We rallied as expected on Friday and hit the FP on the QQQ and then we pulled back about a third of the move up. I spent Friday looking closely at all the charts and while I said on Friday that we appear to be starting the much wanted 5-10% correction, I then posted on twitter that it's not ready yet.

Meaning that it's possible that there's one more higher high left before the correction starts.  I'm not sure or not if we get it as there's a ton of resistance overhead in the 5280-5290 zone on the ES, and if... just "if" we can get through it we should squeeze up to a new high and then rollover and start the correction.

What do I think the odds are on that happening Monday or Tuesday?  Probably only 10% or so.  Therefore I think there's a 90% chance that zone will stop the bulls and that we'll rollover from there and start the correction.  That drop on Thursday just buried the RSI on the short term charts and woke up too many bears I think, which is why we need to go up to hit that zone first to scare them out.

I've been studying the weekly and daily charts over the weekend and everything is setup for the bears to start the 5-10% correction now.  How fast it drops I don't know?

It might be similar to the 7/27/23 to 10/27/23 correction. I don't think it's going to last that long but it could I guess? Or something more like 8/31/21 to 10/1/21 for the correction, which again may or may not last the same amount of time as that one did back then. The only problem is that both of those periods were long and drawn out in time, and typically the market will flip back and forth between fast drops and slow one's... meaning we are overdue for a fast one.

Short term I'm thinking we'll rally up to the 5280-5290 zone today or Tuesday and then pullback from there, which might be into the CPI Wednesday before the open. Or, we could skip the rally and just do the pullback into the CPI, but with everyone short now, and looking for a large drop because of the Solar Eclipse, I have too think we need that last rally before any large drop.

If we go up today, or into the close on Tuesday, and reach the 5280-5290 zone, then we should pullback from it as I just don't see the market getting through that tough resistance zone.  After that we should go down.  Whether that's in front of the CPI or after it I don't know.  My point is that the market will likely go the opposite direction after the CPI, from the direction it goes into it.

I will add though that if we rally into the CPI the risk is much higher that the drop will be ugly... meaning it could take out the low from last Thursday.  I'm talking about a mini-crash where we get down that 5-10% in a few days. Yes, that's possible, but I have no way to predict that in advance so I'll adjust to whatever is given.

My Fibonacci Extension Target is pretty much hit as it is at 5334.39 and the high is 5333.50, so it's shy by less then a point, which is a direct hit in my book.  Of course one more higher high to pierce it would be a wonderful short, but I don't see it happening.

Timing is super important. If the market "bases" for a week under that level and then rips higher then it can continue as it will have formed a lot of support and will have reset larger term overbought charts. But if it does it today, it's not built a base and will fail to hold and will rollover. Could it do so into the CPI Wednesday... sure but that's been done many times in the past where the CPI produced a big turn, so I give it very low odds.  More then likely we won't get through 5280-5290 and it will be hit Monday.

I'm trying to cover all the possible moves the next few days and will just adjust to whichever one plays out. If we go down into the CPI we'll get more oversold, and it should produce a rally back up from it.  But that will only be short term as the daily and weekly charts are very overbought, so another lower high from the CPI would be likely.

Let's go over some charts now. First is the weekly...

Notice how the RSI has finally turned down from going up and up and up for what seems like forever.  The MACD is also "hooking over" now, which is a sign to me that the market is tired and needs a deeper pullback before racing off to 6000 and beyond.

Now the daily...

This coming correction should pullback about 38.2% of the rally up from the November 2023 low to the current high, which is roughly 4870 on the ES.  I've drawn it on the chart as lasting about month but it could be faster or longer in time, I just don't know?  There's a turn date on April 21st and then other on May 2nd, so maybe it's one of those dates that puts in the low?

Next is the 6 hour chart...

Notice how oversold the RSI got on that drop, and how the MACD went below the midpoint level, which in the past has produced a nice rally back up for days to weeks.  But with the weekly and daily getting tired and looking like they want to rollover here it suggests we could be ready now for a nice correction.

Lastly is the 2 hour chart...

On it you can see that we could rally up to the 5280-5290 area Monday from the oversold MACD's and RSI, but again... the weekly and daily charts are tired and won't likely support much more on the upside until we get a deeper correction.  Any rally up to that zone will not likely get through it.  It should fail and rollover again into Tuesday.

No one knows for certain when a nice correction is going to happen as bull market are known for killing the bears as they short all the way up.  But currently all the technicals tell me there's a really good chance here that the high is in now, and that we are going to start the 5-10% correction this week.

Also...

The FP on the QQQ never hit on Friday.  It got close but missed by a little.  That's another reason to think we'll go up on Monday to hit and pierce it.

Have a blessed day.

I'm finally back online after having a tornado come through my area Monday the 1st, which isn't an April Fools joke. It was fast and short lived, about 30 seconds I'd guess. Not something that should ever happen in Ohio with all the hills I have around me. I didn't get any damage to my home but the local volunteer fire department got hit hard. Many other buildings were too, as well as signs down, and of course trees. Power lines went down as some pole were snapped in half. The power company managed to get it back on yesterday morning thank goodness.

As for the market, we had a nasty drop after 2pm when the Fed's talked talking about not lower rates. The market was rallying up nicely in front it, but it came shy of hitting a new high and then "bam" down it went. Oddly I got another FP on the QQQ that told us the target. Here it is...

Now I did not think that we would go straight down to the lower one that fast but the market just caved and dropped all the way into the close yesterday and hit that downside FP... truly amazing! It was a very nice ABC move down from the current all time high, and it's keeping my FET of 5334 intact so far as well.

That's really what I expected as it's such a large one. That level is calculated from the October 2022 low to the July 2023 high, so it's a strong one and should produce a 5-10% correction in the coming weeks. Short term though we will likely go back up again today, and possibly into Monday... which is the Solar Eclipse is case you forgot. And it looks like they are giving everyone the upside target again with other FP that came out after the close yesterday.

The new FP on the QQQ is at 444.17, and another lower high, which tells me that we've likely topped out and the 5333.50 high is the top. From here going forward we should start going down. That's of course after we rally back up to the new FP, which might happen today from the Non-Farm Payroll Report before the open?

I don't know for certain that the new FP will be hit, but all the others have, so this one should too. My lean is to see it hit on Monday, but I won't rule out that we could get 90% of it done into the close today and the rest is just a gentle float higher Monday to make sure there's no bears left before the next leg down starts. Have a great weekend and get ready for some more wild swings next week as I think the much wanted 5-10% correction is finally starting.

Have a blessed day.

Yesterday did indeed pullback after hitting my FET of 5334, which the technicals supported it as well because the RSI and MACD was overbought on the 6hr chart and the 2hr. They will likely become oversold today, which is great as the QQQ pulled back too and is getting closer to hitting and piercing the FP of 441.00, which is where I'll go long again at.  Here's that chart...

As far as "where should the market rally to next", I have a shorter term FET of 5367.59, which would be my best guess. Beyond that would be 5435.02, but that's really reaching in my opinion. The larger FET of 5334 is likely going to keep the market in a range until the next turn date can hit, which is the 8th, or the 21st (19th is the trading day as that's a Sunday).

I can see the FET of 5367.59 hit but I don't see the higher one just yet as the 5334 is a larger Fibonacci Extension Target, so a nice pullback should happen from it.  We could dance around for weeks though and pierce by 30-50 points I guess, but we should not start another large rally up until a good pullback happen from it.

So I'm thinking the market will be in a 100 or so point range for the next 2-3 weeks, whereas it doesn't make any new significant higher high. Maybe the next rally up only makes a double top? That's what I'm leaning toward. Everyone will short it, but it won't pullback that much and instead will just continue in that 100 or so point choppy range.

It could top next Monday on the 8th but I get the feeling it will pullback that date to skip it and wait until Friday the 19th (OPEX) and then Sunday night in the futures it might squeak out a slightly higher high (the 21st is the exact turn date) but by the open on Monday the 22nd it's below Fridays high. It's from that high that I think we will get our 5-10% pullback. This of course is "if" this all plays out like I think it's going to, which is anyone's guess.

The month of May is weak anyway from a Seasonality stand point, so I'd lean more toward the pullback starting in the second half of April and going into May instead of topping on the 8th and having most all of April in the correction.  The last 11 days of the month would be more likely in my opinion, not 22 days of it.

As for today, I'm on the lookout for the FP on the QQQ to get hit as the MACD's and RSI will likely be oversold on the ES when that happens too.  Then I'll go long again and wait for them to get overbought again to exit.  I wouldn't be shocked to see just a fast 2-3 day squeeze and then back down again into next week.  Rinse and repeat to frustrate bulls and bears both.  Then rally into OPEX on the 19th for a higher high of some amount.  Maybe it goes nuts and reaches the 5435.93 FET but again... I lean toward the lower one at 5367.59.

Have a blessed day.

Last Friday was a nothing day as the market just went to sleep and didn't move up or down more then a few points. It's been a week now of "basing" to setup the next big move, which should hit my Fibonacci Extension Target of 5334 on the ES (5296 SPX).  And it actually did in the Sunday futures... finally.

But there is still that one downside FP on the QQQ yet to be hit at 441.00, which will likely be pierced too. I don't know when that's going to happen of course as with the futures made another new higher high in the Sunday night session, and hitting my FET of 5334, I'm really puzzled as to why the FP wasn't hit first.

Possibly they don't plan on hitting the FP until later, and from a much higher price?  Ideally we continue this rally into next Monday, April 8th as it's a turn date. But I cannot rule out that instead we only rally into this Wednesday or Thursday and then pullback Friday and next Monday to bottom there instead (maybe that's where the FP is hit?).

This common theme happened a lot in 2021 as every time the market got close to a turn date it would top prior to it, and drop into it so it became a low and therefore could continue the rally up.

This could happen again, there's no way to know for sure. If so, then I'd look for the next turn date on April 21st and May 2nd after that. Eventually we will top into one of them instead of bottoming, and then we'll see a good correction of 5-10% I think. For now though I'm still sitting in cash and I'll continue waiting on the FP on the QQQ to get hit first, and that's where I'll take my shot again at another squeeze higher.

Along the way I will miss a lot of moves up and down but I have had much better success being patient and waiting for the right time to enter a trade then just trying to always be in one.  If I'm wrong the fake print, then so be it.  I also follow the technicals and we have not reached an oversold enough position on the 2hr or 6hr chart in my opinion to produce another 2-3 day 100-150 point squeeze.  (In fact they are looking close to overbought now.)

To me, this looks like a short as it's hit my FET and we are at the beginning of a new month where it's common (not always) there are "turns" that happen.  I mean that over the past many months I've noticed that around the end of the month (29th, 30th, 31st, or 1st) the market will turn.  It might not be very much, but it does happen a lot.  Possibly we pullback only to the FP from this new high?  Hard to say for sure.  I'm not really interested in shorts right now, so I'll just let this play out.

Have a blessed day.

Good Ol' SkyNet sure loves to play tricks on me as we had an early flush down yesterday on the QQQ to get close to the FP at 441.00, but stopped short about a point and went sideways the rest of the day making a bear flag. I told everyone in the chatroom to look for a late day flush from that bear flag to hit the FP, where I was planning on getting long.

Then out of nowhere we had a squeeze up the last hour instead... what a sneaky move! I did not get long as I trust the FP's and was patiently waiting for it to be hit before I take the next trade. It did this sneaky move before on Monday (from last Friday's FP) when it got close to hitting the higher FP on the QQQ at 443.44, but again failed and rallied up late in the day into the close. Then on Tuesday morning it dropped to hit and pierce the FP and the reversed back up the rest of the day. Tuesday morning also gave us the new upside FP as well, which again failed to hit it that day and instead hit in on Wednesday morning. Here's that chart...

Now we wait on the deeper FP from after the close on Monday to get hit, which is 441.00, and if it's hit today then I'll get long as I'd expect to see us rally hard next week and hopefully hit my FET of 5334 on the ES and 5296 on the SPX... and pierce though them by some amount. I'd love to see 30-50 point overthrow on those targets in the solar eclipse the following Monday, April the 8th as I think that will be a good short if this play out.

I might have already been long if I didn't catch the fake prints but I've been tracking them now since 2010 when I saw my first one, so I know they work. Patience is the key here to be a winner as everything tells me we will hit the lowest one before a strong multi day rally starts.

Obviously the 2 day rally up Wednesday and Thursday is still possible, but I don't see it now because of the failure to hit the downside FP and the move up late in the day yesterday was nice, but not what I would call the start of a 2 day squeeze. So that's likely off the table now, meaning that once we hit the FP we should turn back up and rally hard all of next week. It won't stop at 2 days I don't think. We've spent an entire week of "basing" in what is a bull flag. It will breakout and when it does it will rally for a week or so from this strong base.

In conclusion I still think we hit the downside FP, and probably today (possibly next Monday but I doubt it). Then a 100-150 point rally should follow in all of next week.

Happy a happy Easter. Jesus is my Savior, and yours too.

We now have closed red 3 days in a row... will today be the fourth? I doubt it as we are getting close now to the downside target of 441.00 from the fake print on the QQQ, which again is roughly around 5250 or so on the ES.

If it's hit in the morning session then I think we put in a bottom and turn back up the rest of the day. It might just go up for some wave 1 and pullback for a wave 2 (higher low) into the close, or that pullback happens on Thursday like in the chart below...

That's my thought on what could happen from looking at the technicals, but the other scenario is that we don't hit it today and close green with some small bounce. Then tomorrow we drop to the FP to close out the week negative It could hit into the close Thursday to make everything look very bearish over the 3 day weekend, which if we get oversold (and we should be), I think we'll rally hard next week with everyone short.

Of course if it's hit today then I'll still looking for a long as the FP's have proven to me over the many years of following them that they work. They can still make it very bearish into the end of the week if they do hit the FP today and bottom as we could see the wave 1 up into the close and then tomorrow gets the wave 2 down that comes really close to hitting the low again. A slightly higher low or double bottom basically. That would still get everyone bearish over the weekend I think (chart below).

Now if on the other hand the bottom comes today and we rally hard both today and tomorrow then I'd worry about next week being down... an April Fools drop on the 1st maybe? For that to happen though I'd be looking for 100-150 point rally into the close on Thursday. I think one of these 3 scenario's could happen, but I don't know which one. That rally would need to make a new all time high of course, which should hit and pierce my FET of 5334 on the ES (chart below).

That could happen, and if it does then no one will be short going into a 3 day weekend, which opens the door for a bigger pullback next week. One way or the other a big move is coming. It should up, but I don't know if it starts today after hitting the downside FP and then rallies up into the close tomorrow, or if the rally happens next week from closing down for the week to trap short before a big squeeze.

My lean is toward hitting it today and putting in 2 day squeeze to make a new all time high, which sets up next week for another pullback. But I'll play whatever I'm given and will be focusing my attention on what the technicals say after the rally gets started.

Have a blessed day.

A choppy day yesterday with a negative bias. The 443.44 FP on the QQQ was hit and pierced, so it's done now. The new upside FP almost got hit but came shy a little and the lower FP of 441.00 is still out there and will be hit at some point.  Here it is...

Looking at the technical picture we should go lower before any strong rally up, which leans toward the downside FP being hit today, maybe Wednesday, but I think it hits today. As for the upside FP... well, it might hit in the morning session first and then we drop for the lowest FP. If so, I'd say the RSI and MACD will be oversold enough on the 2hr chart to put a bottom in and allow another good move up, which again... might make another higher high, or fall short.

Once we hit that lower FP I think we'll be oversold enough to produce a strong move up, which should last into the end of the week this Thursday. Then we have a long 3 day weekend ahead, and I would not be surprise to see another pullback into the first week of April. The solar eclipse is on the 8th, and I do think that could cause some shakiness in the market until it's past by.

It would be a great time to pull the rug out on the bulls... especially if they hit my FET of 5334 and pierce it this week. Personally I'm only interesting in going long on the hit and piece of the downside FP on the QQQ at 441.00, which could be around 5250 or so on the ES. No shorts for me right now... not yet at least. Maybe if there's a new all time high to my FET by this Thursday close, as by then I'd think we'll be overbought enough to get a deeper pullback. And I'm sure all the bears will be toast if this happens.

Have a blessed day.

(Post wrote on the weekend)

Last Friday did not give us the last higher high that I was hoping for, so today is the last chance to setup a big drop. Another higher high is needed as the turn date window was from the 22nd to 25th and if it pulls back and makes a low then I'll have to say it flipped and produced a bottom instead of a top (meaning it's skipped).

Ideally we hit and pierce through the FET of 5334 on the ES and 5296 on the SPX as well, but certainly not required as it could just be a point higher.  Like I said previously the FET could fall shy or piece and we are close enough to it with the current high put in last week.

I exited my short at the close Friday at a breakeven as I just didn't like the way the market looked and felt. We pulled back small and got close to the FP on the QQQ but never hit it. I just didn't want the time decay over the weekend and decided that cash is a safe position when I don't know which direction it's going first on Monday. If we drop to the FP, (and we got another one after the close Friday that it lower), then I'll look for a long as the RSI and MACD's will likely be oversold on the 2hr chart for sure, but it could also be on the 6hr too. Here's that new FP...

So there's the 443.44 FP that failed to hit on Friday, and the new 441.00 FP after the close, which is probably around 5250-5260 on the ES I'd estimate. It's very frustrating to "not" get a setup for a nice correction, but you can't make the market do what you want it to do.

So I'm really rooting for a nice squeeze Monday to hit the FET and then reverse back down to start that correction. I would still be leary with those FP's there as typically they don't put out FP's like this if they plan on a short term correction and not just another dip to be bought. Most of the time the Fake Prints will be levels that they plan to pullback to and then turn back up, but I do find it odd that they put out a second downside FP before they even filled the first one.

As for the technicals the MACD and RSI on the 2hr chart turned down sharply from Thursday into Friday but the price didn't drop much. It looks a lot like the bull flag that was made from 2/23 to 2/29, and while it looks like it's got lower to go on this screenshot from Friday it could turn back up anytime.

I normally would think that this pattern would play out by going lower to get fully oversold first on Monday, and there's the FP's on the QQQ to support that line of thinking... but since we are still in the "turn window" I can't rule out that it turns back up from where it ended Friday and makes that last rally back up instead.

Then we rollover and drop to hit the FP's and ideally keep going to start the much needed correction that everyone is wanting. We have several things that support this, which of course the first one is the turn window. Then there's the fact that Monday is a Full Moon and we also a Lunar Eclipse is the 24th-25th. Plus we are close to a Solar Eclipse on April 8th. Lastly we have my Fibonacci Extension Target that is super close too. Many reason that we could get a nice correction, but we MUST rally to a higher high first.

My thoughts on this are that the turn window will be skipped so that the market doesn't put in a major top, as if it does then a larger drop would be needed, and it would have to bottom into another turn date.  I just don't think they will do it.  Instead I think they bypass it and put in a low Monday.

Then Tuesday or Wednesday we rally back up into the end of the week, which is Thursday because we are closed on "Good Friday" for the holiday.  Usually light trading happens during holiday weeks, which supports the bulls of course.

The FP's on the QQQ tell me that's where the bottom is likely going to be at before the turn back up.  As for which one?  Well, I have to go with the deepest one at 441.00 for the target.  I think that would put the ES in the 5250 zone most likely.  It's just a rough guess as they don't track each other as close as the SPY would to the SPX and the ES, but that's my best guess.

So, unless we start off Monday with a strong rally up odds favor this scenario.  It would suggest a small bounce early in the day that hits overhead resistance and can't get through it.  Then it rolls over to head to the FP's into the the close or Tuesday morning.  Resistance is around the 5300 zone now as you can see in the chart above.

Now the bounce back up will the the "tell-tale" sign I think as it might not clear that same resistance on the way back up?  I just don't know?  While I would love to see that last squeeze higher to hit 5334+ it might fail.

Next, let's go over the wave count.  Below is the bigger picture chart...

I've moved around some of the waves a little based on where I think we are at now and what should follow.  I don't think we have finished Medium Wave 4 down basically.  I think that's the wave we will see into April for the coming correction.

Here's the short term..

On this chart you can see I did my best to label the Small Waves, Tiny Waves and even the Extra Tiny Waves.  I think the pullback to the FP's on the QQQ will be Extra Tiny Wave 4 and then we'll get Extra Tiny Wave 5 up later this week to make another higher high.  That's where we should reach the FET of 5334 and complete T5, S5 and M3... and then we start a correction for Medium Wave 4 down.

If this all plays out like I think then we could reach the "possible" FP on the SPY sometime into mid-April to end the correction.  The Solar Eclipse is on April 8th so that could be the biggest and scariest part of the drop, (the Small Wave C?) but it might chop around the low for another week or so before putting in the final low.  Hard to know for certain, but I would look for this to unfold in an ABC pattern with the C wave subdividing into 5 smaller waves, plus the A wave as well.  The B up could be just one wave or subdivide into a 3 wave pattern.  That's all I have for now.

Have a blessed day.

Yesterday before the open there was a FP on the QQQ at 443.44, which the last time it was hit the prior day and then we turned back up and rallied strongly. So that suggests we will go back up again to hit my FET of 5334 soon. Will it hit today or Monday... I don't know? I'll just say I'm very nervous here trying to short this super strong market. Here's that FP...

So everything has to line up perfectly today (or Monday) for me to risk a short. While I know it's coming I've been taking longs for a month now on pullbacks and have been doing great, so going against the trend is never easy. I really feel like just sitting in cash to see if it happens or not? Going long on a pullback (or correction) is much easier then trying to nail the top. Do I think it will pullback? Yes... but I don't know for certain how much or when. I really have to be cautious here, that's all I'm saying.

What would give me more courage?  A really strong move up to show exhaustion.  I don't think it will happen today, but it's possible I guess.  I lean toward Monday having some last rally to say 5375-5400 on the ES.  That would really fool a lot of people to see that happen on Monday I think.  I know my FET is at 5334 on the ES and 5296 on the SPX, but a pierce of them of 30+ points would be wonderful to short.

But past history doesn't show that much of a move as commonly happening.  Most of the "pierces" were 10 points, maybe 20?  However, on a percentage basis that amount of points back then, if repeated now, could be 30 or 40 points.

Lastly, I will add that I did take a short yesterday with the intention of just playing the FP on the QQQ... meaning I was just looking for a small pullback to hit that FP and then I'd look to exit and wait for that last rally up to 5334 where I'd look to re-short, if everything lines up and I have the courage.

However, Fed Chief Powell is speaking again today (oddly, as it's just after the recent FOMC), so the top could already be in?  Of all the Fibonacci Extension Targets that I researched (back to 2020) about half of the FET's pierced through and the other half fell shy.  We got within 20 points or so yesterday, so maybe it's already topped?

It's just not easy to know at this point because it's so close to the target that it might be done.  I'll just have to watch the RSI on the 2hr and 6hr chart to see when it gets oversold, and the FP on the QQQ too.  Currently the 2hr RSI could be oversold at some point today if we pullback just a small amount.

Now the 6hr RSI, and of course the daily, could take a long time to get oversold... especially the daily.  Really a tough call here.  Again, I took a short but I don't know if it's just going to reach and pierce the FP on the QQQ, or if the top is in and we are starting the correction now.  We'll see.

Have a blessed day.

We got the rally yesterday that I was expecting. We are close to my FET of 5334 on the ES, which ideally hits tomorrow, or Monday. It's a window of time for the turn date, so it could be tomorrow or Monday. For today I'd like to see some sideways chop to make a bull flag that leaves Friday for the move up to my target, and likely above it some. But if it hits today then I'll likely take my short and just hold through Friday and Monday where it "could" go a little higher. It's not a perfect system so there's always a little wiggle room as trying to nail the exact date for any top or bottom is always a best guess.

Last month I got this email about the The 1001 Nights of Ali Baba's Investments, which I thought was very interesting. Here's that post...

Introduction

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a poor woodcutter named Ali Baba. Despite his financial struggles, he always remained optimistic and hardworking, hoping for a better future.

One day, while working in the forest, Ali Baba stumbled upon a hidden treasure in a secret cave. The treasure belonged to a group of forty thieves, and Ali Baba decided to take some of the treasure for himself. However, when the thieves discovered that someone had taken their treasure, they began to search for the culprit.

Ali Baba managed to escape the wrath of the thieves, but he knew he had to be careful. He decided to use his newfound wealth to invest in the stock market, hoping to grow his fortune and secure his future.

For the next 1000 trading days or nights, Ali Baba watched his investments grow steadily. However, as the 1001st day approached, he began to feel uneasy. He had heard from a wise old sage that after 1000 trading days or nights, there was a possible downturn in the stock market.

Ali Baba didn't know what to do. He didn't want to lose all his hard-earned money, but he didn't want to miss out on any potential gains either. Finally, he decided to take a measured approach and sell some of his stocks to lock in his profits while keeping the rest invested for the long term.

As it turned out, the sage's prediction was true, and the stock market did experience a downturn. However, Ali Baba's careful planning and foresight paid off, and he was able to weather the storm without suffering any major losses.

From that day forward, Ali Baba continued to invest wisely and grow his wealth, all while keeping an eye out for any potential risks or challenges that might come his way.

(Original post here: The 1001 Nights of Ali Baba's Investments)

So I decided to do a little research on this.  What I found interesting is a 1000 days might have some value.  I went back to the 2020 crash, which was March 23rd in 2020, and then decided to add 1000 trading days.

Guess what that points to?  You guess it... March 22nd, 2024.  How funny is that?  Check it out yourself at the link below.

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/weekdayadd.html?d1=23&m1=03&y1=2020&

Lastly, the SPX cash has an FET of 5296.44, which is about 5350-5360 on the ES futures.  We could fall shy on the cash but if we base (or grind higher) today we could reach that level by tomorrow, or Sunday/Monday.

Have a blessed day.

Today is the big day. The FOMC meeting at 2pm EST will decide the next big 100+ point move, which I think will be up. Sure there could be some wild swings up and down but by the close I expect the market to close up nicely. This is all setting up for a super nice short of 5-10% if we hit my FET (Fibonacci Extension Target) of 5334 on the ES, which it will likely piece it of course.

My FET of 5334 is based on the low from October of 2022 up to the high in July of 2023, which is a super important one because it's the largest one over the past 2 years. This means it should produce a pullback like the one that came after the July 2023 high, which was 11% and took 90 days to complete. Does that mean this coming drop will be last the same about of time? I don't know but the common theme is to flip between patterns, which I'd call that that one a slow choppy decline, meaning this one should do the opposite and be a fast drop with very few big bounces.

This is where it could drop to after we top...

Now I don't know if that will be accurate or not, as I've said previously about Yahoo FP's not be reliable because they show dozens of them and you don't know what is real and what is not. But this one is odd, and it only lasted about 2 or 3 days before it was removed, so it's possibly a real one? As you can see on the chart it's around the low of February the 1st, which on the ES is 4872, and on the SPX that would be 50-60 points lower.

Now if we top at my FET of 5334, then a drop to that FP would be just under 9%, and that's right in line with the 11% back in 2023. They won't ever match exactly but something nice and close would be perfect in my opinion. That's the bigger picture. Let's see if we rally to my upside target this Friday (possibly Monday). If so, I'll be shorting it.

P.S. I posted this yesterday...

Have a blessed day.

The market had a nice move up yesterday from the low on Friday to make what was most likely a Tiny Wave 1 inside Small Wave 5 up. Then there was a pullback in the second half of the day, which was probably a Tiny Wave 2 down. Today will be hard to figure as the market is waiting on the FOMC meeting tomorrow.

I see two possible paths, which are that this Tiny Wave 2 subdivides into an ABC whereas the A leg was the first pullback from the 5240 high on the ES yesterday. From that low we could rally up for a B wave today (early?) and pullback for the C wave into the close. That leaves Tiny Wave 3 up to start tomorrow, which we should subdivide into 5 smaller waves too. I'd guess that the wave 1 up (Extra Tiny Wave) would happen early in the day Wednesday and then the wave 2 would be a small pullback into the meeting.

Then a strong wave 3 up (Extra Tiny Wave) follows, which is inside Tiny Wave 3, inside Small Wave 5. That should be the most powerful wave of course, and it should be from something said by the Fed that the market takes a positive.  Basically a lot of chop until after the FOMC where the big squeeze should happen and top into this Friday, which ideally would be at the FET of 5334... but again, if it's close and it happens on Friday, I'll be looking for a short.

The other thing that could happen is that we just do a one wave move down for Tiny Wave 2, which will still setup Wednesday to start Tiny Wave 3 up, and the first subwave (of 5) should happen in the morning on Wednesday and then the subwave 2 in front of the meeting.

Doesn't matter which way it plays out as the end result should be a strong rally up after the meeting tomorrow. I lean toward just one wave down for Tiny Wave 2, meaning it doesn't subdivide into an ABC, but I really am not concerned about which way it unfolds as everything tells me we are close to a strong breakout rally into this Friday (possibly Monday) to hit the upside target and setup the market for a nice, much needed correction of 5-10%.

Have a blessed day.

The market finished an ABC down last week for a Small Wave 4 last week most likely and we should be in Small Wave 5 up this week. It will likely unfold in 5 sub-waves with the 1 up happening today, and likely the 2 down tomorrow... which could be very small. Then the 3 up is likely to happen after the FOMC on Wednesday, and again the 4 should be small.

Then lastly the 5 up should complete Small Wave 5 up by this Friday, or possibly next Monday. My FET (Fibonacci Extension Target) is 5334 on the ES, which ideally gets hit... but "time" and "pattern" is super important too. Meaning that if we get close to that zone this Friday I'll be looking for a short.

I've taken 5 longs over the past month and no shorts, but if this plays out I will be taking my first short in a long time. I'm not going into too much more as I'm still working on the bugs of the site. It's completely a 100% clean now of all malware. I started off in a new server with nothing on it, and I'm using a new wordpress theme.

I cleaned up all the old links too, but I'm still waiting on my hosting company to update the SSL certificate, so currently the HTTPS is not working. Only the HTTP showing the website. So a browser that allows that must be used to see the site. I tried it on google chrome but it won't allow it. But Firefox allows it, and so does the Yandex browser. I've not tries others, but hopefully this is all fixed by my hosting company in the next few days.

Have a blessed day.

Yesterday first pulled back and then went up into the close to end slightly red but we have made another new higher high then the 5196 gap up high at the open Monday. It's really hard to get a good feel right now on where the market is going as there's nothing clear in the technicals.

Then of course we have the CPI this morning before the open and that's going to cause some wild swings both ways. I just sat on my hands yesterday and will again look for some better setup to get long. I could miss it, but I don't want to chase as that's how you lose money, so I'll be looking for one more pullback before we run up to the FET of 5334, which as I said yesterday, could happen after the CPI... and that would mean we should top there and drop into the March 22nd turn date to put in a low.

I prefer a pullback for Small Wave 4 but who knows if that wave count is right or not? The smaller degree ones are the toughest to figure out, but if we get a pullback then it should be S4, and might end next week before the FOMC?

It's possible that we hit my closer FET at 5225 from the CPI and then reverse back down afterwards... I mean after the wild swings subside of course. We did pullback some yesterday with a low of 5157 on the ES, but I just didn't feel comfortable taking a long there with the CPI the next day. I'm just patiently waiting to get a decent pullback to go long for that last rally up, or for that final FET of 5334 to get hit without me long where I'll short it. Nothing more to add, let's just see what happens and look for another setup.

On last thing, that low yesterday of 5157 came just shy of filling the gap on the ES from the roll from the March contract to the June, as on Friday it close at 5132 at the 4:59pm EST last tick.  Not that it's required to close that gap I'd certain be interested in a long if we dropped that low to fill it.  I'd still have to look at the technicals but it would be of big interest to me, that's for sure.

Have a blessed day.

Yesterday first pulled back and then went up into the close to end slightly red but we have made another new higher high then the 5196 gap up high at the open Monday. It's really hard to get a good feel right now on where the market is going as there's nothing clear in the technicals. Then of course we have the CPI this morning before the open and that's going to cause some wild swings both ways.

I just sat on my hands yesterday and will again look for some better setup to get long. I could miss it, but I don't want to chase as that's how you lose money, so I'll be looking for one more pullback before we run up to the FET of 5334, which as I said yesterday, could happen after the CPI... which would mean we should top there and drop into the March 22nd turn date to put in a low. I prefer a pullback for Small Wave 4 but who knows if that wave count is right or not?

The smaller degree ones are the toughest to figure out, but if we get a pullback then it should be S4, and might end next week before the FOMC? It's possible that we hit my closer FET at 5225 from the CPI and then reverse back down afterwards... I mean after the wild swings subside of course. We did pullback some yesterday with a low of 5157 on the ES, but I just didn't feel comfortable taking a long there with the CPI the next day.

I'm just patiently waiting to get a decent pullback to go long for that last rally up, or for that final FET of 5334 to get hit without me long where I'll short it. Nothing more to add, let's just see what happens and look for another setup.

Have a blessed day.

We got the rally up yesterday that I was looking for, but it make another new all time high, so that killed my Tiny Wave count, but the overall bigger picture is still intact. I've not taken a single short in over a month now, just longs on pullbacks... and it works. That won't continue forever but as of right now all the pullbacks are getting bought up.

That should continue into the turn date on March 22nd where hopefully we top for Large Wave 3 (or C?), and then a good correction should happen. Anywhere from 5-10% is my best guess, and that''s only if it's a Large Wave 3 top... meaning the drop will be a Large Wave 4, thereby leaving Large Wave 5 up into this summer.

If the top turns out to be a Large Wave C then the bear market will start and we'll go down the rest of the year. I do not know yet which one will play out but I lean toward Large Wave 3 because of the "lack of" a negative divergence on the weekly chart. We'll cross that road when we get there.

Moving on, below is the new adjusted wave count...

As you can see the overall picture is still the same, we are just not pulling back as much as on my other wave count. It's always a "best guess" on the smaller waves, but what it's suggesting in a small pullback in the futures, which already happened right before the close yesterday, and that is a wave 4 on my chart. I didn't label it as an "Extra Tiny Wave 4" (didn't have room to type all that inside the small box), but that's what it would be basically as it's the next lower degree below Tiny Waves.

Afterwards, I'd look for an early rally today for "Extra Tiny Wave 5", which might just be a double top, who knows? But then I'd lean toward a surprise late Friday pullback for Tiny Wave 4 down. We've had so many "Friday Rallies" that this would be a good surprise to everyone that has spotted this pattern I think.

And again, I'm guessing here on these moves, but I don't trade them. I have only been looking at deeper pullbacks to get long at, which I've been focused on watching the RSI get oversold on the 2hr chart and near oversold on the 6hr chart. So I won't be doing anything until I see a deeper pullback to once again get at least the 2hr chart oversold.

If my crazy wave count plays out then we'll go up Monday for Tiny Wave 5 instead of the typical weakness that we have been having for many weeks now. Lastly we'd see a nice pullback Tuesday after the CPI for Small Wave 4 down. These "events" are just periods where those waves can play out, but possibly it's something else next week that is blamed for the move? I just keep adjusting as we go forward in time and keep looking for longs until we get to the next important turn date.

Have a great weekend.

The market continued higher yesterday and then pulled back some around midday and went mostly sideways into close. We did not make a new all time high (which I didn't think we would) and are likely still in a Tiny Wave B bounce, inside Small Wave 4, which the B wave is subdividing too it seems.

I don't think we have finished it as the technicals suggest we need more time to get the short term charts overbought again. But that doesn't mean it will be an a straight line of course. Most likely this is Tiny Wave B and it's subdividing, which suggest it might not top until tomorrow, or Monday?

Today could be choppy again with some more "pulling back" first, but I don't think it will take out the low from Tuesday. Possibly it's a B wave inside the B wave? If so, then there's a C wave up inside Tiny Wave B still yet to come.

As you can see in the 2hr chart above this could do a lot of chop into next week, but we could bottom into the CPI? If this plays out then I'd look for the rest of next week to carve out a Tiny Wave's 1 and 2... which leaves 3, 4 and 5 to finish all the waves up to complete Large Wave 3 (or C) the week after that. Ideally we top into the March 22nd turn date, but who knows if that happens or not.

I can only say that so far this has been tracking pretty good. The waves within waves aren't easy to predict, nor the price levels, but it's still been "on track" for the most part.

Have a blessed day.

WOW! What a surprise... a down day. Haven't seen that in quite awhile it seems. I wasn't expecting it to be that deep but it is what it is I guess. It still looks like an A wave down inside Small Wave 4 right now, and I think we bottomed yesterday near the close as we rallied back up nicely into the afterhours session.

I think we will now spend the rest of the week, and probably into the CPI next Tuesday, carving out the B wave bounce. I wasn't expecting the A down to end that fast but it certain looks like it might have done so... but there's this new FP (2 of them possibly?) that might be saying that we will go back down today to retest the low from yesterday to put in a double bottom. Here's that FP on the QQQ...

I'm thinking that we revisit the lower (possible) FP at 434.28 first and then rally up to the 443.69 FP later. But that's just a guess as we could also go up to the higher FP first and then the lower one isn't hit until next week after the CPI? It's hard too know for sure but I'll just be keeping them in mind as "targets" for when we are heading in that direction. The more logical move is to hit the downside today and then go back up.

Of course on the ES it will trade a little differently then the QQQ but the direction should match, so whenever the upside FP on the QQQ is hit and pieced I'd be looking at the ES as possibly topping for the B wave bounce. As for the C wave down... that's going to be hard to figure out.

I do think it will unfold in 5 waves, so if by some crazy squeeze we hit the upside FP on the QQQ today then we could start the C down after that and then I'd looking for it to bottom into the CPI next week instead of top. There are a lot of variations to how this could play out but so far odds favor yesterdays drop (the A wave) as being finished. We'll see.

Have a blessed day.

We may have topped yesterday for Tiny Wave 5 up with that late day squeeze up to 5157 as we sold off quickly after the close. I said yesterday that I was looking for the 5225 level per my FET (Fibonacci Extension Target), which I thought would be from Tiny Wave 5 up, but it appears finished to me now.

If so, then Small Wave 3 up ended too and now we should spend all week (possibly) drifting lower for Small Wave 4... which might be in an ABC pattern? Small Wave 2 down was a choppy mess that started from the 5123 high on 2/23 and ended at the 5060 low on 2/29, so that's 6 calendar days in total, and that pattern could be repeated in "time" but probably not in pattern.

They tend to alternative one or the other, and since we have lots of time left before reaching the next turn date on March 22nd I think the market will drag out this Small Wave 4 all week to burn that time, which leaves two weeks for Small Wave 5 up to play out. Therefore I lean toward an ABC down this time and another week or so in time to finish Small Wave 4... and it just might bottom right into the CPI next Tuesday, either before it or after it's released?

If the market can pullback to about 5100 into next week then that should be plenty of time to reset the short term overbought charts and allow another week plus rally to the 5334.39 upside level for my FET from the July 2023 high from the October 2022 low. That target should be hit (and pierced) before any good pullback (5-10%?) can happen, and ideally that's right into the turn date as well. It's really hard too forecast the day to day moves, but a week full of nothing but chop would be ideal I think.

And then they can used the CPI number rally the market up. Lastly, the futures will roll into the next quarters contract next Thursday into Friday, and it's estimated that the spread will be almost 60 point between it and the SPX cash, so keep that in mind.

Have a blessed day.