The big moment of truth is finally before us. From these high levels, the next few years will be determined. Rejecting from here does not prove anything. Even, the bulls are looking for a healthy correction to regain the momentum for SPY to raise up like a cobra and strike (Ref: crypto legends). Now, we are "Melted Up" like crazy. In fact, a little too close to the sun, Icarus. I will be the first to admit that I really Expected a much quicker turnaround on this bounce, as I called it, "a dead cat bounce." This has gone above and beyond my expectations, which is a lesson about expectations about an organic, intractable, unpredictable, global market. This next few months will be our moment of truth. Personally, I am looking for a pullback to kick the scales back in balance. We have declining volume for a few weeks now, and overall declining volume since that fated Christmas day. Divergences that have been painfully grinding without release. Monthly RSI levels are at absolutely overdone levels (higher than the 08 and 00 Bear markets rallies, which only leads me to believe that if we get our bear market then it will be a real doozy.) All higher levels stochs overbought 2hr all the way to Weekly.
As you practice technical analysis you learn your style, your methods, risk tolerance and understand your own emotions better. I have also learned that when you have a confluence of technical factors 4+ different confluence you must go with that if you don't then what are you doing in this game. Emotions are a different beast. They are the second half of the war. From my previous posts, you can see the extremes that I have gone in my calls. I had called the top around Sept 27 in my analysis, and the breakdown entry at 286.68 on October 8 As my preferred entry for shorting as it confirmed a bull trap. I also made very clear importance about the breakdown of the 262.5 support on December 14 that had been advised that after that point we will officially be in a bear market at the break of the 21 monthly. Finally, on the day after Christmas, I posted a chart called "Closing time" about getting out of your shorts at the bottom of the bounce. I could even go as far out and say I was one of the first people to post on TV about a potential Bear market in the SPY, possibly in end July/August. And with all of that excellent technical analysis, as Krown's Crypto Cave advocates, "we are only as good as our previous trade." And I had been calling the top of this bounce from its inception and had "exected" it to roll over at every fib retrace, every overbought stoch, and any other technical indicator that can so easily be used to reinforce your own sentiment. I wanted to have a moment of honesty for all of you traders to focus and talk emotions. Trading in Zone, advocates that "you can have poor technical and still be profitable if you have control over your emotions." We had a very interesting close yesterday as we printed our first bearish engulfing daily candle and I am watching closely today for the needed follow through.
I am looking at 288.88 as my horizontal support, if broken would be putting us securely back into the ascending wedge pattern and should kick start this thing.
I have seen extreme weakness in these last few days, and can almost smell it in the air, that the times are a changing.
All stochs overdone, Daily Chart declining volume and long term divergence now, all of the technicals are there and have been there, just now we are seeing the fear and weakness to put the first crack in the hull.
After we retrace and get a bounce how hard and how will what I will be looking at for confirmation of bear market. I know I am very early to call that, but I am a biased bear.