Entries by Aksel Kibar

USD/TRY – case study of parabolic moves

Parabolic moves are common in the financial markets. They are widely participated (though not anticipated). During these type of moves volatility increases tremendously. Similar to a ball thrown in the air, once they run out of energy they fall back with the same speed. Below are four different chart examples with similar price actions. Frome a technical perspective all […]

Update: TURKEY YIELDS and BIST 100

Below are two updated charts on an earlier theme I discussed on this blog. Relative performance ratio between 2 year government bond yields and 10 year government bond yields is breaking above a critical threshold and repeating the same cycle of late 2011. Short-term yields are outperforming the long-term yields and the selling pressure remains intact on the equity […]

S&P 500 and STOXX 50

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 […]

U.S. dollar vs. MXN, TRY, PHP, TWD…

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. […]

TURKEY YIELDS and BIST 100

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 […]

INDONESIA JSX 45 INDEX and USD/IDR

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 […]

Gold, Silver, USD and Unemployment

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 […]