Currencies & Fixed Income 2018 Video Series

by WaveTrack International| January 29, 2018 | No Comments

This latest installment of WaveTrack International’s Annual 2018 three part VIDEO SERIES takes an in-depth look at how Elliott Wave patterns and cycles translate across most of the major currencies & interest rates of the world – PART III, CURRENCIES & INTEREST RATES – 2018 & BEYOND.

Our latest Video/Report analyses over 55 charts and cycles highlighting major trends, reversal levels together with Fibonacci-Price-Ratio projection levels of the major currency pairs/crosses and interest rates of the U.S., Europe and Japan. Don’t hesitate. This is the most thoroughly researched, accurate ELLIOTT WAVE ANALYSIS on the planet. We’ll be taking a look at currency trends over a 50+ year period and projecting these trends into the future. And if you want to see what the US$ Dollar looks like over a period of 350-years and U.S. interest rates over a period of 250+ years, then this latest ANNUAL 2018 ELLIOTT WAVE PRICE-FORECASTS & CYCLE PROJECTIONS will tell you.

2018 US$ DOLLAR BEGINS WEAKER & STRONG REBOUND AFTERWARDS

EM CURRENCIES MIXED FORTUNES

INTEREST RATE FAKE-OUT NOT BREAK-OUT

INFLATION TIPS DIP!

US Dollar 2017 Recap

It was exactly 1-year ago, in January 2017 when the annual forecast wrote: This year’s most anticipated event is the changing trend for the US$ dollar against its G4+ counterparts. Over the last 7.8-year cycle period, the US$ dollar index has traded higher from the pre-financial-crisis lows to current levels but contained within a typical Elliott Wave, THREE price-swing pattern…This 7.8-year cycle upswing is about to complete, into Q1’17 then stage a reversal-signature that resumes the long-term downtrend. The dollar’s decline over the next several years will be massive, fueling a resurgence in commodity values and other assets classes in this 2nd phase of our ‘INFLATION-POP’ scenario.

It’s easy to forget just how prescient this forecast was because the US$ dollar has since declined so rapidly during the last year. It is now already embedded into our current reality – in other words, we’ve got used to it! But at the time, it was oh-so contrarian with consensus opinion heavily tilted towards a strengthening US$ dollar. Mainly because the Federal Reserve was expected to continue tightening monetary policy and a resurgent U.S. economy triggered by President Trump’s ‘America First’ programme. But all that was blown away during 2017. The US$ dollar index benchmark has since declined by -14.8% per cent – but why? Part of the reason has been a resurgent Euro which is the world’s second most traded currency unit. Yet, we believe the real reason behind the US$ dollar’s decline is the change in its alternating 7.8-year cycle.

Currencies and 7.8-Year Cycle Downtrend

Back in 2008, the dollar index formed a low at 70.70. Fast-forward another 7.8-years to late-2017, early 2017, the cycle alternates to form its next major peak. This of course, means the next 7.8-year cycle is now in a downwards direction from the US$ dollar. But what path is it likely to follow during this time period? No trend or even counter-trend trades in a straight-line! This annual report examines that path for the US$ dollar, but also how this relates to the Euro/US$, Stlg/US$, US$/Yen and many more currency pairs and crosses. And to place the 2018 forecasts into context, we’re examining long-term trends to see how they’ve interacted in the past, how they influence the future.

Furthermore, we also take a look at the net aggregated US$ dollar positioning against 8 currencies which offers a glimpse into sentiment extremes and what the immediate future holds for many of these trends. We expect to see a significant directional change of intermediate degree status into Q1 2018 which will have an effect on all currency pairs and crosses. Specific attention is also drawn to Commodity Currencies like the Aussie and Canadian dollar, together with Yen crosses against other majors. Our attention then turns to Emerging Market currencies, the Asian ADXY basket, but also some directional hints for the Korean Won, Singapore Dollar, Indian rupee, Taiwan Dollar, Thai Baht, Malaysian Ringgit, Indonesian Rupiah and the Philippine Peso. Our analysis will also include the Mexican Peso, US$/Rand, Brazilian Real, the Russian Rouble and China’s Renminbi – oh, I almost forget to mention Bitcoin!

Interest Rates – U.S. | Europe | Japan

Interest Rates are a big subject for 2018. Whilst the Federal Reserve has begun to withdraw from monetary stimulus over the last year with rate hikes a normal feature and expectation for 2018, it’s quite a different story with two other major central banks. The European Central Bank is continuing to exert its stimulus programme with continued bond purchases with no signs of withdrawal. Even though it acknowledges the Eurozone economy is in a strong recovery. The Bank of Japan has just reiterated its commitment in maintaining its own economic stimulus agenda whilst its key inflation measures remain benign. This dislocation is an intriguing one but there is some uniformity in the way long-dated interest rates are behaving.

One aspect worthy of mention is that despite U.S. stock markets reaching new record highs and a strong economic reading across many industrial sectors. Yet, the US10yr yields are relatively low by comparison! This annual 2018 report will offer some insights as to why this is happening whilst planning a definitive route for long-dated yields for this coming year. We’ll make comparisons with the benchmark European DE10yr yield and adding some cycle analysis before finalising with an outlook for the TIPS 10yr Inflation rate and Japanese 10yr yield forecast.

Only Twice a Year!

This new 2018 CURRENCY & INTEREST RATES VIDEO is like nothing you’ve seen anywhere else in the world. It’s unique to WaveTrack International, how we foresee trends developing through the lens of Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) and how its forecasts correlate with Cycles and Currencies, Interest Rates from around the world. It is only available twice a year!

We invite you to take this next part of our financial journey with us – video subscription details are below – just follow the links and we’ll see you soon!

Most sincerely,

Peter Goodburn
Founder and Chief Elliott Wave Analyst
WaveTrack International

The contents of this CURRENCIES & INTEREST RATES VIDEO include Elliott Wave analysis for:

Currencies:
• US$ index
• Euro/US$
• Stlg/US$
• US$/Yen
• US$/CHF
• AUD/US$
• NZD/US$
• US$/CAD
• Euro/Stlg
• Euro/Yen
• Asian ADXY
• US$/IDR
• US$/MXN
• US$/ZAR
• US$/BRL
• US$/RUR
• US$/CNY
• Bitcoin

Interest Rates:
• U.S. AAA+ 30-Year Corporate Bond Yields
• US30yr Yield
• US10yr Yield
• US10yr TIPS Break Even Inflation Rate
• DE10yr Yield
• JPY10yr Yield

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BOVESPA – How to time the S&P 500 turn!

by WaveTrack International| January 23, 2018 | No Comments

U.S. stock indices are stretching ever higher whilst setting quite a few records into the end of 2017. Last year, it gained in each month, something never done before. And as for January 2018, it’s one of the longest runs in history without a -3% per cent correction!

We’re setting a few records in terms of Elliott Wave analysis and Fibonacci-Price-Ratios too! This is significantly evident in the way the S&P has run higher from last August’s low of 2415.75 (futures). This five wave impulse pattern is labelled as minuette wave [v]. The fifth wave within the larger 3rd uptrend that began from the June ’16 Brexit low. It started subdividing into a series of 1-2’s, three sequences in all prior to undergoing what we term as ‘price-expansion’ which defines the 3rd-of-3rd-of-3rd wave sequence.

Setting Fib-Price-Ratio Records!

There’s a high-occurrence statistic associated with impulse patterns that undergo several degrees of subdivision. This is where the 1-2-1-2-1 sequence is extended by a fib. 161.8% ratio in projecting the terminal high for the entire pattern through each degree of trend, i.e. to finish the entirety of minuette wave [v]. Consequently, this projected the exact high traded on December 4th 2017 at 2665.25. But the uptrend didn’t finish there, and this is why it’s setting some fib-price-ratio records too! It’s very rare for an index to extend beyond such measurements. The only occasion we’ve recorded a previous event was in the run-up to ending the great bull market uptrend of the 1990’s! So this current pattern will go into our archives!

What Next?

The next series of fib-price-ratio measurements extend the 3rd-of-3rd-of-3rd wave high traded at 2577.25 (Oct. 23rd) by a fib. 161.8% ratio which projects a terminal high at 2861.75+/-. We notice a fib-price-ratio convergence-matrix at the 2860.00+/- area from measuring December’s final impulse wave upswing and the minuette degree impulse from the June ’16 Brexit low, so there is good reason to think the index will complete and stage a reversal-signature at this upside area.

Bovespa

In order to verify an upside exhaustion for the S&P 500 like this, it must be corroborated by comparing the progress and pattern development of various complimentary, but different indices. One interesting proxy that might just assist in timing the turn for the S&P is Brazil’s Bovespa.

In this chart, you’ll notice a clean five wave impulse pattern unfolding higher from the Feb.’16 low of 37265.00 – see fig #1. There’s no record-setting gains or unique or rare fib-price-ratio’s here – plain and simple! The only complexity is the price-spike low traded in the 4th wave correction in May ’17. If the extremity of this is used, then a final 5th wave can unfold by a fib. 61.8% ratio of the 1st-3rd waves ending at 85668.00+/-. That’s not too far above current levels. And even nearer if the price-spike is filtered to its closing level – extending waves [i]-[iv] by a fib. 61.8% ratio would project a terminal high for wave [v] towards 82817.00+/-.

Conclusion

The Bovespa is approaching an important peak with a multi-month correction due to begin afterwards. That would pull prices significantly lower until mid-year. The exact timing of this correction can be used to help pinpoint the next peak for the S&P – and it’s not too far away anymore!

Don’t forget to subscribe to our bi-weekly reports for updated ELLIOTT WAVE forecasts on these indices and their next price developments!

Good luck and best wishes,

Peter Goodburn
WaveTrack International

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BITCOIN – CORRECTION COMPLETED – UPTREND RESUMES!

by WaveTrack International| January 18, 2018 | No Comments

BITCOIN in the media

Back in September of last year, 2017, we noted in our analysis of Bitcoin that its uptrend would last longer than most believe (13th Sept. 2017 Bitcoin Bubble or no Bubble). And that it would post higher highs for some time to come. More recently, last December, we forecast Bitcoin would undergo a healthy correction from its high of $19891.00 with minimum downside targets towards 8700.00+/-.

Well, we’ve read some horror stories from investors since. Particularly over the last several days as prices have plummeted lower. Now if you’re reading this and have experienced the effects of this downswing, let me just say this is a market for experienced people. If you haven’t traded actively for several years in volatile conditions, then you probably don’t have the experience to handle this type of huge price-swings associated with public schizophrenia. Our recommendation – seek advice, or stop trading before you lose all your capital. This analysis is the product of 40+ years’ experience in trading such volatile markets. And sometimes, even the pro’s get it wrong. The top pro’s always work with mathematical ‘probabilities’ which are themselves taught by their ‘Masters’. Yes, there’s a hierarchy of knowledge how to trade, not unlike good doctors, great doctors and their ‘masters’ too!

Correction Completed! – Uptrend Resumes!

Minimum Fibonacci-downside targets being approached yesterday (Wednesday 17th January ’18) with intra-day trading touching 9231.10 (cash bitcoin), 9185.61 (CME). And, yes, the decline does conform to a completed Elliott Wave double zig zag pattern. This ended minute wave 4 according to our original analysis from the beginning of January. It’s taken less than a month to complete this pattern, a double zig zag, labelled in minuette degree, [a]-[b]-[c]-[x]-[a]-[b]-[c] – see fig #1.

What Next?

The prevailing uptrend can now continue. We can see the obvious sign that this has already begun as prices have unfolded subsequently higher into a five wave impulse pattern up to 11655.00 (cash bitcoin), 11822.79 (CME) in early trading Thursday (18th Jan.’18). This uptrend can either reattempt the December highs, then fall back again so that minute wave 4 continues as a more complex corrective pattern. Or it can surge to higher-highs as minute wave 5 of minor wave iii. three. Either way, a platform of support is now behind us at 9231.10 (cash bitcoin), 9185.61 (CME) and this acts as the stop-loss for any trading strategy.

If you’d like more information about next upside targets, get in touch with us by leaving comments below. We’d love to gauge your interest!

Good luck and best wishes,

Peter Goodburn
WaveTrack International

COMMODITIES VIDEO OUTLOOK 2018

by WaveTrack International| January 15, 2018 | No Comments

COMMODITIES VIDEO OUTLOOK 2018 – Part II

Correction for Base Metals – Platinum to Outperform Gold – Energy Bullish into Mid-Year!

This time last year, in January 2017, Base Metals led by Copper were trading into a sideways pause within uptrends that began from the Jan/Feb.’16 lows. Whilst, Precious Metals were just ending corrective declines that began from the summer 2016 heights but were preparing to resume larger uptrends. And Energy Markets such as Crude Oil were about to begin a sizable correction that eventually ended several months later. These disparate rhythms are not unusual for these different commodity sectors over periods of several months but it does emphasise just how important it was when they all converged into simultaneous lows back in Jan/Feb.’16 – we termed this event as the grand ‘RE-SYNCHRONISATION’ process. It was a time when Developed Markets (DM) and Emerging Markets (EM) & Commodities ended major counter-trend declines at exactly the same period which resulted in triggering the 2nd Phase of the ‘INFLATION-POP’ where asset prices undergo another multi-year price advance, similar to the gains that unfolded immediately after the lows of the financial-crisis.

The upside progress for each sector has been uneven though, and this is again something visible in the Elliott Wave pattern progression for this coming year, 2018. Intermediate-term peaks and troughs will occur at different times although they each remain within the larger multi-year uptrend of the inflation-pop. Exactly which sector forms peaks first or troughs later depends on various factors, including the path of the US$ dollar as all are still predominantly priced basis the U.S. currency.

Bullish Uptrends with Short-Term Downside Risk

This latest Annual 2018 Commodity Outlook remains overwhelmingly bullish for each of the three sectors we analyse over the intermediate/medium-term. However, shorter-term, there are some downside retracement risks that lie just ahead. This may have something to do with a minor US$ dollar rally which would force a counter-trend correction for some key areas as 2018 begins. The US$ dollar isn’t quite yet ready for a sustained recovery as 2018 gets underway – rather, we expect this to begin following a low in May/June ‘18.

Short Summary of all 3 Commodities Sectors

Base Metals have unfolded higher from their synchronous lows of late-2015/early-2016 into five wave impulse patterns which are labelled as 1st waves within much larger uptrends. But these are vulnerable to a hefty 2nd wave retracement that pulls prices lower for several months. We can see the same occurrence in various Emerging Market stock indices, like Brazils’ Bovespa (see Part I Stock Index 2018 Outlook).

For Precious Metals, there is some short-term downside risk into Q1 ’18. However, overall, our analysis indicates 2018 will be a very bullish year for Gold, Silver and especially Platinum which is set to undergo a revival. Eventually Platinum will turn around its discount to gold into its historical norm of premium. This report also updates several MINING STOCKS, from the Base and Precious Metals sectors – including BHP-Billiton, Freeport McMoran, Antofagasta, Anglo American, Kazakhmys Copper, Newmont Mining, GoldCorp, Barrick Gold, Agnico Eagle Mines and AngloGold along with several mining indices.

Energy indices like the IXC iShares Global Energy and XLE Energy SPDR are updated for the year’s outlook along with the underlying contracts of Crude and Brent Oil. We already know that these two contracts have broken higher. This is in-line with our medium-term bullish forecasts, but one major question that must still be answered! Whether the primary degree zig zag patterns unfolding in the advance from 2016’s lows end later this year, then resume major declines, or whether those declines are corrective leading to new record highs into the end of the decade and beyond? This video report attempts to answer that dilemma along with updates for price highs for 2018.

New Commodities 2018 Video – PART II/III

These are some of the themes we’ll be talking about in our latest video. For 2018, we expect to see some huge price movements across the three major sectors. Although, they aren’t necessarily going to be uniform in their price development. Base Metals are an indicator of the overall global economy. To define its rhythms of growth and decay and this will be key to understanding how this year’s overall path of global expansion is developing. Precious Metals are either on the verge of breaking higher to resume the next stage of the ‘inflation-pop’ or they’ll turn lower for a short while to prolong last year’s correction before resuming uptrends later. The Energy sector including Crude/Brent oil are already surging higher. Here we’ll be taking an in-depth look at both preferential and alternate counts to see just how far these price gains can last.

This new 2018 COMMODITIES video is like nothing you’ve seen anywhere else in the world. It is unique to WaveTrack International, how we foresee trends developing through the lens of Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) and how its forecasts correlate with Cycles and major contracts of other asset classes from around the world.

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WaveTrack International

Commodities Video Outlook – How to Subscribe

Contents: 67 charts
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• Lead + Cycles
• Zinc + Cycles
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• Tin
• Iron-Ore
• XME Metals & Mining Index
• BHP-Billiton
• Freeport McMoran
• Antofagasta
• Anglo American
• Kazakhmys Copper
• Gold + Cycles
• GDX Gold Miners Index
• Newmont Mining
• GoldCorp Inc.
• Barrick Gold
• Agnico Eagle Mines
• AngloGold
• Silver + Cycles
• XAU Gold/Silver Index
• Gold/silver Ratio
• Palladium Correlations
• Palladium
• Platinum
• Crude Oil + Cycles
• Brent Oil
• IXC iShares Global Energy Index
• XLE Energy SPDR Index

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. And the latest COMMODITIES video covers 67 charts and is 2 hour 5 mins long.

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BITCOIN – CORRECTION ONLY! UPTREND INTACT!

by WaveTrack International| January 4, 2018 | No Comments

Back in September of last year, the Bitcoin frenzy was beginning to pick up. For the first time, going mainstream with pundits forecasting a bubble. That was when the price had just hit 4920.00. It subsequently declined to 2991.00 then traded to almost 20000.00 last December, a gain from that low of +560% per cent.

There was no bubble, so what are those pundits saying now? Well, as you can imagine, silence has fallen. Some big changes have occurred since too. Bitcoin futures is now trading on the CME exchange which allows short-sellers to play the game which means the pro’s have arrived on the scene. Large hedge funds are recording an interest and have begun to trade in these new contracts.

But what about the expected price moves? Last September’s report [extract here] confronted the bubble calls, explicitly affirming there was no bubble. WaveTrack forecasted the decline as simply a counter-trend correction. That proved correct. The fact that September’s decline unfolded into a typical Elliott Wave double zig zag correction, then traded to new higher-highs validated the ongoing pattern sequence of its price development. That pattern sequence is still continuing to this day.

Bitcoin – What Next?

Bitcoin’s decline from December’s high of 19739.85 (CME Bitcoin) 19891.00 (Bitcoin.com) is unfolding into another almost identical double zig zag pattern. Except this one is of larger degree than September’s, labelled in minuette degree, [a]-[b]-[c]-[x]-[a]-[b]-[c] – see fig #1.

The first zig zag ended at 10913.57 on December 22nd, 2017. Its corrective rally since taking the form of a contracting/symmetrical triangle pattern as wave [x]. This is composed of five price-swings, three of which have already completed. And a fourth and fifth are now in progress with an estimated completion towards 14655.00+/-.

We have a trading rule for triangles, which is to always trade the price-extreme of wave ‘C’ because waves ‘D’ and ‘E’ can sometimes fail to emerge. Waiting to trade the completion of wave ‘E’ that never develops can result in missing the strategic trade. If shorting bitcoin is the strategy objective, then this should be done now with stops above wave (a)’s high of 16476.17.

The secondary zig zag is targeting down to two levels, at 8700.00+/- and 7570.00+/-. The 8700.00+/- area is derived by extending the first zig zag to 10913.57 by a fib. 38.2% ratio, the 7570.00+/- area by a fib. 61.8% ratio – probability leans more towards the attempt to 7570.00+/-. If so, then wave [a] of the secondary zig zag is approximated towards 9725.00+/- which creates a ‘golden-section’ 61.8% cut of the entire decline.

Bitcoin – Looking Further Ahead

The short-term triangle pattern is very informative in forecasting the future of Bitcoin’s price development. Because triangles cannot occur within five wave impulse patterns, this would eliminate the concept of December’s decline unfolding into a five wave sequence which would signal a more prolonged downtrend. Rather, it confirms December’s decline is simply another counter-trend sequence within the dominant, prevailing uptrend.

In this next chart, we depict the Elliott Wave pattern development from the August ’15 low of 192.00 – see fig #2. What this chart tells us is that minute wave 3’s advance which began a little later, from the Feb.’16 low of 360.00 ended into the December ’17 high at 19891.00. Both pattern structure and especially, our proprietary Fib-Price-Ratios confirm this as follows: minute wave 3 subdivides into a five wave impulse labelled in minuette degree, [i]-[ii]-[iii]-[iv]-[v] – extending from 360.00 (origin of wave [i]) to the point that ends ‘price-expansion, i.e. the end of the 3rd-of-3rd-of-3rd wave sequence projects the terminal high for wave [v] into December’s high.

A proportional correction of this sequence has since begun, labelled minute wave 4. A fib. 23.6% retracement would pull prices down towards the 7700.00+/- area. This converges with the short-term downside targets towards 7570.00+/- shown earlier.

Conclusion

Once Bitcoin tests these two downside convergence levels between 7700.00+/- and 7570.00+/-, we’ll check the pattern structure to ensure synchronous completion. If all goes to plan, a new ‘buy’ signal will be triggered. That would translate into higher-highs in the months ahead – and another phenomenal return on investment!

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Stock Index Video Outlook 2018

by WaveTrack International| December 29, 2017 | 9 Comments

Valuations High – But Secular-Bull Uptrend Intact!

INCLUDES NEW SENTIMENT & ECONOMIC INDICATOR STUDIES

Stock index uptrends are almost 2-year’s old as measured from their grand ‘RE-SYNCHRONISATION’ lows of Jan/Feb.’16. This re-synchronisation process was forecast as a future event back in December ’14 in WaveTrack International’s 2015 annual forecasts. It hinted that when the 5-year divergent trends of Developed/Emerging Markets/Commodities would realign. This would signal the emergence of the 2nd Phase of the ‘INFLATION-POP’. The inflation-pop was a term we used to describe how several asset classes were undergoing inflationary impulses induced by Central Banks monetary easing policies implemented after the financial-crisis.

So far, this 2nd phase of price advances has seen the benchmark S&P contract up by +48% per cent, the Eurostoxx 50 +38% per cent, the MSCI Emerging Market index +69% per cent and the CRB-Cash commodity index +24% per cent although it has given some of that back since. But can these gains be sustained for another year, into 2018?

Valuations High – But Secular-Bull Uptrend Intact!

Much has been spoken about stock market valuation models during 2017! And how they have unanimously highlighted overvaluations signalling an imminent end to the secular-bull uptrend. This annual EW-Forecast Report takes an in-depth look at Robert Shiller’s CAPE P/E ratio, the Price to Book Ratio of the S&P 500 and its Price/Sales ratio to see if these warnings have merit. We also update various sentiment indicators including the VIX, AAII Bullish Sentiment, the NYSE Advance/Decline ratio, Consumer Sentiment trends, U.S GDP trends and courtesy of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, the results of its Fund Manager Risk survey.

What this reveals is a two-fold approach to forecasting the Global/U.S. economy and the related trends/counter-trends of the major indices for 2018

• The first focuses on the medium-to-long-term outlook, how indices are trending over the next couple of years or more

• The second, a projection of the immediate near-term future leading into the first-half of 2018 and afterwards, into year-end.

Several investment banks are already posting their 2018 forecasts – for example, Morgan Stanley forecasts an S&P upside target for the coming year to 2750.00+/-, Goldman Sachs to 2850.00+/- and JP Morgan to 3000.00+/-. Widening the poll, the average forecast predicts the S&P 500 at 2819.00+/- by the end of 2018 but that’s only an annual gain of 5.4% per cent above current levels. To put this into perspective, the S&P is currently just shy of 2700.00 and it was trading at 2557.45 in mid-November, just 6-weeks ago! That’s a gain of 5.5% per cent – besides, we believe predicting a ‘year-end’ figure is worthless because of what could happen ‘in-between’ – does the S&P surge much higher first, then correct to these projection levels, or perhaps the index collapses lower first, then recoups those losses? These forecasts do not take any of these ‘possibilities’ into account – AND THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT!

Our price-forecasts are governed by Natural Law as translated through the Elliott Wave Principle. WaveTrack’s analysis is therefore dynamic and non-linear which means forecasting trends and their rhythms during the year, not just into year-end.

New Stock Index 2018 Video – PART I/III

For 2018, we expect to see more volatility in the markets. Over the last two years, since markets formed corresponding lows at the grand ‘RE-SYNCHRONISATION’ period of Jan/Feb.’16, it was relatively easy to predict surging price rises. But these gains across varying global markets have accelerated at a different pace, some advancing their wave counts ahead of others in a show of outperformance. This means it will be more challenging to predict the exact timing of retracement declines across the year as not all Elliott Wave patterns are aligned at their current location. So this makes it all-so-important to know the location of each index and its relationship with other global counterparts.

This new 2018 STOCK INDEX video is like nothing you’ve seen anywhere else in the world – it’s unique to WaveTrack International, how we foresee trends developing through the lens of Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) and how its forecasts correlate with Cycles, Sentiment extremes and Economic data trends.

We invite you to take this next part of our financial journey with us – video subscription details are below – just follow the links and we’ll see you soon!

Most sincerely,
Peter Goodburn
Founder and Chief Elliott Wave Analyst
WaveTrack International

Stock Index Video Content: 54 charts

• CRB-Cash index
• S&P 500 + Cycles
• Dow Jones Industrial Average
• S&P Price/Book Ratio
• S&P Price/Sales Ratio
• S&P CAPE P/E Ratio
• VIX Volatility Index
• AAII Bullish Sentiment
• NYSE Advance-Decline
• Bank of America/Merrill Lynch FMS Survey
• Consumer Sentiment
• US GDP data
• Nasdaq 100
• Russell 2000
• KBW Banking Index
• XLF Financial
• Value (SVX) vs Growth (SGX)
• S&P/DJ-Internet Spread
• XLK Technology
• Eurostoxx 50
• Xetra Dax 30
• FTSE-100
• MSCI Emerging Market
• MSCI BRIC
• Bovespa
• Russia RTS
• Nifty 50
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Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year 2018!

by WaveTrack International| December 22, 2017 | No Comments

Merry Christmas
&
Happy New Year 2018!

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Celebrating 40-Years of Trading!

by WaveTrack International| December 19, 2017 | 4 Comments

Celebrating 40-Years of Trading!

This day, December 19th 1977 was my first day of trading in the markets. I joined Billiton-Enthoven Metals as a junior trader/analyst at their City of London operations, Colonial House, Mincing Lane, EC3. The company was a ‘floor’ member of the London Metals Exchange. It was a time when the commodity markets dominated exchanges in London A period when the stock markets were just emerging from an 8-year bear market and the bond market was practically non-existent. Actually, bond futures began trading in May 1982! Investment Banks were clients to the privately-owned exchange members. And it wasn’t until deregulation occurred in 1985, known as ‘Big Bang’, did banks break into the closely-held membership of market-makers and exchange membership.

Trading or a Baptism of Fire

The first couple of years was a baptism of fire! Commodity markets were booming following President Nixon’s announcement of his New Economic Policy, a programme ‘to create a new prosperity without war’. This became known as the ‘Nixon shock’. Mainly, because it effectively dissolved the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates established at the end of World War II. Instead ushering in a free-floating system – inflationary pressures soon emerged with soaring commodity prices.

Beginning in the early 1970s, Bunker Hunt and his brother William Herbert began accumulating large amounts of silver. Both physical bullion and by buying into the futures market. By 1979, they had nearly cornered the global market. I remember being given the silver ‘book’ to trade in the office at Billiton-Enthoven Metals as prices were continually being marked higher. That meant making bids-and-offers simultaneously several times a minute to the eager clients that were ‘phoning into the sales team sitting opposite me. Was I glad to see the senior market-maker return after his lunch break!

There were many fond memories of that time. Leaving the office at 11:30am to walk the half-mile to the London Metal Exchange at Leadenhall Market which began trading the first of two 2 ½ hour price-fixing sessions of each day. And the 10 minute break which allowed us floor traders to take a quick ‘pint’ of beer in the cellar of the Lamb pub which was opposite the entrance to the exchange.

Elliott Wave Journey

My introduction to Elliott Wave analysis came through listening to daily updates of financial commentary by Bob Beckman on LBC radio (London Broadcasting Company) around the early eighties. And the intimate journey that followed is so far, mostly untold. Forty years may seem a long time to you, but for me, it’s a flashing moment. I guess we all experience a life journey like that? This one is far from over, or at least I believe it to be. And for the time that remains, I sincerely hope to be able to transfer as much as I know about the art of ‘price-forecasting’ to you and everyone out there!

Happy anniversary!

Two Reasons why the USD Dollar is in Decline

by WaveTrack International| December 18, 2017 | No Comments

Euro/USD – AUD/USD – Zig Zags Confirm US Dollar Decline

Conventional technical analysis is highlighting a ‘head-and-shoulders’ top formation in the Euro/USD beginning. The left shoulder at last August’s high of 1.1911. Its head at 1.2092 and the right shoulder into November’s high at 1.1961. This would allow a break below the neckline which is slanting left/right. This would result in a downside break below November’s low of 1.1554.

But Elliott Wave analysis is projecting a higher Euro/USD at the moment? Why?

The main reason for this is because recent declines across various USD dollar pairs have unfolded into typical Elliott Wave corrective patterns. To be specific zig zags! This implies additional Euro/USD strength/dollar weakness.

Zig Zags

Case Study 1: Euro/USD – the Euro/USD’s decline from the late-November high of 1.1961 into last week’s low not only unfolded into a typical three wave zig zag pattern, a-b-c subdividing 5-3-5 but it also adhered to fib-price-ratio measurements. For example, extending minute wave a by a fib. 61.8% to 1.1809 projects a terminal low for wave c to 1.1716 (log scale) – the actual low was 1.1717, just 1 pip from this idealised measurement! See fig #1. That’s not a coincidence! This confirms the Euro/US$ is set to resume its uptrend to a new higher-high and not break lower as indicated basis the ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern.

The Fibonacci-Price-Ratio Factor

Furthermore, if this same decline was labelled as a bearish 1-2-1 formation, in other words, the preliminary sequences within a developing five wave impulse pattern, then the two declining sequences would be of different degrees of trend which would not hold any relative fib-price-ratio relationship. Because they did hold a relationship, this identifies the three wave sequence as a zig zag. This differentiation process is a WaveTrack proprietary technique we developed many years ago and it has proved successful over the term.

Case Study 2: AUD/USD – the Aussie$ has declined from September’s high of 0.8126 into last week’s low of 0.7501 into another perfectly formed zig zag pattern. Don’t forget that this zig zag began at the exact time the Euro/USD began its correction from 1.2092 but whereas the Euro/USD ended its larger zig zag in early-November, the AUD/US$ only completed last week. But now they’re synchronised! Extending minute wave a to 0.7733 by a fib. 61.8% ratio projects a terminal low for wave c to 0.7500+/-. The actual low traded to 0.7501 – again, just 1 pip deviation! See fig #2.

Conclusion

The ‘pattern-integrity’ or ‘qualitative’ attribute of these two zig zags is corroborated by the ‘quantitative’ element of fib-price-ratio measurements. Both patterns have ended downward corrections which now points towards another period of US$ dollar weakness, lasting the next month or two. Negation can only occur below last week’s lows, and that seems unlikely.

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Category: AUD vs USD, Elliott Wave, EUR/USD, Euro / US$, Fibonacci-Price-Ratio, USD, Zig Zag

How to use the RUSSELL 2000 as a lead indicator?

by WaveTrack International| December 11, 2017 | No Comments

Russell 2000 – NOVEMBER’S IMPULSE PATTERN COMPLETED AT 1560.00! – WATCH FOR BEARISH DIVERGENCE DJIA

Many investors believe the Russell 2000 small-cap index leads the price movements of the large-cap indices like the S&P and Dow Jones (DJIA). However, the reality is that its relationship is often inconsistent. Yes, sometimes it does ‘lead’ but on other occasions, it ‘lags’ too. That doesn’t make it a redundant indicator. It just means that bullish/bearish divergences will occasionally alternate depending on the market forces at the time.

As all major U.S. indices approach important upside targets that end 3rd wave sequences within the five wave impulse pattern developing from the Feb.’16 low. That is why it is especially important to watch for bearish divergences between the small-cap Russell 2000 and the S&P and Dow.

August’s Impulse Completed

The Russell 2000’s five wave impulse upswing from last August’s low of 1348.80 (futures) represents the fifth wave within the larger 3rd in progress from the June ’16 Brexit low – see fig #1. As you can see from this chart, this fifth wave, labelled as minuette wave [v]. Note how it subdivides into a smaller impulse sequence, (i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)-(v). It has structurally satisfied completion already, into the early-December high of 1561.90.

Russell 2000 – Elliott Wave forecasting by WaveTrack International

This can be verified using Fib-Price-Ratios – for example, wave (v) unfolds by a commonly recurring fib. 61.8% ratio of waves (i)-(iii) at 1561.90, just 1.3 points from the ‘idealised’ measurement. It has subsequently traded lower to 1506.70, enough to qualify a reversal-signature.

As things stand, the S&P is scheduled to make a bid to a slightly higher-high later this week before it also triggers a ‘reversal-signature’ decline. So it will be interesting to see of some short-term bearish divergence occurs between these two.

Conclusion

Short-term bearish divergence can be misleading but this depends on the Elliott Wave pattern structure. An index could simply be lagging, as the Russell was back in October/November, but now that pattern alignment with the S&P has occurred, any sign of bearish divergence at this juncture becomes much more interesting.

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Category: Elliott Wave, fib-price-ratio, Fibonacci Trading, Russell 2000

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