Trade the Cycles

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

AVNR Probably Put In A Monthly Cycle Low At 2.36

AVNR probably put in a monthly cycle low at 2.36 yesterday and today, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?avnr. Today's nearly 24% spike so far, on large volume right now at 3.94 million shares, plus the fact that AVNR has completed an Elliott Wave ABC down up down pattern since putting in a monthly cycle high at 6.75, indicates that a new monthly cycle probably began after the 2.36 cycle low.

Wave A of the monthly downcycle was the large Elliott Wave ABC down up down move from 6.75 to 3.85 in the same session. The 3.89 cycle low shown in the gallery view chart occurred the next day. Otherwise, the cycle highs/lows shown on that chart are the Elliott Wave ones I think, which is a great aspect of the gallery view chart. Wave B peaked at 5.07. Wave A of Wave C bottomed at 3.17 on 4-26. Wave B of Wave C peaked at 3.83, and, Wave C of Wave C bottomed at 2.36 yesterday and today, so, a monthly cycle low probably occurred.

Waiting for a sharp pullback/short term Wave 2 downcycle makes a lot of sense before buying AVNR, if that's your intention. One rarely should chase huge spike moves.

The due diligence that I do (as a minimum) on trading stocks is to look at insider trading activity, the balance sheet, mutual fund/institutional ownership, scan the news/maybe read some, check I Watch, make sure that they're probably in a Cyclical Bull Market (should have completed a 9-18+ month Cyclical Bear Market in the past year or two), etc.

There are times when one should wait for strength after hitting a price target (hit a buy signal), such as if there's a well established downtrend line one should wait for it to clearly be broken (might wait for a Wave 1 short term upcycle and buy late in a Wave 2 down or early in a Wave 3 up, in the flat early part of the cycle), and, there are times to consider trying to catch the bottom (when I Watch and the WMT Lead Indicator are clearly bullish and/or a stock bounces at a well established uptrend line, then look to buy a pullback).

If one decides to trade rockets obviously paper trade for a while or trade very modest positions at first.

I'll be using cycle trendlines/channels, Elliott Wave patterns, gaps, the WMT Lead Indicator, I Watch, etc. to time the rockets. If it works the way I think it will it should be a lot of fun. We'll see.

As a long term multi-year investor in any stock, commodity, etc. you want to buy near the primary multi-year Secular Bull Market/very long term upcycle trendline, for example NEM's is at 40ish right now, see chart 8 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html. Therefore, NEM right now would be a great buy in the 40-42 range. Gold's primary multi-year Secular Bull Market/very long term upcycle trendline is at $470ish right now, so, gold would be a great buy in the $470-500 range. When the vast majority of gold writers say it's a great time to buy or are bullish, as they almost always are, it's rarely a good time for long term investors to buy.

HUI/XAU's Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market began 5-11-06, see charts 7 and 9 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html. The primary Secular Bull Market trendlines since late 2000 are at 200-220 for HUI and at 85-90 for the XAU. Those are the targets for where the Cyclical Bear Market will bottom. NEM's Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market that began on 1-31-06 ended on 10-4-06 at 39.84, so, reliable lead indicator NEM is probably in a 5-6 yearish Wave 3 Cyclical Bull Market since 10-4-06, see chart 8 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html. ....... http://www.JoeFRocks.com/ .


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