Weekly Technical Analysis – “US$ Dollar Top Confirmed” – 22nd March17

Hi guys, all eyes at present are on the US dollar for signals of a top here as this such a meaningful asset for all risk markets and global liquidity. Needless to explain the long term inverse to prices of the commodities asset class is crucial. That said with the commodity prices providing a significant …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “US$ Reversal In the Making” 15th March17

Its been a fast and furious last few days with a major reversal signal in the US$ as well as a new momentum bullish moves across many commodities, their miners (COPX GDX etc) as well as new reaction highs in several cyclical indexes like Tech (QQQ) and Home builders (HGX). With both their breadth remaining …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “SP500 Minor Top This Week” 22nd Jan17 V2

Another week roles past and we have recorded, with 7 up-days in a row, the longest winning streak since September 2013. Tactically, the recent rally has been near vertical and many sectors are starting to look exhaustive in the near term again. Playing for short term pull backs is dangerous thing to do in such …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “Overshooting or Melt-up?” 15th Feb17

Its been another superb week for risk assets with many US sectors starting what appears to be fresh momentum breakouts in a market that has momentum and volume. Whether it be sp500 for nasdaq100 breadth is once again confirming the move. Price is true and trading entries are working well due to the combination of …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “Risk Remains Vulnerable” 8th Feb17

Hi Guys, We have the usual tech run through below. Notably the Swiss team have brought forward their US$ top this week. Several pairs have signaled that the US$ cyclical bull appears to have topped or very close to topping as a basket.  Risk remains within a distribution at present and its clear that technical …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “SP500 Corrective Pull Back” 2nd Feb17

We have indeed had a false breakout in some risk sectors and indexes but the reversal was hard and fast a pretty good signal of the false break. The US$ is indeed becoming more selective with one of the leads for the selectivity being the usdsgd. (Commented on by Fitzpatrick last week). Alongside rising inflation …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “US$ Near Low” 25th Jan17

I am traveling once again but very aware that participants are waiting this report and markets have momentum and are moving fast. So without delay i’m post this report up and will update in flight lounges as I can with Fitzpatrick et al and comments etc. Just very quickly, this is a wave 5 bull …

Annual Technical Analysis Outlook – “Wave 5 Boom & Bust” – Jan 2017

It gives me great pleasure to start 2017 with the usual award winning Annual Technical Outlook report from the guys. Of course none of of have a crystal ball but of all the thousands of reports I have read over the last few decades, including many very expensive mkt “expert” reports, I can say this …

Christmas Technical Analysis – “Grade B” 24th Dec17

So another year is nearly over and what a year it has been for both markets and the geopolitical landscape. Numbers wise, on the surface a year of the US$ and US equities, once again.  As always we must look hard at the numbers and view them across currencies to see their relative performance. Here …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “Distribution Ahead” – 7th Dec16

Another strong week rolls by. We have strong seasonal winds here blowing us towards a positive end of year for risk, us$ risk included. But in the coming 3 weeks US$ risk may have lost its alpha crown with international risk, currency adjusted likely to be provide the out performance due to mean reversion catch …

Weekly Technical Analysis – US Cyclicals Overbought & Sentiment Spikes 29th Nov16

Firstly, apologies for the delay in posting this weeks report. I have been traveling and it proved impossible to post. We have extremes of over bought conditions for US equities, the US$ and interestingly, given the historic inverse correlation, many commodity themes also. Conversely we have bonds, precious metals and many defensive equities at deeply …

Weekly Technical Analysis – “SPX Overbought, Gold Basing” 23rd Nov16

Another excellent week if you are involved in the long usd risk assets funded by borrowing other currencies. The Russell2000, Financials and Transports have provided the beta and in measured in the world currencies like jpy or euros or sgds they are up 15% in just a few weeks. Its a near vertical move and …