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A bit more downside to comeThere's a strong support for oil at $37.72 and I believe that will be the bottom in the coming months. It is only bouncing given the extreme oversold condition and that does not change the fundamental fact of an over supplied oil market and many more that are stored in offshore tankers. I highly doubt the long term log trend in black will hold. (Temporary bottom of $47) At this point you wouldn't want to be shorting, other than waiting for an opportunity to long once the confirmation is in. UWTI USO SDRL XLE
FX:USOIL
by LastBattle
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Somthing to Think About #2In the grand scheme of things it looks as though a shift is ready to take place. It has taken me some time to realize that shift but it is finally here. Take look at the GBPEUR to the left. Notice how its price moves are converse to that of WTI, EURUSD, and XLE. The yellow circles you see are areas where similar behavior is forming. In the GBPEUR the opposite behavior is forming to the downside. You can see this correlation is approaching a long time resistance level. Just as the EURUSD is approaching a long term support level. Oil looks to correlate positively with the movement of the EURUSD. As it also moves in exaggeration to the XLE. Using specific points on the XLE as support and resistance. Could I be on to something.....YESSSSS or Maybe I"m reaching...? This can all simply be money moving back and forth. Most regular people like to sit in cash. There are times where this is good reasoning. Don't just sit in it. Swim in it till you are ready to strike and when you strike do it with the speed to the Millennium Falcon in hyperdrive. Note: Might be a good idea to run some spreads on these instruments. Should we be watching the EU and UK to know where we are going?
by HaydenKing
Somthing to Think AboutIn the grand scheme of things it looks as though a shift is ready to take place. It has taken me some time to realize that shift but it is finally here. Take look at the GBPEUR to the left. Notice how its price moves are converse to that of WTI, EURUSD, and XLE. The yellow circles you see are areas where similar behavior is forming. In the GBPEUR the opposite behavior is forming to the downside. You can see this correlation is approaching a long time resistance level. Just as the EURUSD is approaching a long term support level. Oil looks to correlate positively with the movement of the EURUSD. As it also moves in exaggeration to the XLE. Using specific points on the XLE as support and resistance. Could I be on to something.....YESSSSS or Maybe I"m reaching...? This can all simply be money moving back and forth. Most regular people like to sit in cash. There are times where this is good reasoning. Don't just sit in it. Swim in it till you are ready to strike and when you strike do it with the speed to the Millennium Falcon in hyperdrive. Note: Might be a good idea to run some spreads on these instruments. Should we be watching the EU and UK to know where we are going?
by HaydenKing
XLE - A look at absolute and relative performanceCharted above is the performance of XLE on both a relative and absolute basis. Looking a both offers some additional perspective on the health of the sector vs. focusing solely on the underlying price of the index. On a relative basis, this sector broke down from a long term trend before it became fully apparent in the price. XLE had well defined support going back to 2006. It was the break of this support that really got the price moving lower. It looks like for now the sector has found support on a relative basis at a level that goes back to 2005/2006. Looking forward, if the broader market continues to move higher its possible the sector will stabilize around these price levels while continuing to move lower on a relative basis. However, any market weakness and XLE could underperform even more significantly. The next area of interest for the sector is marked by the shaded box above. The sector traded in this range for nearly 4 years from 2000 to 2004. This area is also the projected price target for breakdown in the descending wedge marked above. Individual plays and short term bounces may present themselves but from a mid to long term perspective, I don't see an attractive risk-reward for this sector at this time. Something worth keeping a watch on for sure though.
AMEX:XLEShort
by SMP99
S&P Sector Review - A Look at Relative PerformanceThe charts above show the performance of each sector relative to all nine sectors combined. XLK tech couldn't be included due to having only 8 panes but it was included in determining the sector ratios. Important to keep in mind that these are ratios, all prices could go lower or higher together but what I'm interested in here is purely the relative performance. Also, in order for one to outperform is ensuring that another sector somewhere is underperforming. Top Row: XLU Utilities, XLP Consumer staples, XLF financials and XLV Health are all breaking out on a relative basis. 3 of 4 can be considered defensive sectors. Financials are interesting in that the sector was completely demolished after the 2008 recession and appear to be breaking out of a 5 yr wedge. Bottom Row: XLE Energy issues are widely known. Not much to say other then its possible that they go lower longer term and return to previous levels (.10-.12 of the total). The "energy commodities are an asset class" theme may finally be unwound and if so XLE could suffer from underperformance for some time (oversold bounces excluded). XLB materials have not broken down yet but look quite vulnerable. XLY Consumer discretionary did break down and may have recently been saved by the plunge in oil. Any economic weakness and i suspect this will quickly revert and this sector could significantly underperform. XLI Industrials looks like it could break out but has not yet. The transportation portion of this sector has significantly helped this sector. Summary: XLU - breaking out upwards, 6 yr wedge XLP - breaking out upwards, 6 yr wedge XLF - breaking out upwards, 5 yr wedge XLV - breaking upper trend line important since 2011 XLE - broke out down, 6 yr wedge, approaching possible long term support XLB - approaching bottom trend line important since 2002 XLY - broke ascending wedge lower, recently bounced back towards 2013 highs XLI - sitting at upper trend line that has been important since 2000 XLK - Not shown
AMEX:XLU
by SMP99