Sitting Pretty

I’m glad I stayed out of that equities campaign as it continues to test everyone’s patience. If you’re short since yesterday then you may be wondering if this is merely one last stab higher before the big drop. Well, maybe – I don’t have a dog in this fight which affords me a reasonable sense of objectivity. And the way it’s looking right now this beast could swing either way. But as I pointed out yesterday, terrible conditions with limited downside potential. But hey if you must dabble – be my guest – here are a few pertinent perspectives:

Rather interestingly we saw a bounce right at the end of a tiny volume hole. Another tick or two below and the bears would have enjoyed a much needed injection of participation. But for some reason the spoos touched 1980 and jumped right back into the dreaded whipsaw zone. Seemed utterly avoidable given the recent lack of participation, thus it begs the question as to whether this may be a bull trap. IF it really is then we need to turn back lower sharply before the end of the session – the more time we spend up here the worse for the much battered grizzlies.

The hourly SPX shows us a touch of the lower 100-hour Bollinger. And boy – is that one compressed to the max right now – we’re talking less than 20 handles top to bottom. So something’s got to give here soon and most likely it will. Now, if our Sorgenkind indeed resolves lower then we may actually drop all the way to that 100-day SMA near 1940.

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Alright – I’ve done my duty to your equities addicts – now to the interesting part 😉

Update on our EUR/CAD campaign – well, it dropped back to whence it came. Fortunately we enjoyed a very fortunate early entry and thus can afford to sit out a possible retest of the 100-week SMA. Nothing to do here right now.

Cotton however has fared rather well and we almost touched 3R today. Which means we’re moving our stop to the 2R mark. This may actually work out fine as it gives us a bit room for a possible shake out day or two. IF this one manages to breach the upper 25-day BB it may just turn into a runner. So I personally will only use 50% of my stop at the 2R mark – the remainder goes to the 1R mark.  The long term potential here justifies a bit of campaign management discretion. This approach has served us well over the past few weeks.

Cocoa – and it’s off to the races! Well, we hope…. excellent entry with minimal risk yesterday. This is why I love those last kiss goodbye entries. So sweet when they actually trigger. Nothing to do here either – it’s do or die time – we have done our part.

Cheers,