Market commentary for 08/24/2007 Good day! Another day of a meandering market with little direction. Asia, Europe and BAC funneling life into CFC could only muster a small gap at the open which was quickly filled. The rest of the day should have been spent at the beach because it was a day not worth trading. Wednesday's low support area and daily resistance areas held perfectly. If you remember as written in Wednesday's commentary I commented that I wasn't happy with the markets action since it broke above the important daily resistance. Those resistance areas become support areas and held the market from a stronger correction. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007qqqq.jpg On the 60 min charts we can see how important is the 20sma area. It is important on every time frame and we can see that every try to break under it has failed. In addition the daily support areas (the DIA 20sma, the SPY 20/200sma and the QQQQ 20sma) are also showing strong support. On the resistance side of the daily charts is also holding and the indices are stuck between those areas. The 60 min charts perhaps are forming a head and shoulder possibility which can bring some action today. I will look for that scenario but this being Friday in August I am now getting very excited. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08242007qqqq60.jpg Right now I am not interested in trades on the long side. We might find an âown wayâ stock with charts like HEW yesterday. We took several short trades (AFFX, TEN, BEAV) and I hope they will improve today if head and shoulder will work. Important is to know that I took every trade with small risk and because market action is whippy it can break in any direction. We must save our trading capital for better days. Note that today is Friday, we are still in August (summer), and we can expect slow trading day after the morning action. Please note that after reviewing the trades that we have put on within the first 10 or 15 minutes of the market opening all have set up correctly and all have quickly reversed and stopped us out. They have also reversed later in the morning and ended the day moving as expected and we have a stop loss. I will not increase risk by not using our stop. I decided I will not take a new trade in the first 10 or 15 minutes the market is open until the market returns to some normalcy. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 08/29/2007 Good day! Monday's selling pressure into the close continued with a gap down on Tuesday morning. The market was weak all day and brought a nice trend day with a midday consolidation at the low. This is exactly what I was looking for. Move-rest-move. On the 15 min charts, we can see the midday rest and the move before and after that. The selling pressure was strong and closed at the lows with a stronger selling pace and increased volume. If we look at the daily charts, we can see that all the Indices closed under their 10sma support area. This is important because all these moving averages once again become resistance areas (10/20/50sma). The Indices closed Tuesday right at their previous support areas, before the strong move down (August 14, 2007). This is a strong support area and despite the possibility of a gap down, I donât expect (for now) that the Indices will easily see the lows of last week. One possible scenario is a daily higher low and a reversal head and shoulders pattern. Because of that and the strong support area, I will look for a reversal Wednesday afternoon. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007qqqq.jpg Lets look back a little at Tuesday's action. On the 60 min charts, we can see that the selling pressure was strong. It was stronger then Friday's buying pace and because of that, I will look for a possible gap down today (Wednesday). The Indices have room for that possibility. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007qqqq60.jpg On the 15 min charts, we can see textbook trend day action. Gap down, selling pressure, midday consolidation and continuation after 14:00 pm ET reversal time. In addition we had a stronger and stronger selling pace until the end of the day. The volume added conviction to the direction and that is a textbook example of a trend day. On the 15 min charts, we can see that the Indices have room for a move down until the equal move support area. With the very weak close and the strong pace that is a possibility. But, still just a possibility, because we canât be sure of future action. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007dia15.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007spy15.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08292007qqqq15.jpg With the reasons that I explained above (possible daily reversal H&S pattern), I will look for a reversal after the possible morning weakness. But if we see a weak correction then we could easily see more selling pressure. All depends on pace and volume. Right now, with the weak close, new short trades will be higher risk without intraday consolidations (look at 15 min charts). The key action will be on the intraday correction. A consolidation with weak pace and volume could bring a selling continuation and a 3rd selling wave (15 min chart), however, a reversal with strong pace and volume could bring a reversal daily C&H pattern. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 08/31/2007 Good day! Thursday brought a continuation of the whippy action we have been seeing. The indices started the day with a bigger gap down on the SPY and the DIA (under 20sma 60 min) than on the QQQQ. The QQQQ was the strongest with the 200sma 60 min holding nicely with the gap down at the open. After the gap down, we saw a strong move up. The QQQQ first filled its' gap and broke above its' 50sma daily resistance area. The DIA was the weakest and Wednesday's high continued to act as resistance for now. Overall, we saw very whippy market action with strong moves in both directions. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007qqqq.jpg Right now the SPY and the DIA have a similar situation on the 60 min chart. The action is staying between the 200sma (red) resistance area and the 20sma (blues) support area. We can see a number of big bars which suggests very whippy action and that is not good market action for my style. I need âwhole pictureâ support and right now we canât see that. On the daily charts, the Indices are consolidating without a clear trend and on the intraday charts we donât see continuations, mostly strong moves up from support and strong reversals from resistance, without consolidation between. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/08312007qqqq60.jpg Unfortunately I donât expect a big change for Friday. We are still in summer days and the market is closed on Monday (Labor Day). The first 90 minutes of the morning will probably have the best action. For the rest of day, I expect that volume will drop off because most traders will leave early for the long holiday weekend. For now, my best friend is patience and my trading activity is very small. This is a scalp market and good scalpers are having a really great time. This is not my kind of market so I will wait for now until the charts look good for truly healthy moves. Iâm not impressed with the volume of the Indices with this move up and to me that looks like a good opportunity for the big guys to cut losses from the strong move down. Maybe Iâm wrong, but Iâm sure that this is a hard time for swing traders and Iâm one of them. My activity is smaller, but that not mean we donât have any opportunities at all. We just donât have the same number of them as usual. AFFX is a great example of an "own way" trade. For Friday, I donât have any bias and I will just follow the market action. If the market will continue to show us this whippy action again, I wonât be an active trader. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/03/2007 Good day! Friday brought classic pre holiday market action. The day started with a strong gap up. After the morning weakness, the indices broke to new highs and to their daily resistance areas. For the QQQQ, that was the previous high resistance area. The DIA and the SPY found resistance at their daily 50sma area. Volume was light which is what was expected for pre holiday trading. The last 30 minutes brought profit taking and strong selling pressure with the Indices closing near their open area. This ended up forming doji bars. A doji bar means indecision. The direction will be determined by the way it is broken first. (Friday's low or high). August is over (finally), and that is always a good time to look at the monthly charts. On the monthly charts, we can see we have had big bars for the last two months, with August having the biggest bar in a long while. When we have these kind of strong, unusual moves, like these last two months, trading risk is high. We need the market to calm down. This however can take several months and that is not good news for swing traders. The DIA formed a doji bar with huge volume. We have the same situation with the SPY, while the QQQQ closed strongly at the high of the bar. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007diamonthly.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007spymonthly.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007qqqqmonthly.jpg On the weekly charts, the situation is clearer. The weekly DIA 10 and 20sma want to crossover and the DIA closed right under that resistance area. The SPY is weaker and we already have a 10/20sma crossover. When we have extreme moves, the 10sma is always the first big resistance area, and the SPY found resistance under it. The monthly chart shows the QQQQ as the strongest, and closing above all weekly moving averages at its' previous high resistance area. We can see, on all the charts, that the reversal volume is much lighter, which is not a good sign for recovery (for now). http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007qqqq.jpg The daily charts again gave us doji bars on Friday. So we have the DIA and the SPY with monthly doji bars and all the Indices have daily doji bars. Lots of indecision for future action. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007qqqq.jpg The 60 min charts show the QQQQ strength and the SPY, DIA weakness. We can see that with the last big red bar. On Friday, we can see that the buying pace on the QQQQ chart is getting slower with lighter volume (what is usual for pre holiday days) http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09032007qqqq60.jpg Now what? What direction we can expect? After all these doji bars, for me, it is hard to predict. I am leaning more toward the short side for Tuesday. There are several reasons for that. Light volume, strong resistance and doji bars. The indices have strong resistance on all time frames (monthly, weekly, daily). But indecision means that we can break in either direction, and because of that it is hard to know for sure what to expect for future action. One thing is for sure, whatever direction we will see, it must be with higher volume and that will be proof of the direction. Because of that, I will wait on Tuesday until the market proves itâs direction. Maybe I will miss the main move, but I will take the continuation. This way I will try to cut my risk. Risk remains quite high right now especially for swing traders. Again, from all time frames with these doji bars we just donât have a clear situation. We donât have consolidation, and that is what we need for low risk setups. As traders, finding low risk setups is our main occupation and we must always keep that in mind. Patience is key in a high-risk environment. The market is ever changing between low and high risk. We will always have opportunities. We just need to have patience and protect our trading capital for low risk setups. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/05/2007 Good day! A doji bar can mean a reversal, but it can also mean a continuation. That is exactly what we saw on Tuesday. The market gave us a nice trend day and all looked nice, but on the larger time frames I donât see major changes and therefore believe that we must be very cautious. The day started with a flat open and the buying pressure started right away. It was a textbook trend day, with a move in the morning, rest during midday and continuation after 14:00pm ET reversal time. For a full trend day we needed to see buying pressure into the close. Tuesday's close saw a reversal (profit taking) with stronger intraday volume. The indices are stronger then expected, and for now the only thing we can do is to go day by day. Overnight trades continue to be higher risk. The reason for that is again volume. We had a strong day up, with lighter volume then I like to see. The DIA closed under its' 50sma and the SPY under its' 100sma daily resistance area, while the QQQQ found resistance at a strong number area, $50 area. All this looks nice, and if this area will be broken with strong volume then the indices could get back to their yearly high. Right now we still have indecision. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007qqqq.jpg On the 60 min charts, we can see that the Indices already had 3 buying waves (usually after 3rd we could see correction), and the same is true for the other indices. Volume was relatively light for the strong action we had and that is my biggest worry right now. Are the big boys pumping this up just to cover losses or not. For now I still think yes, but I donât want to be biased. I just want to read the charts and right now they are telling us about a move up with declining volume. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09052007qqqq60.jpg For me, that means a high risk market, every o/n trade is risky and I will go day by day and just follow the market action. As we did yesterday with GOOG, MFE and TTEC, I compare market action with individual names and I look for weakest and strongest names. I donât have a bias for Wednesday and I will again wait for the first 5-10 min to see the market breath before I will take any new trades. It is time to be careful and patient. Because of that Iâm cautious with longs as well as shorts for now. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/06/2007 Good day! Right now the daily charts have a lot of support and resistance. The Indices opened on Wednesday's session with a gap down. For the DIA that meant under its' 100sma area. The DIA found support at its' 10sma and its' 20sma is close as well. On the other side, the 100sma is now a resistance area along with the 50sma. The same daily mess of moving averages is apparent on the SPY chart. The first support area is its' 10sma and the 200/20sma are close by as well. On the other side the 50sma is the 1st resistance and 100sma is close after. The most clear situation right now is with the QQQQ daily chart. It is above all moving averages and Thursday's low is the first support resistance area, and after that is its' 10sma. Wednesday was a negative day with strong selling pressure in the morning and the daily volume is interesting as well. Take a look at the SPY and the DIA volume. Wednesday was higher then Tuesday's up volume, and on Tuesday we had a nice up trend day. Volume can tell us a lot. If you remember in the last sessions, I wrote about light volume on the last daily move up and Wednesday was a down day with larger volume. This is the reason why Iâm suspicious with the long side right now. I follow the market, but it is still hard to use up days for more then just day trades. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007qqqq.jpg Also, take a look at the 60 min charts. The SPY and the DIA corrected Tuesdayâs entire trend day move up right into the morning. If one is looking for action to bring the market back to its yearly highs, this is not the kind of action you would want to see. During the last few days the DIA was weakest, and the SPY was not far away, so the QQQQ will have hard job to bring them above all their moving averages (daily charts). http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09062007qqqq60.jpg I still think that we are in a weak market, but with lots of resistance close above and lots of supports close under, I know that swing traders will have a hard time. Yesterday we had several nice swing setups as well as several nice day trades. It remains very important to use a small risk for every overnight trade. With all of the resistance and support areas, we can see jumpy market action in the future which is in the line with the weekly and monthly charts. I will continue to go day by day without longer expectations. For swing trades I will follow the weakest and strongest names. There is no other way to trade this market action. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/12/2007 Good day! Tuesday gave us a trend day. It was not a trend day with strong volume and clear intraday action, but it was still a trend day. Thursday started with a gap up, above the 200sma 15 min and that was a very important support area. We knew that if the 200sma 15 min held the first reversal period, new highs would bring a bullish bias to the markets. The rest of the day we saw choppy trend action with lighter volume. This is the part that makes me comfortable with the long side for more then just scalps and day trades. If we look at the daily charts, every down day has stronger volume then the up days do. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007qqqq.jpg Also on the daily charts, we can see that the Indices continued with their large range action and the SPY and the DIA closed right in the middle their ranges. The QQQQ is stronger and it will be interesting to see if it can pull the SPY and the DIA higher. This will be the 3rd daily buying wave, which we can see on the daily chart. On the other side , if the DIA and the SPY (weaker Indices lately) will lead with weakness, then we could setup a daily H&S pattern. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09122007qqqq60.jpg Right now it is very hard to predict direction, because the up days have been having lighter volume. This is not a signal for the swing long side, however, volume can come in with the QQQQ try for the 3rd daily wave and attempt towards its' yearly highs. On the other side, the SPY and DIA H&S could pull the market down. In the mean time, when we try to predict the direction and the possibility, we can see with the Indices trading in a big range. This brings us a difficult trading market. I can show the possible directions on charts just so we can see what to possibly expect. One thing is sure and that this is a high risk market. Swing traders are continuing to have a hard time and patience is our best friend. You all know that I need to see the âwhole pictureâ for my trading plan. Right now I donât see much of that. I will always find several interesting and good intraday trades, but for healthy, larger timeframe moves, we must wait. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/13/2007 Good day! The net % column shows us again what kind of day the market had. After the small morning gap down, (above 200sma 15 min support) the Indices filled their gaps and went on to new highs. On the 60 min charts, we can see that the previous highs held on Wednesday and after that we saw consolidation for the rest of the day. Wednesday's low held and the Indices closed almost at the same point as Tuesday's close (without changes). A daily head and shoulders pattern is still possible and I will keep that in mind as one of the possibilities we could see. Volume decreased and the Indices formed a pivot bar after Wednesday's session. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007qqqq.jpg On the 60 min charts, we can see that the previous high was too strong for Wednesday. The first support areas are the 20sma (very important support area) and the previous high, which is now the support area (red line). If we look back again at the daily charts, we can see that all moving averages are very close. The SPY and the DIA have their 20/100sma as resistances and 10/20/200 as support areas. The QQQQ situation is more clear, because it is above all its' moving averages and they are all support areas now. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09132007qqqq60.jpg The expectations for Thursday are the same, and they are not positive. I will look for a reversal possibility, based on the possible daily head and shoulders pattern. Light volume could support that scenario, but I will be very cautious because of the close support areas. The next scenario is that the QQQQ will pull all the indices to new highs and will try to continue on to yearly highs. The last scenario is a daily range-type action without much change on the daily charts and choppy intraday action. Right now all three scenarios are very possible, but if I must bet, the 3rd scenario is the one I would go with. Choppy action without clear direction and with intraday choppy trends on the smaller time frames, and a weak trend pace. Pretty much the same action that we saw on Wednesday. I think that we wonât see significant daily moves before the FED meeting next week, but in any case I will follow the market action and I will be prepared for every scenario. Whatever will be, one thing is for sure, and that is high risk. It is time to be patient and wait for better market action. I know some people are frustrated, but this is normal market action and we often see this kind of cycles. Remember no position is a position. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/14/2007 Good day! Another up day with light volume. The day started with a strong gap for the DIA and the SPY, above Wednesday's high. This time the QQQQ was the weakest and the gap size was a lot smaller. As usual with a gap of that size, we see it filled at the open. That is exactly the action we saw on Thursday's open for the QQQQ. Since the SPY and the DIA were much stronger, that gave us a strong divergence at the open, which increased the trading risk. After the QQQQ filled its' gap, the DIA and the SPY took control of the market and gave us a morning trend move to new highs. Unfortunately, the QQQQ didn't share in that enthusiasm and Thursday's high held as the resistance for the day. During the midday, the Indices started a correction and stayed in it for the rest of the day. If we look at the daily charts, we can see that volume still decreased, which is not what we see in a healthy move up. With true buying interest, volume will increase, so, because of that, the possibility for a head and shoulder pattern is still in line. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007qqqq.jpg The SPY and the DIA stalled right at their previous highs, which brought a double top possibility. We can see that the 100sma with the previous high is the next resistance level for the SPY, and same for the DIA. On the 60 min charts, we can see that the SPY and the DIA already had three buying waves, while the QQQQ is forming a triangle pattern. Again the 20sma is a very important support area and if the QQQQ will break it, we could see stronger selling pressure. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007qqqq60.jpg From a technical view, we have a daily H&S possibility, with a double top (SPY and DIA) and decreasing volume. On the 60 min charts, we can see three buying waves (SPY and DIA). All this suggests a reversal possibility. Unfortunately, the daily moving averages are all very close, so because of that we donât have a clear situation for a move down. On the other side, if the indices want to break up, for low risk setups, we need to see volume with the buying interest. Without that, risk will remain high, as it has been for the last few days. Since most are waiting for the FED next week, another real option is the choppy action we have been seeing without daily direction. This scenario is the one I am leaning towards. I think that this type of action will remain until Tuesday's FED meeting. But we never know what tomorrow will bring. Will it be a H&S reversal, or a break to new highs?? Please remember without volume confirmation, any break to new highs will continue to have high risk and the market will stay in scalp mode as the safest way to make a profit. Without direction and volume, swing traders still must stay in patience mode. Once again, remember cash is a position too. Please keep that in mind. It is time to wait, trade small (not overtrade) and use small risk. Lots of traders can fall into the overtrading trap, so donât be one of them. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic
Market commentary for 09/17/2007 Good day! Well there is one less day before the FED meeting. Everyone is waiting for the FED decision and we can see that on the charts. I have just a few words for Friday's action. The day started with a strong gap down, under Thursday's low, and usually that size of a gap and kind of a trap at the open will bring selling pressure and very possibly a trend day. That didn't happen on Friday and I think that the main reason for that is that everyone is waiting for the FED. After the strong gap down, the Indices started with buying programs and with a strong pace, and the volume filled the gap very quickly. We stalled around Thursday's closing area and that was it for Friday. The rest of the day we saw a range with worthless action for low risk trading, unless you are a scalp trader. Volume was light during the range action and the Indices closed without any change compared to Thursdayâs close. On the weekly chart we can see green bars, but the Indices still closed in the consolidation area, under their previous weekâs high. The SPY and the DIA are still under their 20sma resistance, while the QQQQ closed under its' previous week high, which is still in line with lower high possibilities. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007diaweekly.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007spyweekly.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007qqqqweekly.jpg The green weekly bars closing under their resistance areas suggest mixed expectations. The indices can break up and head back to their weekly high, or they can go down, consolidate and then start a downward trend. On the daily charts, we can see those possibilities clearly. Over the last few days I have suggested a H&S possibility and that remains on the SPY daily chart. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007dia.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007spy.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09172007qqqq.jpg On the DIA daily chart, I can draw another possibility and that is a consolidation near the high on Monday and Tuesday (before the FED decision) and then a break up, which will lead to a complete market reversal to previous weekly highs. Right now we have both options as possibilities. The SPY H&S reversal pattern can work and bring us down, but also the DIA consolidation can bring us up to a possible weekly double top pattern. On all the charts I can see both possibilities, but I just chose the DIA and SPY so that everyone has a clear chart to recognize this. We can see the range action on the 60 min charts over the last three days, so breaking in any direction from this range action could bring us pace and volume (hope so). If not, we are in trouble and that means the 3rd scenario (choppy daily action) will continue and along with that the high risk market, and waiting and waiting and waiting some more. I still believe that we will see a market move in one direction after the Fed on Tuesday. http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007dia60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007spy60.jpg http://www.ivicacharts.com/diagrams/2007/09142007qqqq60.jpg As I said above, we can see either direction and the percentages are high for both of them, but if I must bet I will bet on the short side due to the volume on the down days (higher then the volume on the up days) Letâs say 60/40 for the down direction. For the longer term, I still think that the market will have a hard time breaking out to new yearly highs. That does not means that before any move down the market canât break up (after FED) and form a double top weekly pattern and then start the move down. I just want to say that we must be prepared for any direction. After the FED decision we can see a strong reaction and there could be lots of traps and my suggestion is to wait. In that situation I wait and watch the first move (main move). After that I just watch for consolidation, and if there is continuation (base, triangle flag) then that is a pattern for me and I will go and I will join. If the consolidation is whippy, then I wonât be trapped with any direction and I will again wait for another opportunity. It is always very risky to try to pick a bottom or top and you can stop out very quickly trying to do that. Letâs wait and see. If the train will go up or down, we can join at the first station. Good luck trading today!!!! Ivica Juracic