Trade the Cycles

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Wave B Of HUI/XAU's First Intermediate Term Downcycle Of The Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market Is Peaking

Wave B (since 12-18-07) of HUI/XAU's first (Wave A) intermediate term downcycle of the Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market since 11-7-07 is peaking, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24hui.

Today's bullish NEM Lead Indicator, at +0.94% versus the XAU today/on 1-2, suggests that there might be more upside tomorrow, but, it turned bearish toward session's end (gap narrowed), see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EXAU&t=1d&l=off&z=m&q=c&p=&a=&c=%5Ehui,nem, so, the XAU might have peaked today.

Big spike moves tend to mark important cycle highs, and, today's spike move was obviously huge. Gold's peaking in rollover mode (today's cycle high was $861ish), lagging HUI/XAU as it tends to do at important cycle highs/lows, versus the 11-7-07 cycle high at $848. The big lag time between gold and HUI/XAU, with gold peaking about two months later, is a clear sign that important peaking action is occurring.

Once HUI/XAU do a very sharp -3%+ very short term 1-2 day Wave A type downcycle I'l look to short GDX, the Gold Miners ETF, in a countertrend Wave B rebound/very short term 1-2 day upcycle, that obviously must peak below the previous cycle high, otherwise it wouldn't be a countertrend Wave B upcycle. I'll also look for the NEM/WMT Lead Indicators to be bearish or at least near neutral/not overly bullish on an intraday basis (intraday chart, see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EXAU&t=1d&l=on&z=l&q=l&p=&a=&c=%5Ehui,nem).

I bought a tiny position in LTXX, whose short term Wave 4 downcycle appears to have bottomed today, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?ltxx. Note the bullish large inverse spike on today's candle. LTXX appears to have put in a Cyclical Bear Market cycle low at 2.25 recently.

NDX (NASDAQ 100) is doing a very short term Wave A downcycle since 12-26-07, that's the first downcycle of the final Wave C of Wave C of the intermediate term downcycle since late October (http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24ndx), see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5Endx&t=5d&l=off&z=l&q=c&p=&a=m26-12-9%2Cp12%2Cfs%2Cw14&c. So, I may short NDX (via the Ultra Short NDX ETF QID) during a very short term countertrend Wave B rebound/upcycle in the next session or two.

The beauty of gaps is that, usually/reliably, important cycle highs/lows occur shortly after gap filling action is completed.

NDX's (NASDAQ 100, http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24ndx) Wave A intermediate term cycle low target range of 1820-1840 was very straightforward/easy to derive. NDX's (NASDAQ 100) short term Wave C of Wave C/final intermediate term cycle (Wave A intermediate term downcycle since late October) low target range is 1820-1840 (1980.18 was the Wave A cycle low on 11-12-07, see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24ndx), shortly after filling the final downside gap at 1846.09.

NDX’s Wave A of Wave C of Wave C should/might bottom at 1940-2020. NDX (NASDAQ 100) has downside gaps at 2111.77 (filled 12-27), 2069.68 (filled 1-2), 2031.00, 1989.36, 1982.16, 1960.20, 1899.24, 1846.09.

I have more work to do for HUI/XAU/NEM/GDX. I'll try to post that in the next day or two. NEM has downside gaps at 48.83, 48.45 (filled 12-27), 47.39, 42.29, 41.52. So, NEM may fill all of those gaps, but I need to look at all (HUI/XAU/NEM/GDX) and derive good target(s). A few weeks ago, with the big day trade I did, I had to use NEM, because, that was the only available downside gap.

Given the Euro gold's long term bearish double top (May 2006/November 2007, see chart 3 at http://www.the-privateer.com/chart/g-multi.html), and, the fact that the US Dollar probably entered a Cyclical Bull Market in November 2007 after being in a Bear Market since late 2005 (think any of the gold writers will point that fact out?), see http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?%24usd, plus the very bearish NEM/WMT Lead Indicators recently (see NEM Lead Indicator 5 day chart http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=%5EXAU&t=5d&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c=%5Ehui,nem), and it's far too risky to trade gold aggressively or even modestly long now.

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 $490ish right now, so, gold would be a great buy in the $490-520 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 basically began 5-11-06 (the long term upcycle from June 2006 to 11-7-07 was an anemic rollover upcycle, in which HUI/XAU were underwater until October 2007 versus the 5-11-06 cycle highs), see charts 7 and 9 at http://www.joefrocks.com/GoldStockCharts.html. The primary Secular Bull Market trendlines since late 2000 are at 210-230 for HUI and at 90-95 for the XAU. Those are the targets for where the Wave 2 Cyclical Bear Market will bottom. ....... http://www.JoeFRocks.com/ .


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