By Alex Cole
1/ GoNoGo Charts: 3 questions, $SPY
2/ Around the Assets: Treasury Rates
3/ Around the Assets: Gold
4/ Around the Assets: Oil
5/ Around the Assets: Dollar
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GoNoGo Charts: 3 questions, $SPY
In yesterday’s note we took an indepth look at the S&P 500 Spdr using the full suite of GoNoGo Charts to give a complete technical analysis overview. Let’s use what we know, make the process easy and answer three simple questions.
- What is the trend?
- Where is momentum?
- Is there anything interesting happening around the zero line?
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When looking at $SPY, we get the following:
- The weight of the evidence tells us the trend is a “Go”, but GoNoGo Trend is showing weakness with aqua bars
- We saw Go Countertrend Correction Icons (red arrows) as Momentum fell from overbought levels and it is now at zero and volume is light
- GoNoGo Oscillator is testing the zero level from above where we will watch to see if it finds support, as it should if the “Go” trend is to remain healthy
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Around the Assets: Treasury Rates
Treasury rates can impact equity prices. Generally speaking, rising rates can be seen as a headwind for the equity markets. Let’s use the GoNoGo charts to answer our three questions.
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- GoNoGo Trend is painting amber “Go Fish” bars. This tells us that there are not enough criteria being met to identify either a “Go” or a “NoGo” trend. This reflects uncertainty. As Jesse Livermore once said, there is a time to go long, a time to go short, and a time to go fishing
- The oscillator is dipping its nose into positive territory which is out of step with the previous “NoGo” trend. If momentum remains in positive territory we are likely to to see GoNoGo Trend begin to paint “Go” bars
- After riding the zero line for a few bars causing a small GoNoGo Squeeze to build, the oscillator has broken into positive territory
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Around the Assets: Gold
Gold has seen a strong run and price has broken above decade plus resistance. We’ll answer our three questions using the GoNoGo Charts to assess the technical environment.
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- GoNoGo Trend has fallen out of the “Go” trend that it has been for a few months and is painting amber “Go Fish” bars that represent market uncertainty
- After a Go Countertrend Correction Icon (red arrow) a few bars ago, GoNoGo Oscillator is at a value of zero and volume (for the ETF) is light
- As GoNoGo Oscillator rides the zero line, we see the beginning of a GoNoGo Squeeze build and we note the reduced volatility. It will be important to pay attention to the direction of the break of the GoNoGo Squeeze to help determine price’s next direction
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Around the Assets: Oil
There are inflection points everywhere it seems! The U.S. oil fund fell out of its “Go” trend around a month ago and has been moving sideways in a “NoGo” trend since. Having failed to make a new lower low, price rallied yesterday.
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- GoNoGo Trend is painting “NoGo” bars albeit weaker pink ones as the “NoGo” trend has lost its strength
- GoNoGo Oscillator is at a value of 1 and volume is light
- The zero line has acted as resistance twice already during this “NoGo” move, but now we see that it failed to hold and the oscillator has broken into positive territory
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Around the Assets: Dollar
Another asset that can impact equity prices is of course the U.S. dollar. A fast rising dollar can be a headwind for equities and a falling dollar can be a tailwind. Answering our 3 questions can give us an understanding of the technical situation for the greenback.
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- GoNoGo Trend is painting weaker aqua bars as price failed to set a higher high
- GoNoGo Oscillator is at 0 and volume is light and so we must pay attention to its next move
- The zero line has acted as resistance twice since it crossed below zero several weeks ago. We will watch closely as it rides the zero line and we see a GoNoGo Squeeze building. The breakout of the GoNoGo Squeeze will likely determine price’s next direction
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Originally posted 29th May 2024
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