Trade the Cycles

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Reliable Lead Indicator WMT Didn't Break It's Short Term Wave 4 Downtrend Line

Reliable lead indicator WMT didn't break it's short term Wave 4 downtrend line today, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?wmt. 48.90 might be the Wave 4 cycle low, but, WMT needs to clearly break it's short term Wave 4 downtrend line, and, the WMT Lead Indicator was a bearish -0.31% versus the S & P 500 today, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EHUI&t=1d&l=off&z=l&q=l&p=&a=m26-12-9,p12,fs,w14&c=wmt,%5EGSPC, and, it became more bearish toward session's end.

The NEM Lead Indicator was a modestly bullish +0.25% versus the XAU today, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EXAU&t=1d&l=on&z=l&q=l&p=&a=&c=%5Ehui,nem.

Today's rockets action was as follows:

GNBT surprised to the upside in rollover mode (http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?gnbt), and finished the session in a short term Wave 2 down, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=gnbt&t=5d&l=off&z=l&q=c&p=&a=m26-12-9%2Cp12%2Cfs%2Cw14&c==. Once it completes a short term Wave 2 down downcycle I'll probably jump in. GNBT entered a Cyclical Bull Market at 0.51 in March 2005. GNBT is probably the best trading rocket right now.

GNBT's a new biotech rocket with probably more than enough average volume to be reasonably liquid, that entered an important intermediate term and monthly upcycle at 1.26 on Monday, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=gnbt&t=5d&l=off&z=l&q=c&p=&a=m26-12-9%2Cp12%2Cfs%2Cw14&c==. GNBT's short term Wave 1 was up "big" on very strong volume, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?gnbt.

AVNR's Wave C of it's monthly downcycle (since monthly cycle peaked at 4.00) plumbed a new cycle low at 3.10 today, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?avnr.

ACAD (http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?acad) filled it's downside gap at 13.96 created at Monday's open as expected today, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=acad&t=5d&l=off&z=l&q=c&p=&a=m26-12-9%2Cp12%2Cfs%2Cw14&c==. I'll be looking to buy a pullback tomorrow. ACAD is in Wave 3 or 4 of a short term Wave 3 after putting in a monthly cycle low (made a huge bullish breakaway gap last Wednesday from 12.43) at 12.20 on Tuesday 6-5.

QTWW filled it's downside gap at 1.46 yesterday (monthly cycle low at 1.17), see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?qtww. QTWW's short term Wave 4 may have bottomed at 1.434 today. I'll be looking to buy tomorrow if QTWW clearly breaks it's Wave 4 downtrend line.

RVNG.OB's short term Wave 4 appears to have bottomed at 1.10 today (note the large inverse spike), see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?rvng. I'll be looking to buy tomorrow if RVNG clearly breaks it's Wave 4 downtrend line.

DNDN needs to establish a short term Wave 4 cycle low before I look to go long, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?dndn. DNDN put in a potential short term Wave 4 cycle low at 7.38 today versus a Wave 3 cycle high at 13.00 and a monthly cycle low at 4.95. Watch the downside gap at 6.74 created on 5-31. The bearish huge decline after the giant Wave 3 spike move to 13.00 indicated that this long short term Wave 4 was a likely scenario. The strategy of waiting for strength (short term buy signal) then looking to buy a pullback has served me well and kept me out of DNDN in this long Wave 4.

FCEL's monthly downcycle bottomed at 7.11 yesterday, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?fcel. The bearish large spike today and the black candle, indicating that FCEL closed below the open, is why I didn't buy today. I'll look to buy in Wave C of a very short term Elliott Wave ABC down up down downcycle tomorrow.

AGEN is in Wave 5 of a short term Wave 5, and, broke out of it's short term triangle, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?agen. I may buy some tomorrow on weakness.

Cycle trendlines/channels used in concert with Elliott Wave patterns and gaps are the basis/crux of "Trade the Cycles." "Gaps action" is very important.

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. 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 began on 1-31-06. ....... http://www.JoeFRocks.com/ .


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