause, the FACTS are: All Traders are again noticing importance of this level. All Indicators will have factored this level in their math. All Algo's will now place orders at or around this level. That is how fibs become MORE relevant with time. What will happen NEXT is just a guess for anyone. But what happens HERE will be highly relevant. There are other fibs and levels that will also play out. Just above this level is a "Genesis" fib at 42.8k to watch. I will post other ideas as we approach other such levels. . Part of my ongoing series to collect examples of my Methodology: (click links below) Chapter 1: Introduction and numerous Examples Chapter 2: Detailed views and Wave Analysis Chapter 3: The Dreaded 9.618: Murderer of Moves Chapter 4: Impulse Redux: Return to Birth place Chapter 5: Golden Growth: Parabolic Expansions <= Current Example Chapter 6: Give me a ping Vasili: one Ping only . . Ordered Chaos every Wave is born from Impulse, like a Pebble into Water. every Pebble bears its own Ripples, gilded of Ratio Golden. every Ripple behaves as its forerunner, setting the Pulse. each line Gains its Gravity. each line Tried and Tested. each line Poised to Reflect. every Asset Class behaves this way. every Time Frame displays its ripples. every Brain Chord rings these rhythms. He who Understands will be Humble. He who Grasps will observe the Order. He who Ignores will behold only Chaos. Ordered Chaos . . . want to Learn a little More? can you Spend a few Moments? click the Links under Related.
COINBASE:BTCUSD
by EuroMotif
2
Introduction to Relative Strength Part 3In parts one and two (linked) we discussed the construction and use of relative strength ratios (RS) in trading and analysis, common errors, and best practice. In part three we look at the consumer discretionary to consumer staples ratio and attempt to draw trading and economic insight from that analysis. Any method used to analyze a single security price chart can be used to analyze ratios. I tend to use simple methods and I do not require the same precision in terms of retracements and support/resistance that I would use when analyzing or trading a single security. Consumer Discretionary (XLY) / Consumer Staples (XLP): I generally think about this ratio in two ways. The first, and for my purposes, the most important, it reflects the markets judgement around the strength of the economy. When the economy is improving, as it has over the last few months, the ratio should weaken (which it has done). This is because as discretionary income rises, confident consumers are more likely to spend on non-essentials or staples. When they are less confident, they spend less on non-essential discretionary and more on staples. It is important to remember that consumption is around 70% of GDP. For economic or macro analysis, I prefer to use monthly perspective charts. I believe that the long outperformance of discretionary relative to staples is mostly due to the massive liquidity added to the system since the great financial crisis. The liquidity that has aided consumers and thus the economy in general. As liquidity normalizes and the economy slows, staples should begin to outperform discretionary. The second is creating a tradable spread. Creating proportional spreads (see part two) between two sector ETF's, expressing trades that overweight or underweight specific sectors inside a portfolio, or creating pairs trades using names within the two sectors are all legitimate uses of ratios. When creating pairs trades inside a sector my preference is to use each sectors market largest capitalization names (market generals) as they are less vulnerable to idiosyncratic risk. I also prefer to pair names with similar businesses. For instance, I would not pair Walmart (staples) with Tesla (discretionarily) but would consider Walmart or Costco verses Amazon. One final thought, profitable spread trades can be structured using either highly positive or negatively correlated pairs. What fails to work consistently are spreads with spurious correlation. Chart 1 TOP: Monthly Consumer Discretionary (XLY) in ratio to Consumer Staples (XLP): Top Panel: Close line charts for both ETFs. Since XLY on the left scale trades at over two times the price level of XLP (172 verses 72), XLP has been compressed in order to easily compare the paths of the two symbols. Clearly both staples and discretionary have significant positive long-term correlation as they follow the larger market higher and lower. The high degree of correlation suggests that the two markets can be generally expected to trend together, but at varying rates depending on the consumer/economic outlook. It is the difference in the rates of change that creates the profit or loss. Monthly: Technically, the ratio topped in October 2008 and since 2011 has trended lower in a well-defined channel. That channel was broken in March 2022 as inflation exploded higher and the Federal Reserve began to tighten monetary policy (both actions hurt discretionary spending). Over the last few months, as the outlook improved and the economic narrative changed to soft landing, the ratio has again turned lower and is now testing the area of the broken trendline that defined the broad down sloping channel. MACD momentum remains on a sell signal. In this perspective, I view the chart at an important juncture from which a sign of either strength or weakness is likely to define the trend for the next year. Weekly Detail: Note the narrow Bollinger band and the turn higher over the last few weeks. A break above the lateral resistance coupled with a break of the downtrend would strongly suggest that staples are likely to outperform over coming months. As a last step, I like to examine the raw bar charts on both sides of the spread. In this case, like the general market, both look weak. Discretionary is retreating from the top of its range while staples are resting at good support. The concern here would be that a breakdown from a long range of distribution would likely generate significant selling and imply significantly lower lows. Conclusion: I suspect that the spread is in the process of bottoming and that, as the economy weakens over the next few months, staples will outperform. But, overt proof of a turn higher is lacking. While the recent hook higher is promising, it needs to move above the overhead resistance. If it does, odds become very good that the economy is weakening and that staples will enter a significant cycle of outperformance. And finally, many of the topics and techniques discussed in this post are part of the CMT Associations Chartered Market Technician’s curriculum. Good Trading: Stewart Taylor, CMT Chartered Market Technician Taylor Financial Communications Shared content and posted charts are intended to be used for informational and educational purposes only. The CMT Association does not offer, and this information shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice or investment recommendations. The information provided is not a substitute for advice from an investment professional. The CMT Association does not accept liability for any financial loss or damage our audience may incur
AMEX:XLP
by CMT_Association
4
Introduction to Relative Strength or Ratio 1-2In part one (linked) we discussed how to construct and use relative strength ratios (RS) in trading and analysis. We also discussed common errors and best use. In part two we finish that general discussion. In part three we will analyze consumer staples verses consumers discretionary and begin to discuss other ratios that I find useful. How do spreads correct? One mistake is assuming that a spread will always be corrected by the rich security moving lower to meet the cheaper security. In actuality there are multiple ways a spread can correct. For instance, the rich market corrects lower relative to the cheaper market, the rich market declines while the cheap market rises, or the rich market remains relatively fixed while the cheap market rallies. And remember, this is all done within the context of the broader market trend. This isn't particularly important when using spreads as informative to the business or market cycle (as I do). But if you are trading pairs (which outside of rates markets, I don't) the legs should generally be market neutral or directionally ambivalent. Along this same line, if the dollar value of the two legs is vastly different, the share counts must be adjusted to close to money neutral or the disproportionally large side of the trade will dominate. This can also be an issue when the notional amounts of the two instruments are very different. For instance, two-year futures verses ten-year futures. Twos represent 200k notional while tens represent 100k notional. They also have far different sensitivities (duration) to a given change in rates. It should also be recognized that some sectors or ETFs are dominated by one or two very large names that skew directionality in favor of those few names. Looking for ETFs comprised of equally weighted components will mostly eliminate this issue. For instance equal weighted consumer staples (RSPS) verses equal weighted consumer discretionary (RSPD). It's extremely important that you know what you are measuring. A good example is the change in the ratio between investment grade bonds (LQD) and high yield bonds (HYG). A quick glance at the chart might suggest that High Yield is weakening relative to Investment Grade. The easy conclusion would be that fundamentals in the high yield sector were deteriorating and investors were exiting HYG. While fundamentals are modestly deteriorating in HYG more quickly than in LQD, the dominant driver is the difference in duration between the two sectors. This can be seen when running the ratio between ten year and three-year treasuries and comparing it to LQD/HYG. Many analysts smooth the RS line with moving averages. This is particularly useful when adjusting for the higher volatility of shorter time frames. This isn't my preference. First, I prefer to use longer periods (particularly weekly) in my analysis. Second, while averages are useful, they aren't an essential part of my own analysis toolkit. But there is value and moving averages can be used on spreads just as they are used on the underlying securities. Finally, ratios can provide tremendous insight into economy and market cycles, for instance when, after a long RS decline, copper begins to strengthen relative to gold, the industrial economy may be entering the early stage of recovery. Or when consumer staples RS inflects higher relative to consumer discretionary it's likely that the outlook for the consumer, and by extrapolation the economy, is weakening. In future parts we will discuss and illustrate several of these ratios. And finally, many of the topics and techniques discussed in this post are part of the CMT Associations Chartered Market Technician’s curriculum. Good Trading: Stewart Taylor, CMT Chartered Market Technician Taylor Financial Communications Shared content and posted charts are intended to be used for informational and educational purposes only. The CMT Association does not offer, and this information shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice or investment recommendations. The information provided is not a substitute for advice from an investment professional. The CMT Association does not accept liability for any financial loss or damage our audience may incur.
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AMEX:LQDEducation
by CMT_Association
7
Introduction to Relative Strength or Ratio 1-1This is part one of a series on relative strength ratios. Part One: Relative Strength Ratio (RS) analysis is used to compare one markets performance with that of another. The RS line provides a direct comparison of strength or weakness relative to the another. RS analysis is particularly useful for active institutional managers who are judged relative to a benchmark as opposed to individual investors who are constrained by producing an absolute return. But understanding ratios opens a world of spread or pairs trading and provides valuable insight into the market environment. To be clear, the relative strength ratio has nothing to do with Welles Wilders Relative Strength Index (RSI). RSI is a momentum oscillator designed to evaluate a single security as opposed to a ratio comparing one security to another. Using ratio analysis, bonds can be compared to equities, commodities to bonds, domestic equities to global equities, gold to copper, country to country, currency to currency, industry sector to industry sector, specific companies or sectors to broader indices, country to country and even individual equities. Choices of pairs are extensive. Importantly, once charted, the RS line can be analyzed as any other security. Support and resistance, channels, and momentum indicators can all be applied to the RS line. With literally thousands of securities to be compared the limits of RS analysis is only limited by the imagination of the analyst. The analyst does need to be careful. There needs to be a clear and intuitive economic linkage between the two securities before setting up ratio charts. There can also be issues when two securities, despite having a clear linkage, have a dynamic third variable such as currency translation or large differences in duration such as the LQD/HYG example that we will cover in future parts. Relative Strength is calculated by dividing one security's price by a second security's price (the "base" security). The result of this division is the ratio, or relationship, between the two securities. When the RS line is rising, the numerator (top) security is outperforming the denominator (bottom) security. When the numerator security is falling, the numerator is underperforming the denominator security. If the RS is moving laterally, there is no performance advantage to either the numerator or denominator. When looking at spreads I mostly prefer to use the ratio rather than the net price difference between two markets. Using ratios allows the analyst to make comparisons between markets priced in different units. For instance, Oil and Gold or cotton and the CRB. One exception to this would be when directly comparing one ratio to another ratio. In this case both ratios need to be normalized to a common starting value (I use 100) to adjust for large differences in numerators that could skew the RS line higher or lower relative to the RS line. I find ratios most useful over longer time perspectives for business and economic insight. However, many traders/investors use them in shorter time perspectives as they create spread trades or aggressively switch between sectors. When I was actively trading bond/note futures I used extremes and technical analysis of the RS line on the hourly chart to help manage my curve trades. In this series we will explore the construction of relative strength ratios, their best use, and make technical evaluations of several ratios and what that analysis implies. And finally, many of the topics and techniques discussed in this post are part of the CMT Associations Chartered Market Technician’s curriculum. Good Trading: Stewart Taylor, CMT Chartered Market Technician Taylor Financial Communications Shared content and posted charts are intended to be used for informational and educational purposes only. The CMT Association does not offer, and this information shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice or investment recommendations. The information provided is not a substitute for advice from an investment professional. The CMT Association does not accept liability for any financial loss or damage our audience may incur.
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AMEX:XLPEducation
by CMT_Association
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GOLDSILVER RATIO, Moving In Downtrend-Channel, More To Come! Hello, Traders Investors And Community, welcome to this analysis about the gold-silver ratio, its current price-action, and what we can expect the next time. In my observation, I found some significantly sings in the chart which will affect the ratio fundamentally farther the next days and weeks. The goldsilver ratio is an important ratio to track the number of silver ounces compared to one ounce gold, therefore, it is providing important information about the value between silver and gold. I made already the analysis of gold and silver, if you didn't saw these already I recommend to you that you go to my account and have looked to have a full-depth-overview of the analysis in the gold-silver ratio and its interrelation to gold and silver. When looking at my chart you can see that the ratio is trading in a huge and fundamental downtrend-channel which you see marked in blue. We already touched the channel lower and upper boundary several times to form the overall downtrend-related channel. At the moment the ratio fell down from an important support-point at the 109 level, you can see this big red candle to the downside with high volatility it is suggesting that the ratio is turning to the downside here and that we will continue in the downtrend-channel until important support has reached. The next time we can expect a bounce back to the 109 support/resistance level where the likelihood increases that the downtrend continues when the huge heavy bearish-confluence-cluster zone you can see in my chart is confirmed. We have several resistances there which building the logical resistance-level, first it is the 50-EMA which you see marked in blue, second, it is the 109 support/resistance level and third, it is the upper boundary of the falling downtrend-channel, therefore, I don't expect a breakout of the channel here so far and the rise to the downside will continue. In this situation it has to keep in mind that the worth fullness of silver compared to gold rises, this is insightful because at the moment we see more volatility to the upside and sharp rises in silver than in gold, it also means that the value of silver can increase higher and gold gets cheaper compared to silver which is an indication for the bullishness I mentioned already in the silver-analysis. Investors and traders can take advantage of it when the ratio drops more to buy silver instead of gold or to exchange the gold for silver for a later exchange back when the ratio increases again. This should be a good opportunity to make a profit out of the situation with gold and silver. Alright, this should give you a good overview, thanks to everybody for watching, support for more market insight, and all the best! The ambition to transform opportunity into gold remains the most significant tool for a trader. In this manner: FAREWELL Information provided is only educational and should not be used to take action in the markets.
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by VincePrince
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