Where will SPY be at the end of May?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by 1a2b3cppp, May 7, 2013.

Where will SPY be at the end of May?

  1. Above 170

    9 vote(s)
    32.1%
  2. Between 160-170

    12 vote(s)
    42.9%
  3. 155-160

    1 vote(s)
    3.6%
  4. 150-155

    4 vote(s)
    14.3%
  5. 145-150

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. 140-145

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. 135-140

    1 vote(s)
    3.6%
  8. 130-135

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. 125-130

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Below 125

    1 vote(s)
    3.6%
  1. I have a few points that I've been watching out for and tomorrow may or may not be one of them. My plan is to bet against it with a small position as trends tend to go longer than you expect, but here's my view of it.

    The top left chart is the whole run from March 2009 to present.
    The middle chart zooms in on the last leg of that (November 16, 2012 to present) and shows a breakout.
    The bottom right chart zooms in on the last leg of the middle chart (april 18, 2013 to present) and does not show a breakout.

    The price is dangerously close to the support trend line and a drop in the price would mean the first breakout of a 5 week run. Again, I'm betting against it for statistical reasons, but it's a possibility. Another possibility is that it will hit that support and blow through the top resistance trend line to mark the end of this massive rally. Or it could just go up like normal and wait another few weeks to break out. Who knows. If it doesn't break through the support, I think the "sell in May" saying may not be accurate this year.
     
    #11     May 21, 2013
  2. TILT2

    TILT2

    there is no scientific evidence that sell in may works every time.
     
    #12     May 21, 2013
  3. so you are saying the market could:

    1. go lower
    2. go higher
    3. wait
    4. wait and go higher

    and it's almost the last week in May....1/12th of the year.....if you use the whole month. pretty good odds selling will work one day. lol

    With all this TA.....it's funny how we get 100000000 different observations......that tells us something!!!

    if I see a full moon after a gann cycle with an Elliot wave, 5b, then I know between 11 a.m. and noon the market will likely reverse through the pivot to an oversold RSI engulfing candle that stops out
    the scared longs and triggers institutions to sell covered calls....

    I am the guru.
     
    #13     May 21, 2013
  4. LOL
    Funny stuff. But whose account is 10% higher today than yesterday? Regardless of 4 possibilities, one was worthy of a bet because the risk and the reward made sense. Risk 1% to make at least 3% is a bet I'll take every time. I'll be right more than 1 in 3 times, and sometimes the win will be more than 3% like today. Who cares about "knowing?" Knowing is over-rated.
     
    #14     May 22, 2013