SPY Update Week Of May 14 2018

chris-d (51)in #spy • 7 years ago (edited)

Updating the SPY (S&P 500 index ETF) trading at the end of the week.

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From the weekly angle, that overhead trend line that we closed the week just shy of, is going to be a bit of a headache next week as it coincides with the top of the trend channel around the 274 area.

Of note that weekly MACD is starting to turn in the right direction bouncing off the zero line. As a lagging indicator that won't be useful for another couple of weeks if it does indeed cross over.

There's not much else to focus on in the shorter term tactical trading sense with the weekly chart, but always good to see where you are.

With that in mind I took a look at the historical swings on MACD and the S&P Index dating back to 1991.

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Notice that in February 2018 we produced the highest MACD reading in history. Pretty cool to see what trillions of dollars of constant buying will do to a chart...Now I know!

Now on to the more important (for me) daily chart.

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Long position was taken at 263 level bouncing off the bottom of the trading channel trend line. From there we moved rather predictably to the top of the channel and the even more looming downward sloping overhead trend line from the January and April highs. As we move up to this 274 price we expect quite a bit of excitement around those trend lines.

Half of the long position was sold on Friday into this price level and we are looking for signs to reverse down to the bottom of the trading channel, again, which would open the door for new lows.

Or more interestingly, we move above the trend channel and the big menacing trend line down and look to get on board with the Russell 2000 and head after those fresh new highs.

I'm straddled long/short at the seams and long from 263 with a lighter position after taking some profits, light on my feet to see what we do from here.

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