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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Elliott wave and technical analysis on EUR/USD; USD/JPY; GBP/USD; DJI; NYSE Comp.; CRB-Index and DJ US Basic Materials

I don't know whats wrong with the pictures today, but if you double-click on them they will be okay. Sorry!

EUR/USD - We saw one last swing to the downside yesterday, which finished wave 1 down from 134.86 and we are working on wave 2, which should at least reach 132.04, but I do think a move to the 132.40 - 132.45 area, would be nicer. In this area we have a cluster of resistance as it marks the top of wave iv. It will be a 38.2% retracement of the decline from 134.86 to 130.95 and finally wave c of 2 would be 1.618 times longer than wave a.

All that said if we break clearly above 132.45 the next resistance will likely be around 133.36, which marks the 61.8% retracement of wave 1 down.

USD/JPY - Has finished wave iii of 1 at 81.86 and we are currently working on wave iv, which ideally should make it to the 79.80 - 80.00 area before the last leg higher towards the S/H/S target at 82.67 ending wave 1.
Longer term I'm looking for much higher levels in USD/JPY.
GBP/USD - The recent rally became larger than I expected, which has made the alternate count marked in red more likely. However the final outcome will be the same a hard thrust down below the ending point of wave [A] at 134.98.
If the alternate count is the correct count we must be a little more paciente, but it should be a question of time. A break below 156.40 could be the first warning that we are ready to the next down-leg, but a break below 152.30 is need to confirm the downside thrust.
Dow Jones Industrial - Still need at least two more legs to the downside before wave 1 is over. I'm still looking for resistance near 12.900 to protect the upside for a clear break below 12.753 to confirm the next declines.
I preferred count is, that the test of 13,055 marked the top of wave [B], but we need a break below 12,753 and of cause more importantly 12,284 to confirm this count. As long as support at 12,753 stays intact there is a possibility of one more rally closer to 13,100.
NYSE Composite - I normally don't write about this index, but as is the case between DJI and DJT we also have a non-confirmation here. NYSE hasn't made a new high above the May 2011 high and we are currently testing the important support-line since the October 2011 low at 6,414. Longer term I'm looking at the big S/H/S top, which might be building and a break below the neckline near 6,414 will leave the downside wide open.
CRB Index - Seems to have finished a double top and we should now see renewed downside pressure in the coming weeks months. A break below the important support near 292 will leave the commodity complex extremely vulnerable. Longer term I'm still looking for a new low below the ending point of wave [A] at 200.00

US Basic Materials Index - Here too we are breaking down. In the bigger picture we can see a big S/H/S top building and ultimately I expect the neckline at 211 will be broken for the next big decline to below the lows of 2009 at 112.16.
I haven't shown the Elliott wave count on this chart, but wave 1 of [C] was the decline from 339.34 to 211.33 and the rally we have just seen from 211.33 to 297.11 marks wave 2 and we probably have just started wave 3 down.

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