DIA trade ideas
channelwe can play this channel opening short positions (going with the main trend) and closing when the price
touches the bottom line and also by opening long positions being a bit more riskier. the channel will be invalidated as soon as the price breaks one of the two lines by a close candle not the shadows.
$DIA - One mans trash is another mans treasure. You know, unfortunately, components of the DOW haven't been as gracious of performers as $SPY or $QQQ has been. Last time I posted on $DIA - I thought it was on clearance. Not that I was wrong, but it was more like the chore of cutting coupons before getting any type of deal. Just recently, with $BA, I had the chart & play in mind back from September before the breakout. An 8% move from there was on point enough to not complain, but the weakness behind it stood out enough not to get greedy. Same with $HD right after it hit ATH's. The persistent buyers will argue about earnings - when in reality, I think DJI movers are the ones that'll see their margins get hit. There's a fucking Christ load of tech movers that aren't even profitable? Not that their margins will get hit, but some people have no idea or sense to realize that the company's interest expense is growing at a faster rate than their net income (if they have any) - but analysts don't hesitate to upgrade a tech mover ($CRM, $NFLX, $SQ, for example). If rates are what everyone's worried about - some people are still so complacently bullish that they wana "buy the banks!" Yet, they haven't come to the realization financials like $C, $GS, $WFC, are underperforming emerging markets + China's $GXC ETF. The next rush to Gold ($RGLD, $ABX, $NEM) could be coming soon. & I don't wana sound like a perma bear either - but there's a lot of answers I had to find that even the real perms-bears don't / can't answer. The market is in more of the same debt crisis we've been in since 2013 (except w/ rates actually increasing) than a "bubble" like 2008 or 2001. Moral of the story - shopping in the clearance section doesn't mean you're actually getting a deal.
But that $BA chart -
DIA - Short on the 15 minuteI noticed candles unable to break through resistance for several candles (wedge structure), plus double top compared to yesterdays (oct 18) chart. All markets trending down so I decided to take advantage here. $256.39 first target would be 50% fib retracement. Final target of $255. I bought at $257.70 with a stop loss @ 258.03 so 33 cent risk to gain $1.31 if I make my first target. Confirmation: stoichastics turning downwards.
DIA even the short term trend positive yetIt was one horrible week and the DIA held out the best. Despite the DIA loosing momentum the trend is till in tact. If we see a bounce the DIA should lead. So far DIA only gave back OCT inventory. Despite the carnage this week, DIA is up for the quarter. Trends are in tact and this should be a bounce point.
DIA Confirms Resistance Breakthrough -- Market BULLISHAs stated in a previous post regarding AMZN's breakthrough, it is necessary for the price to display a confirmation movement in order to be qualified as bullish.
Looking at the circled area, it is very evident that this confirmation was made today as DIA bounced off of the previous resistance directing itself back upwards.
It will take a week or two for a steady support curve to be established, but I would certainly expect bullish activity for quite some time.
(Given that no major political plays come into perspective.