In financial markets trying to pick tops and bottoms has always been costly. Predicting the beginning of a larger scale correction or a uptrend is not only difficult but also a low probability bet. High probability set-ups are the ones when you have confirmation. Trade-off is that confirmations don’t come at the very early stages of a trend. As a result, to […]
My latest updates on twitter. I believe these charts are very valuable and suggest U.S. dollar strength against the currencies analyzed. #USD strength against some of the cross-rates I mentioned earlier. USD strength is a global trend. #RAND #USD / #ZAR pic.twitter.com/tiFaVKY0c6 — Aksel Kibar, CMT (@TechCharts) January 24, 2014 Latest breakout against Taiwan Dollar. […]
Over the analyzed period when Turkey 2YR Bond yields outperformed the 10YR, equity index entered into a correction and vice versa. This is an interesting correlation. Patterns on the relative performance chart of the 2YR Bond Yields vs. 10YR Bond Yields can reveal some important information on the direction of the markets in the following months. Technical outlook on […]
Yes, it is a global trend and the dollar is gaining strength against most of the currency pairs. U.S. dollar index is trying to clear its 200 day moving average. Emerging market currencies have depreciated against the U.S. dollar over the past few months and seems like more and more weak signals are being generated by […]
Over the past few years equity markets had strong performance. Developed markets did better than the emerging markets but overall it has been positive for equity asset class. In this update I’m sharing with you 3 long-term charts that can be the center of attention in 2014. Possible breakouts in these 3 markets can add fuel to […]
Strong price action should be followed by a decisive breakout on the BSE Sensex Index. Since 2007, Sensex tested 21,250 levels for three times and over the past few months price action suggests a breakout to all time highs is very likely. Confirmation of the breakout should come after a decisive weekly closing above the strong resistance at […]
2 year-long depreciation for the Indonesian Rupiah should be over with the USD/IDR reaching long-term trend resistance at 12,400 levels. In 2012, I’ve analyzed several emerging market currency weakness against the U.S. dollar. USD/IDR was one of the charts that formed major base reversal (inverted head & shoulder). Since then, the asian currency depreciated from 9,000 levels to 12,000 levels. 2 year-long uptrend on the USD/IDR is […]
Here are some of the charts that I shared on twitter today. U.S. weekly jobless claims chart is extremely important as I shared several updates on this topic. Year 2013 can prove to be a major low for weekly jobless claims figure. #unemployment To understand the importance of the latest weekly jobless claims data check […]
Strength in India’s BSE Sensex Index is no surprise as the benchmark has been testing historical high levels. In September I shared an analysis showing similarities between India and South Africa equity index chart patterns. I think consecutive tests of the historical high levels on the BSE Sensex Index will lead to a breakout and […]
Some quick thoughts I just shared on twitter. Charts are valuable. Notes on these: 1) 10 Year U.S. yields are climbing higher. Now very close to strong 7 year-long trend resistance. Breakout above 3.0 levels could be a “game changer”. 2) Nikkei 225 has strong long-term resistance at 16,000 levels. As it approaches to that […]
