As of 01/09/2020 Indus: 28,957 +211.81 +0.7% Trans: 11,026 +42.18 +0.4% Utils: 873 +3.74 +0.4% Nasdaq: 9,203 +74.19 +0.8% S&P 500: 3,275 +21.65 +0.7% |
YTD +1.5% +1.1% -0.7% +2.6% +1.4% |
29,000 or 27,900 by 01/15/2020
11,300 or 10,500 by 01/15/2020
900 or 850 by 01/15/2020
9,250 or 8,700 by 01/15/2020
3,345 or 3,150 by 01/15/2020
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As of 01/09/2020 Indus: 28,957 +211.81 +0.7% Trans: 11,026 +42.18 +0.4% Utils: 873 +3.74 +0.4% Nasdaq: 9,203 +74.19 +0.8% S&P 500: 3,275 +21.65 +0.7% |
YTD +1.5% +1.1% -0.7% +2.6% +1.4% |
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29,000 or 27,900 by 01/15/2020
11,300 or 10,500 by 01/15/2020
900 or 850 by 01/15/2020
9,250 or 8,700 by 01/15/2020
3,345 or 3,150 by 01/15/2020
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Friday 1/10/20. Pattern Trading Setups for the Weekend.
Go to Table.
You can find setups based on a Fibonacci retrace by clicking on the link.
Click the link for a list of symbols from the table.
The following patterns were found manually, so the results may differ from those found using Patternz.
Mr. Bulkowski has excluded any securities he owns from appearing in the list. However, he may add any of the securities listed to his portfolio at any time, just as you can.
There were 20 patterns found this week (excluding pipe bottoms; pipe tops and bottoms are found looking back 2 weeks) out of 597 stocks searched, or 3.4%. Based on the percentage, the stock market is
trending since few consolidation patterns appear.
Excluding ETFs, there were 10 bullish chart patterns this week and 6 bearish ones with any remaining (4) being undecided.
The ratio of bullish to bearish patterns suggests the market is hinting of a coming bullish (up) turn.
In the table below, the red and green colors are based on the historical breakout direction for the associated chart pattern. If a high and tight flag appears, the start and end dates highlight the flagpole only and not the flag.
More…
— Thomas Bulkowski
Symbol | Chart Pattern | Bullish Bearish |
Start | End | Industry |
AIG | Triangle, symmetrical | 11/25/2019 | 01/07/2020 | Insurance (Prop/Casualty) | |
ARCB | Triangle, descending | 11/26/2019 | 01/08/2020 | Trucking/Transp. Leasing | |
ACGL | Rising wedge | 11/27/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Insurance (Prop/Casualty) | |
BBBY | Dead-cat bounce | 01/09/2020 | 01/09/2020 | Retail (Special Lines) | |
CENX | Double Top, Adam and Adam | 12/13/2019 | 01/07/2020 | Metals and Mining (Div.) | |
CIEN | Triangle, symmetrical | 12/13/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Telecom. Equipment | |
CNA | Triangle, symmetrical | 12/03/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Insurance (Prop/Casualty) | |
WIRE | Triangle, symmetrical | 11/11/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Metals and Mining (Div.) | |
ERA | Double Top, Adam and Adam | 12/18/2019 | 01/06/2020 | Air Transport | |
GIS | Triangle, symmetrical | 10/10/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Food Processing | |
JKHY | Triple bottom | 12/11/2019 | 01/06/2020 | IT Services | |
LH | Double Bottom, Adam and Adam | 12/10/2019 | 01/03/2020 | Medical Services | |
MSFT | Diamond top | 12/24/2019 | 01/07/2020 | Computer Software and Svcs | |
MS | Broadening top | 12/16/2019 | 01/06/2020 | Securities Brokerage | |
ORI | Triangle, symmetrical | 12/05/2019 | 01/06/2020 | Insurance (Prop/Casualty) | |
OXM | Double Top, Eve and Eve | 12/12/2019 | 01/08/2020 | Apparel | |
PETS | Head-and-shoulders complex bottom | 11/05/2019 | 01/03/2020 | Medical Services | |
RL | Broadening top | 12/18/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Apparel | |
ROK | Rectangle top | 12/16/2019 | 01/07/2020 | Diversified Co. | |
TZOO | Triangle, symmetrical | 12/18/2019 | 01/09/2020 | Internet |
Weekly screen for chart patterns ending between 01/02/2020 and 01/09/2020. Many may be still in development. If no securities appear, then I have not identified any new patterns.
Definitions
’Breakout is upward/downward 100% of the time’ means price breaks out up/down by definition, not by statistically measuring the rate.
All numbers assume a bull market and are based on the breakout direction that occurs most often.
American International Group (AIG)
Industry: Insurance (Prop/Casualty)
Industry RS rank: 50 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $52.28
1 Month avg volatility: $0.71. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $50.23 or 3.9% below the close.
Change YTD: 1.85%
Volume: 3,219,800 shares.
3 month avg: 5,185,998 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Tuesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 11/25/2019 to 01/07/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
ArcBest Corp (ARCB)
Industry: Trucking/Transp. Leasing
Industry RS rank: 2 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 252 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $27.52
1 Month avg volatility: $0.67. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $29.30 or 6.5% above the close.
Change YTD: -0.29%
Volume: 118,800 shares.
3 month avg: 234,063 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, descending reversal pattern from 11/26/2019 to 01/08/2020
Breakout is downward 64% of the time.
Average decline: 16%.
Break-even failure rate: 16%.
Pullbacks occur 54% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 54% of the time.
Arch Capital Group Ltd (ACGL)
Industry: Insurance (Prop/Casualty)
Industry RS rank: 50 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 179 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $43.60
1 Month avg volatility: $0.51. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $44.66 or 2.4% above the close.
Change YTD: 1.66%
Volume: 1,326,300 shares.
3 month avg: 517,168 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Friday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Monday.
Chart pattern: Rising wedge reversal pattern from 11/27/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is downward 69% of the time.
Average decline: 14%.
Break-even failure rate: 24%.
Pullbacks occur 63% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 46% of the time.
Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY)
Industry: Retail (Special Lines)
Industry RS rank: 11 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 139 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $13.45
1 Month avg volatility: $0.76. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $16.43 or 22.1% above the close.
Change YTD: -22.25%
Volume: 40,302,100 shares.
3 month avg: 4,821,077 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Thursday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Wednesday.
Chart pattern: Dead-cat bounce continuation pattern from 01/09/2020 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is downward 67% of the time.
Average decline: 18%.
Century Aluminum Co. (CENX)
Industry: Metals and Mining (Div.)
Industry RS rank: 37 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 362 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $7.06
1 Month avg volatility: $0.31. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $8.11 or 14.8% above the close.
Change YTD: -6.05%
Volume: 3,009,700 shares.
3 month avg: 2,285,742 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Wednesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Tuesday.
Chart pattern: Double Top, Adam and Adam reversal pattern from 12/13/2019 to 01/07/2020
Breakout is downward 100% of the time.
Average decline: 19%.
Break-even failure rate: 8%.
Pullbacks occur 61% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 72% of the time.
Ciena Corp (CIEN)
Industry: Telecom. Equipment
Industry RS rank: 26 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $42.10
1 Month avg volatility: $1.03. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $39.87 or 5.3% below the close.
Change YTD: -1.38%
Volume: 1,905,300 shares.
3 month avg: 3,226,991 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Tuesday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 12/13/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
CNA Financial Corp (CNA)
Industry: Insurance (Prop/Casualty)
Industry RS rank: 50 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $45.14
1 Month avg volatility: $0.57. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $43.54 or 3.6% below the close.
Change YTD: 0.74%
Volume: 142,200 shares.
3 month avg: 204,923 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Tuesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 12/03/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Encore Wire Corp (WIRE)
Industry: Metals and Mining (Div.)
Industry RS rank: 37 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 363 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $56.83
1 Month avg volatility: $1.14. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $54.33 or 4.4% below the close.
Change YTD: -0.99%
Volume: 152,800 shares.
3 month avg: 88,880 shares.This security may be thinly traded (less than 100k shares)!
Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Tuesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 11/11/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Era Group Inc (ERA)
Industry: Air Transport
Industry RS rank: 38 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 180 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $9.71
1 Month avg volatility: $0.35. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $10.73 or 10.5% above the close.
Change YTD: -4.52%
Volume: 67,600 shares.
3 month avg: 78,248 shares.This security may be thinly traded (less than 100k shares)!
Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Wednesday.
Chart pattern: Double Top, Adam and Adam reversal pattern from 12/18/2019 to 01/06/2020
Breakout is downward 100% of the time.
Average decline: 19%.
Break-even failure rate: 8%.
Pullbacks occur 61% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 72% of the time.
General Mills Inc (GIS)
Industry: Food Processing
Industry RS rank: 30 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $52.38
1 Month avg volatility: $0.85. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $50.27 or 4.0% below the close.
Change YTD: -2.20%
Volume: 3,842,000 shares.
3 month avg: 4,139,065 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 10/10/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Jack Henry and Associates (JKHY)
Industry: IT Services
Industry RS rank: 17 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 257 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $148.62
1 Month avg volatility: $1.65. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $144.14 or 3.0% below the close.
Change YTD: 2.03%
Volume: 301,700 shares.
3 month avg: 329,005 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Friday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Triple bottom reversal pattern from 12/11/2019 to 01/06/2020
Breakout is upward 100% of the time.
Average rise: 37%.
Break-even failure rate: 4%.
Throwbacks occur 64% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 64% of the time.
Labratory Corp of America (LH)
Industry: Medical Services
Industry RS rank: 19 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 391 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $174.91
1 Month avg volatility: $2.53. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $169.08 or 3.3% below the close.
Change YTD: 3.39%
Volume: 827,600 shares.
3 month avg: 674,168 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Friday.
Chart pattern: Double Bottom, Adam and Adam reversal pattern from 12/10/2019 to 01/03/2020
Breakout is upward 100% of the time.
Average rise: 35%.
Break-even failure rate: 5%.
Throwbacks occur 64% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)
Industry: Computer Software and Svcs
Industry RS rank: 23 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 128 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $162.09
1 Month avg volatility: $1.69. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $165.60 or 2.2% above the close.
Change YTD: 2.78%
Volume: 20,485,800 shares.
3 month avg: 21,460,729 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Wednesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Thursday.
Chart pattern: Diamond top reversal pattern from 12/24/2019 to 01/07/2020
Breakout is downward 69% of the time.
Average decline: 21%.
Break-even failure rate: 6%.
Pullbacks occur 57% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 76% of the time.
Morgan Stanley (MS)
Industry: Securities Brokerage
Industry RS rank: 18 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 103 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $52.06
1 Month avg volatility: $0.59. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $53.42 or 2.6% above the close.
Change YTD: 1.84%
Volume: 7,308,000 shares.
3 month avg: 7,779,832 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Wednesday.
Chart pattern: Broadening top reversal pattern from 12/16/2019 to 01/06/2020
Breakout is downward 50% of the time.
Average decline: 15%.
Break-even failure rate: 18%.
Pullbacks occur 48% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 37% of the time.
Old Republic International Corp (ORI)
Industry: Insurance (Prop/Casualty)
Industry RS rank: 50 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $22.41
1 Month avg volatility: $0.29. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $21.51 or 4.0% below the close.
Change YTD: 0.18%
Volume: 1,334,600 shares.
3 month avg: 1,253,378 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Thursday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Wednesday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 12/05/2019 to 01/06/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Oxford Industries (OXM)
Industry: Apparel
Industry RS rank: 44 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 339 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $72.42
1 Month avg volatility: $1.82. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $79.44 or 9.7% above the close.
Change YTD: -3.98%
Volume: 194,300 shares.
3 month avg: 144,562 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Wednesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Friday.
Chart pattern: Double Top, Eve and Eve reversal pattern from 12/12/2019 to 01/08/2020
Breakout is downward 100% of the time.
Average decline: 18%.
Break-even failure rate: 11%.
Pullbacks occur 59% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 73% of the time.
PetMed Express Inc. (PETS)
Industry: Medical Services
Industry RS rank: 19 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 18 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $23.69
1 Month avg volatility: $0.65. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $21.97 or 7.2% below the close.
Change YTD: 0.72%
Volume: 520,000 shares.
3 month avg: 739,945 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Thursday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Tuesday.
Chart pattern: Head-and-shoulders complex bottom reversal pattern from 11/05/2019 to 01/03/2020
Breakout is upward 100% of the time.
Average rise: 39%.
Break-even failure rate: 4%.
Throwbacks occur 63% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 74% of the time.
Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL)
Industry: Apparel
Industry RS rank: 44 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 268 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $117.93
1 Month avg volatility: $2.30. Volatility stop (for downward breakout): $124.69 or 5.7% above the close.
Change YTD: 0.61%
Volume: 877,000 shares.
3 month avg: 1,365,482 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Wednesday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Monday.
Chart pattern: Broadening top reversal pattern from 12/18/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is downward 50% of the time.
Average decline: 15%.
Break-even failure rate: 18%.
Pullbacks occur 48% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 37% of the time.
Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK)
Industry: Diversified Co.
Industry RS rank: 12 out of 58
Stock RS rank: 40 out of 400
1/9/20 close: $207.17
1 Month avg volatility: $3.02. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $198.93 or 4.0% below the close.
Change YTD: 2.22%
Volume: 676,100 shares.
3 month avg: 805,498 shares.Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Friday.
Chart pattern: Rectangle top continuation pattern from 12/16/2019 to 01/07/2020
Breakout is upward 68% of the time.
Average rise: 39%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 64% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 80% of the time.
Travelzoo Inc. (TZOO)
Industry: Internet
Industry RS rank: 36 out of 58
1/9/20 close: $10.80
1 Month avg volatility: $0.42. Volatility stop (for upward breakout): $9.86 or 8.7% below the close.
Change YTD: 0.93%
Volume: 50,100 shares.
3 month avg: 22,411 shares.This security may be thinly traded (less than 100k shares)!
Since 2009 bear market, the best buy day (fewest up closes) is Monday, and best sell day (most up closes) is Tuesday.
Chart pattern: Triangle, symmetrical continuation pattern from 12/18/2019 to 01/09/2020
Breakout is upward 54% of the time.
Average rise: 31%.
Break-even failure rate: 9%.
Throwbacks occur 37% of the time.
Price hits measure rule target 66% of the time.
Thursday 1/9/20. Intraday Market Direction: Nasdaq
Average gain was 0.6% on 261 occasions.
Average loss was -0.7% on 164 occasions.
Expect the index to close higher 61.4% of the time.
Weekly, since inception on 6/14/2011:
The prediction of the index closing higher has been right 181/323 or 56.0% of the time.
The prediction of the index closing lower has been right 54/106 or 50.9% of the time.
Since I post this the night before, check how the futures are trading before market open. Large moves can affect the opening direction.
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I show a picture of the Nasdaq composite on the 5-minute scale, but only for the last 5 days.
Why? Because I wanted to highlight the strong drop near the end of the session. I show that in the chart as the drop from B to A. Notice how it mirrors the rise from C to D.
I drew a red trendline along the bottoms. What does it show?
It suggests there’s more space for the index to drop. That is, the space between the trendline at A and price above it.
The above probabilities suggest a higher close. Maybe we’ll have both. A drip followed by a rise to close the day higher. The chart pattern indicator is still bearish, though, so I expect weakness.
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The following table shows where Fibonacci retrace values of the day’s high-low range are plus pivot points, calculated on the Nasdaq composite, sorted by value. When several are near each other (small differences),
the area might act as support or resistance.
— Thomas Bulkowski
© 2020 ThePatternSite.com Metric | Value | Diff | Close (within 10% of the high-low range for the day)? |
Monthly S2 | 8,227.99 | ||
Monthly S1 | 8,678.62 | 450.62 | |
Weekly S2 | 8,859.71 | 181.10 | |
Monthly Pivot | 8,886.02 | 26.31 | |
Weekly S1 | 8,994.48 | 108.45 | |
Daily S2 | 9,009.66 | 15.18 | |
Weekly Pivot | 9,043.95 | 34.29 | |
Low | 9,059.38 | 15.43 | |
Open | 9,068.03 | 8.65 | Yes! The Open is close to the Low. |
Daily S1 | 9,069.45 | 1.42 | Yes! The Daily S1 is close to the Open. |
61.8% Down from Intraday High | 9,101.21 | 31.76 | |
50% Down from Intraday High | 9,114.13 | 12.92 | |
Daily Pivot | 9,119.17 | 5.04 | Yes! The Daily Pivot is close to the 50% Down from Intraday High. |
38.2% Down from Intraday High | 9,127.06 | 7.89 | Yes! The 38.2% Down from Intraday High is close to the Daily Pivot. |
Close | 9,129.24 | 2.18 | Yes! The Close is close to the 38.2% Down from Intraday High. |
High | 9,168.89 | 39.65 | |
Weekly R1 | 9,178.72 | 9.83 | Yes! The Weekly R1 is close to the High. |
Daily R1 | 9,178.96 | 0.24 | Yes! The Daily R1 is close to the Weekly R1. |
Weekly R2 | 9,228.19 | 49.23 | |
Daily R2 | 9,228.68 | 0.49 | Yes! The Daily R2 is close to the Weekly R2. |
Monthly R1 | 9,336.65 | 107.97 | |
Monthly R2 | 9,544.05 | 207.41 |
Wednesday 1/8/20. A Look At Indicators
This is a picture of the chart pattern indicator on the daily scale. The indicator is the line chart below a chart of the S&P 500 composite.
The indicator has turned bearish, as denoted by the vertical red line on the right of the chart.
Of higher interest is the indicator line near the bottom of the chart. It’s taken a dive toward 0, and it started falling well before the red bar appeared.
To me, that’s not a good omen. When combined with slide 4 on the yearly forecast, maybe this is the start of the downturn.
Please note that the signal can change for up to a week, meaning it could disappear but it usually stable after 3 trading days.
The red line is the percentage of stocks at least 20% below their 1-year high (plotted upside down). The blue line is the average percentage drop of stocks below their 1-year high (plotted upside down).
On Tuesday, 23% of stocks in my database are in bear market territory (down at least 20% from their 1-year high).
A week ago, it was 23%.
The fewest was 22% on 01/02/2020.
And the most was 61% on 01/08/2019.
The 491 stocks in my database are down an average of 13% from their yearly high.
A week ago, the average was 13%.
The peak was 13% on 12/26/2019.
And the bottom was 26% on 01/08/2019.
The two lines remain unchanged from a week ago. I don’t know if that’s really true because the indicator wasn’t run the last two times due to the holidays.
The red line is the more sensitive of the two and it peaked a week ago. That means things are getting worse…
— Thomas Bulkowski
Tuesday 1/7/20. Slider Quiz!
Average gain was 0.5% on 718 occasions.
Average loss was -0.5% on 605 occasions.
Expect the index to close higher 54.3% of the time.
Weekly, since inception on 6/14/2011:
The prediction of the index closing higher has been right 198/337 or 58.8% of the time.
The prediction of the index closing lower has been right 39/77 or 50.6% of the time.
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I show a another slider quiz featuring the triple bottom chart pattern.
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The following table shows where Fibonacci retrace values of the day’s high-low range are plus pivot points, calculated on the Dow industrials, sorted by value. When several are near each other (small differences),
the area might act as support or resistance.
— Thomas Bulkowski
© 2020 ThePatternSite.com Metric | Value | Diff | Close (within 10% of the high-low range for the day)? |
Monthly S2 | 26,752.77 | ||
Monthly S1 | 27,728.07 | 975.31 | |
Weekly S2 | 28,154.58 | 426.51 | |
Monthly Pivot | 28,300.44 | 145.86 | |
Daily S2 | 28,320.62 | 20.18 | Yes! The Daily S2 is close to the Monthly Pivot. |
Low | 28,418.63 | 98.01 | |
Weekly S1 | 28,428.98 | 10.35 | Yes! The Weekly S1 is close to the Low. |
Open | 28,465.50 | 36.52 | |
Daily S1 | 28,512.00 | 46.50 | |
61.8% Down from Intraday High | 28,529.18 | 17.18 | Yes! The 61.8% Down from Intraday High is close to the Daily S1. |
50% Down from Intraday High | 28,563.32 | 34.15 | |
38.2% Down from Intraday High | 28,597.47 | 34.15 | |
Daily Pivot | 28,610.01 | 12.54 | Yes! The Daily Pivot is close to the 38.2% Down from Intraday High. |
Weekly Pivot | 28,650.89 | 40.88 | |
Close | 28,703.38 | 52.49 | |
High | 28,708.02 | 4.64 | Yes! The High is close to the Close. |
Daily R1 | 28,801.39 | 93.37 | |
Daily R2 | 28,899.40 | 98.01 | |
Weekly R1 | 28,925.29 | 25.89 | Yes! The Weekly R1 is close to the Daily R2. |
Weekly R2 | 29,147.20 | 221.91 | |
Monthly R1 | 29,275.74 | 128.54 | |
Monthly R2 | 29,848.11 | 572.36 |
Monday 1/6/20. Market Monday: The Week Ahead
My Prediction
I show the Dow industrials on the daily scale.
The index seems to be climbing upward following a narrow channel. I highlight that channel by the two nearly-parallel red lines on the chart.
The up-sloping channel shows the index nearing the top of it and backing away. The theory about channels is that price will bounce from one trendline to the other…until it pierces the
channel wall.
As you can see, the index continues to bounce between the lines.
There are events which can push the index out of the channel. A war with Iran is one of them. Solution of the China trade war is another.
We’ll have to wait and see if the breakout will be upward or down, but you can rest assured that it will happen. When it’ll happen is an unanswered question.
A Brief Look Back
The following is a brief review of how the markets performed over time. The numbers refer to the close-to-close move in the Dow industrials.
Monday: Down 183.12 points.
Tuesday: Up 76.3 points.
Thursday: Up 330.36 points.
Friday: Down 233.92 points.
Saturday: Holiday or other weird event!
For the Week…
The Dow industrials were down 10.38 points or 0.0%.
The Nasdaq composite was up 14.15 points or 0.2%.
The S&P 500 index was down 5.17 points or 0.2%.
Year to Date…
Dow Industrials
0.8% down from the high of 28,872.80 on 01/02/2020.
0.5% up from the low of 28,500.36 on 01/03/2020.
Nasdaq
0.8% down from the high of 9,093.43 on 01/02/2020.
0.5% up from the low of 8,976.43 on 01/03/2020.
S&P 500
0.7% down from the high of 3,258.14 on 01/02/2020.
0.4% up from the low of 3,222.34 on 01/03/2020.
Options Expiration
No options expire this week.
Swing and Position Traders: Chart Pattern Indicator
The chart pattern indicator is bearish
with 2 of 3 half triangles showing (). Additional triangles are a measure
of strength with solid triangles meaning a more reliable signal than half triangles.
Swing Traders: Pivot Points
The following is based on an SFO article in December 2004 by John Seekinger, titled, “Take a
two-dimensional approach.” He offers these tips.
Index | S2 | S1 | Pivot | R1 | R2 |
Dow Industrials (^DJI): Daily | 28,401 | 28,518 | 28,617 | 28,734 | 28,833 |
Weekly | 28,132 | 28,383 | 28,628 | 28,880 | 29,124 |
Monthly | 26,730 | 27,682 | 28,278 | 29,230 | 29,825 |
S&P500 (^GSPC): Daily | 3,211 | 3,223 | 3,234 | 3,247 | 3,258 |
Weekly | 3,189 | 3,212 | 3,235 | 3,258 | 3,281 |
Monthly | 3,000 | 3,117 | 3,188 | 3,305 | 3,376 |
Nasdaq (^IXIC): Daily | 8,932 | 8,976 | 9,021 | 9,066 | 9,110 |
Weekly | 8,824 | 8,922 | 9,008 | 9,106 | 9,192 |
Monthly | 8,192 | 8,606 | 8,850 | 9,264 | 9,508 |
- Seekinger doesn’t look at the range of S2 to R2 as support and resistance levels. Rather, he considers them oversold (S) and overbought (R) areas.
- S2 to R2 range of values across daily, weekly, and monthly periods: If two values are close together then they lend more significance to the area.
- If the market trends on day 1, the odds rise tremendously that the market will be range bound between daily S1 and daily R1 the next day.
- In a quiet market when traders are waiting for an important earnings announcement or economic report, look for daily R1 and S1 levels to hold and for the market to return to the daily pivot.
- A move outside of daily R1 or S1 usually does not mean a breakout.
- The odds suggest that the entire week’s price action will remain between weekly R2 and S2.
- Avoid going long when the market moves above weekly R2 (it’s overbought) and avoid going short when price moves below weekly S2 (oversold).
- Consider going short at weekly R1 or long at weekly S1 with a profit objective of the weekly pivot.
- Consider going long at weekly S2 or short at weekly R2 with a profit objective of weekly S1 or R1, respectively.
Here are the formulas:
Pivot point: P = (H + L + C)/3
First resistance level: R1 = (2 * P) – L
First support level: S1 = (2 * P) – H)
Second resistance level: R2 = P + (R1 – S1)
Second support level: S2 = P – (R1 – S1)
H = high price , L=low price, C=closing price
Consecutive Price Trends
Index | Consecutive Closes So Far |
% | Comments |
Dow industrials (^DJI) | 1 week down | 27.0% | The trend may continue. |
5 months up | 17.9% | Expect a reversal soon. | |
S & P 500 (^GSPC) | 1 week down | 25.3% | The trend may continue. |
5 months up | 21.3% | Expect a reversal soon. | |
Nasdaq composite (^IXIC) | 4 weeks up | 23.2% | Expect a reversal soon. |
5 months up | 14.3% | Expect a reversal soon. |
How long can an index close higher (or lower) each day? The adjacent table shows how often consecutive up or down closes occur in the indices, based on the most recent trend of closes.
Low percentages suggest the market is overdue to turn (think of it as the likelihood that next week or next month will continue the trend, based on historical performance). Values of 50% mean random, so most percentages will be lower.
The analysis uses data going back 10 years for weekly percentages and 25 years for monthly percentages (or the start of data, whichever is more recent). Any unchanged closing price is interpreted as the end of the string of consecutive up or down closes.
Earnings, Chart Patterns & Industries
Earnings season will be starting in about 10 days.
Found | Chart Pattern Name |
24 | Triangle, symmetrical |
9 | Rectangle top |
8 | Triangle, descending |
8 | Diamond top |
7 | Double Bottom, Adam and Adam |
6 | Pipe bottom |
5 | Pennant |
5 | Island bottom |
5 | Broadening top |
5 | Triangle, ascending |
Large numbers of bullish or bearish chart patterns can signal short- to intermediate-term market trends (many bullish chart patterns can mean an uptrend will continue, for example).
However, please realize that the short-term price trend could have changed since the pattern was discovered (this is especially true of pipe tops or bottoms, which are weekly patterns).
The 10 types of most frequently appearing chart patterns in the stocks, indices, and long-only exchange traded funds I follow during the last month are shown in the adjacent table.
The industries I follow were the best (rank 1) and worst performing.
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— Thomas Bulkowski
Friday 1/3/20. Year-end Review and Forecast to 2024
Here’s the 2019 market performance review and forecast of the years 2020 to 2024, presented in a slider format.
— Thomas Bulkowski
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