DOW

longterm_view wrote: Remo,

Many thanks for clarifying. It really helps with analysing it all.

I would usually wait for the 1-2-3 target to hit, before exiting the trade, but I see you use multiple time frames. Interesting.

I suppose it helps that you know what wave we are in. I looked at that once.

Many thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated.

I normally post with some of my positions showing so it’s easy to see where I entered on a trade...
With waves,,,,,,normally down moves correct in 3 waves and some times it helps to get in early after the 3 wave down as you then can expect the next wave up ...obviously that’s based on up markets m, reverse for down markets...
But based on simple waves you can roughly get an idea of the direction based on strong trends...
Don’t ask me about wave counts...lol....just try and keep it simple....

Libero wrote: Did any of you good people monitor / watch the US markets near the close last night (just after 20:45 I believe?) there was a mad downward spike, it wiped up any desire for the bulls to take back some control.

it was a hell of a sight (Like LFC beating Barca - that one is for TF! )

chart attached to show the moment (and it was a moment!) that I'm refering to in the 5min Dow.

Yep,,,saw the move,,,,it took my nice longs out pretty quickly, it actually dropped over 200 points in 30 sec or less...
One minute I’m Long then I’m shot then I’m long and now I’m short...this is day trading....

Libero,

I watched it and was amazed.

I think the dow reversed a 1000 point gain.

2000 dot.com bear market

2000 Aug 2001 Mar -29%
2001 Mar 2001 May +22%
2001 May 2001 Sep -28%
2001 Sept 2002 Jan +24%
2002 Jan 2002 Aug -34%

2008 GFC

2007 Oct 2008 Mar -20%
2008 Mar 2008 May +15%
2008 May 2008 Dec -44%
2008 Dec 2009 Jan +18%
2009 Jan 2009 Mar -28%

2020 CV bear market

2020 Feb 2020 Mar -35%
2020 Mar 2020 Mar +20.5% (so far)

average next down leg (-28+-44)/2 = -36%

2756 x .64 = 1763 downside target


Sorry this should have been posted in the S&P 500

Did any of you good people monitor / watch the US markets near the close last night (just after 20:45 I believe?) there was a mad downward spike, it wiped up any desire for the bulls to take back some control.

it was a hell of a sight (Like LFC beating Barca - that one is for TF! )

chart attached to show the moment (and it was a moment!) that I'm refering to in the 5min Dow.

Remo,

Many thanks for clarifying. It really helps with analysing it all.

I would usually wait for the 1-2-3 target to hit, before exiting the trade, but I see you use multiple time frames. Interesting.

I suppose it helps that you know what wave we are in. I looked at that once.

Many thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated.