Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Bearish Backkiss on the hourly charts





















As i mentioned on Monday, the 120-min on NDX was in a deeply oversold condition and a bounce was overdue. Today we bounced hard but reversed nastily into the close, creating a bearish backkiss on the hourly EMAs and a zero line backkiss on the MACD. This suggests that there's more work to be done on the downside. Today's high should remain intact for the bearish case here. If today's highs are taken out, it would confirm a reverse divergence setup on the daily charts, which would lead to new recovery highs on all the indices. I doubt that's the case given the rally failure today, but it helps to be open minded when it comes to trading.

Overall we remain in a overlapping choppy market. So these days i tend to trade the 15-min and hourly charts to maximize gains. Trading is not really a sophisticated game that requires one to use Fractal geometry, Parabolic curves, Gann angles, Neural networks Fourier analysis, Spiral calendars et al to make money. They all look sexy on the charts, but not add much to the trading bottom line. Throw in a bunch of EMAs to follow the trend and moementum indicators to signal the reversals and you are all set.

Good luck trading and happy holidays.

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