ASX 200
by WaveTrack International| January 6, 2016 | No Comments
In November, we spotted a very interesting pattern developing for Australia’s ASX 200. The underlying story line is that the index (chart in the background) unfolded into an expanding flat counter-trend correction from its 4928 low whilst the futures (inset chart) synchronised with a single zig zag advance from their corresponding (deeper) 4733 low.
In the 13th November issue of our report, we forecast the ASX 200 to build to the downside in the weeks ahead as this convergence of pattern finalisation (an expanding flat for the index, a single zig zag for the futures) indicated the completion of the entire counter-trend correction labelled wave X in primary degree. But: we also forewarned of a possible halt at the 4963.00+/- level (see futures inset) that was derived by a fib. 61.8% extension of the initial sell-off from the October high of 5385.
What happened during the following weeks? The ASX 200 traded into a low of 4959 (see inset) and immediately reversed to the upside. This was no coincidence but the proof of well-established fib-price-ratio measurements – when prices react to these, it is almost always a strong sign of a more pronounced change in direction. In terms of the current situation for the ASX 200, it meant that the downswing from the October high of 5385 was only a temporary pullback – primary wave X would have to extend into a more complex correction: in case of the index, into a rare double three sequence (see background chart); in case of the futures, into a progressive double zig zag pattern (see inset).
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Merry Christmas
by WaveTrack International| December 25, 2015 | 1 Comment
Announcement – Christmas/New Year Schedule
by m.tamosauskas| December 24, 2015 | No Comments
We’ll be taking the opportunity to rest the team a little during the following week, so this week’s EW-Compass report is the last for the year – the next edition will be published on Wednesday 6th January.
FEZ – SPDR Eurostoxx 50 ETF stages a reversal signature to the upside!
by m.tamosauskas| December 15, 2015 | 5 Comments
Last week we have been experimenting with the FEZ ETF which represents Eurostoxx 50 index. We found a near-perfect Elliott Wave structure and geometric Fib-Price-Ratio dimensions for a practice. As promised, now we are updating this chart with all annotations and explanation how to use our Fib-Price-Ratio methodology. Enjoy!
Tags: FEZ ETF
The hidden harmonic symmetry into the Elliott Wave pattern!
by m.tamosauskas| December 7, 2015 | 9 Comments
As we continue to update the myriad of different contracts within our ever-expanding portfolio in preparation for the release of annual 2016 forecasts, one new ETF has caught our attention. It is the ETF for the Eurostoxx 50 index and trades under the symbol FEZ. It has grossly underperformed the underlying index as all ETF’s do within a persistent declining phase because of the latent roll-overs etc. But somehow, this one has retained its near-perfect Elliott Wave structure and geometric Fib-Price-Ratio dimensions.
We would like to encourage you to train your eye spotting these powerful Fib-Price-Ratio and in this post we will leave annotations separate from the chart. Take a time and find most common Fibonacci ratios within a double zig zag pattern. We will update this chart during the next few days!
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Elliott Wave Pattern Precedes ECB Announcement
by WaveTrack International| December 4, 2015 | 8 Comments
Perfect Reaction Following ECB
Yesterday’s market reaction following the European Central Bank announcement was entirely predictable – no guessing required. Wednesday night’s update from the mid-week EW-Navigator supplement ahead of Thursday’s ECB meeting concluded…
‘…we expect the Eurostoxx 50 benchmark to decline by -5.4% per cent before resuming higher later. This probably suggests the ECB will either dilute its plan to extend its bond-buying programme or the market will be in some way disappointed with its tone’.
Contrary to consensus, this statement was made because a THREE WAVE ZIG ZAG pattern had just completed its advance from the mid-November low for the Eurostoxx 50 benchmark index. In this location, it is designated the SECOND sequence within a corrective EXPANDING FLAT decline, labelled intermediate wave (X). To complete the THIRD sequence, a decline of at least -5.4% was required. See original forecast from Wednesday’s report – fig #1. Downside targets are forecast to 3290.43-86.17+/-. These are derived where minor wave a. of the expanding flat is extended by a fib. 23.6% ratio and where the decline ends at the fib. 38.2% retracement level of the preceding advance.
This next chart illustrates a close-up view of the expanding flat and what happened after the ECB announcement – see fig #2. The decline represents the THIRD sequence of the EXPANDING FLAT, labelled minor wave c. It must unfold into a five wave pattern – original downside targets remain valid, but we’ve added to additional Fibonacci levels using a fib. 38.2% extension ratio, and 61.8% to 3267.27+/- and 3231.39+/- respectively. The 3231.39+/- level is also the fib. 50% retracement level of the preceding advance from the September low.
In order to find the exact low point, the fourth wave within minor wave c.’s decline must unfold prior to taking additional measurements.
Looking at the implications of this EXPANDING FLAT, we know that such a pattern is a counter-trend sequence within a prevailing, dominant, directional UPTREND. So once completed, the uptrend is expected to resume.
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Lonmin – Is there a Future?
by WaveTrack International| November 26, 2015 | 3 Comments
IN THE NEWS!
The shareholder approval of Lonmin’s rights issue on the 19th November resulted in a sharp mark-down in the share price when trading opened in London the next day. From the previous evening’s level of 9.85, it plunged to 1.50 on the opening, later edging down to 1.12 on the 25th November.
The company has re-negotiated its funding from a consortium of 10 banks for its existing facility of US$540m to US$370m due in 2020. As of September ’15, Lonmin had net debt of US$185m.
So what next?
From an Elliott Wave perspective, the additional decline that followed the rights issue has created an entirely different dynamic. It changes what was previously a three wave (counter-trend) pattern unfolding from the all-time-high of 4400.00 to the Sep.’15 low of 14.50 into a five wave (trend) expanding-impulse pattern – see fig #1. That translates into two ongoing aspects – first, it eliminates the possibility of trading into new record highs – second, following the completion of a counter-trend upswing, it will later crash down again, into oblivion.
For the moment, basis Fibonacci-Price-Ratio (FPR) analysis, there is a risk that prices fall even further than they already have, meaning the five wave pattern remains incomplete. The next major support projects down to 0.42+/- pence, derived by extending primary waves 1-3 by a fib. 61.8% ratio.
Now that Pandora’s box has been opened, there are no guarantees, but upon a satisfactory completion of a five wave pattern, R.N.Elliott’s original postulation states that a counter-trend rally will follow and it will ultimately trade back towards ‘4th wave preceding degree’. This area is labeled primary wave 4 and it begins from the fib. 38.2% retracement level of 14.00+/- and extends to its approximate high at 43.00+/- which is the fib. 50% retracement level.
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Argentina Merval Index – Buy the Rumour, Sell the Fact! (Elliott Wave analysis)
by m.tamosauskas| November 24, 2015 | No Comments
Yesterday’s news that confirmed Argentina’s centre-right wing party had won a slender majority in its latest elections might be the beginning of a long-term positive development for the country having been isolated from international funding since the left-wing party came to power in 2003.
The incumbent President Mauricio Macri had earmarked various changes to the monetary system including a ‘unified exchange rate’ and removing currency controls, bringing down the 20% per cent inflation rate, regaining access to international capital markets and reducing government spending that is currently at 40% GDP. The markets took cheer in his mandate – Argentina’s benchmark Bonar 24 dollar bonds rose 1.55% to 102.69 cents per dollar – corresponding yields fell from 8.61% per cent to 8.37% per cent.
Whilst this offers an optimistic ‘long-view’ outlook for Argentina, a look at the Merval index suggests otherwise – in fact, from an Elliott Wave perspective, it would seem that this is a classic set-up of ‘buy the rumour, sell the fact’.
The entire activity of the Merval index from the September ’14 high of 12847.00 has all the characteristics of a developing expanding flat corrective pattern – see fig #1. The pattern is composed of three main price-swings, labelled a-b-c and assigned in minor degree as intermediate wave (4). Minor wave a. establishes the initial ‘price-extremity’ of the pattern between 12847.00 and 7452.00 whilst waves b. and c. must ultimately trade slightly beyond these levels – see tutorial inset chart. The pattern is also required to subdivide into a 3-3-5 sequence – minor wave a. fulfils this criteria by unfolding into a 3-wave zig zag. Minor wave b. has just done the same, advancing from 7452.00 into Monday’s election high at 15261.00.
The zig zag advance for minor wave b. has also unfolded where minute waves a & c measure equally, by a fib. 100% correlative ratio. This adds to its integrity. Furthermore, it has completed above wave a. close to and within the fib. 38.2% extension level of wave a. – another criteria satisfied.
Monday’s higher high and lower low closing also triggers a technical ‘key-reversal’ sell-signal. If further downside occurs during the next week or so, and reintegration follows below the dual peaks of 12847.00 and 12866.00, then minor wave c. declines will become a high-probability reality with ultimate downside targets to 6883.00+/- during the next several months.
Mauricio Macri has admitted that he is in no position to determine what condition Argentina’s financials are in…‘To know what we are inheriting, we have to be there [in power] – we still don’t really know’.
Tags: Argentina > election 2015 > Merval > politic > stocks
US Dollar in Peril? – FXStreet Interview
by WaveTrack International| November 12, 2015 | No Comments
In this exciting interview with Dale Pinkert – a Former Member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange whose market forecasts have been aired on Financial Television and Radio station including CNBC Peter Goodburn elaborates his views on Elliott Wave, muses with Dale on the cyclicity behind historical market events and the US Dollar. Listen to this amazingly insightful interview here:
Thank you FXStreet and Dale Pinkert!
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Tags: USD
How Fibonacci Price Ratios (FPR’s) Evolved
by WaveTrack International| November 10, 2015 | No Comments
Trader’s World magazine has just published another of Peter Goodburn’s Elliott Wave articles in its latest #61st edition and you can see it absolutely FREE in cooperation between WaveTrack International and Trader’s World editor Larry Jacobs.
We’ve interacted with many of you, our members and subscribers over the last few months on the subject of overlaying Fibonacci-price-ratios to the Elliott Wave counts we publish. As Peter commented in this latest article ‘ I rather think of ratio and proportion and pattern and form as the two sides of the same coin – one cannot exist without the other – neither is dependent, independent but co-exist in interdependency. Together they increase the probability of correct forecasting exponentially. Some do degrade and seemingly run short, but this is by far a minority, something a good strategy can take care of’.
The article is an extract from a larger, as yet, unpublished work that Peter wrote back in 2012 as part of the up-coming WaveSearch Tutorials. It begins with some interesting history about R.N.Elliott’s introduction to the Natural Laws of science & metaphysics by Charles J. Collins who sponsored his publications of ‘The Wave Principle’ in a series of articles for the Financial World magazine in 1939.
Later, it follows one of Peter’s several successful ‘long-range’ forecasts – this one, for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), published in early 2004 and how his specific methodology and application of FPR’s captured the Dow’s upsurge into the October 2007 highs, and the subsequent collapse during the Lehman crisis that formed lows in 2009.
For those of you fascinated by the geometric symmetry found hiding within the evolving nature of price activity, this is a must read! You can view it immediately by visiting: www.tradersworld.com
Just turn to page 49 to view!
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