Monday 18 May 2015

10am update - the chop continues

The market has started the week in the same manner as it closed Friday... minor chop. Market appears set to drift across today. With the USD building early gains of 0.8% in the DXY 93.90s, the precious metals are reversing lower, Gold -$2.


GLD'60min



sp'weekly7


Summary

*new historic highs in the Dow/Sp'500 are clearly viable this morning, and it'd certainly give some justification to those seeking further upside into next month.

R2K is battling a little higher, but the Trans remains a major problem.. and is arguably a pre-cursor warning of 'summer trouble'.
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Gold/Silver opened with a black-fail candle on the smaller 5/15min cycles. I have to say though, considering the USD, the metals are holding up strongly.

As for equities, note the upper bollinger on the weekly cycle.. now in the 2150s.. even a little earlier than I had expected.

There remains HIGH threat of sp'2170s by the FOMC of June 17th. That would make for a far better index-short opportunity.
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early weakness, BABA -1.6%.. as it seems they are in trouble for selling (indirectly) counterfeit goods.
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US bonds are slipping, TLT -1.2%...  bonds will be something to be increasingly mindful of in the months ahead.