Tuesday, 1/24/17 update

As it turns out, the pattern in the ES since the Jan 6 top wasn't a pure EW triangle as suggested in last Saturday's update.  But there's no doubt it was corrective, and there's also no doubt that it's now over.  How exactly to label the correction is irrelevant at this point, so it's going to keep the triangle labeling and be counted as Minute W4.  Thus Minute W5 is in progress.  Preliminary target for Minute W5 is ES 2326, but that number is not chiseled in a stone tablet that came down from the mountain.

Hourly chart

Daily chart

I will be traveling Thursday PM through Sunday so probably no weekend updates.

Saturday, 1/21/17 update

Looks like the ES is forming a triangle for Minute W4, and that triangle is very close to being completed.  If so, Minute W5 should rally prices to new ATH's:


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Daily chart:  

 

Thursday, 1/12/17 update

Tough market to read this week.  Very much a correction in progress, very unlikely that this is the start of a sustained bearish move.  Current count has the ES in a Minute W4, the short term chart below suggests a flat type structure but it could take another form.  If this count is accurate we should resume the march upwards in a few days or so (if we haven't already).

Hourly chart:

Daily chart:

Saturday, 1/7/17 update

Ever stop to think that most of our "money" these days consists of electronic 1's and 0's in a computer somewhere?  That thought does not inspire confidence.  What if the power goes out?  I suspect Tesla would be amused.


The ES/SPX continues it's ascent of the stairway to heaven.  The preferred count remains the most probable. 

Short term chart:

Intermediate term chart:

NOTE: dotted lines show structure necessary to complete the EW pattern and are NOT intended as price/time forecasts

Monday, 1/2/17 update

The preferred count has had the ES in the 4th wave of Minute W3 since mid-December.  To this point it has taken the form of a zig-zag which alternates nicely with the flat formed by wave 2 of the sequence.  EW rules have been met so all would seem in order, and it's likely that the coming week will bring a move up to new ATH's in a continuation of the rally that started on election day.

HOWEVER the correction has taken a bit longer in time and cut a bit deeper in price than seems reasonable.  If the ES keeps selling off from here then there are a couple of alternate counts that may be in play.  To understand those alternates let's look 1st at a longer view of the preferred count:

(NOTE: dotted lines show structure necessary to complete the formation and are NOT intended as a price/time forecast)

As can be seen, this count has the ES in a Major W5 that commenced at the lows of last February.  The count has the ES currently in Minute W3 of Minor W3 of Intermediate W3 of that Major W5.

The 1st alternate still has the ES in Major W5 but postulates that Major W5 is an ending diagonal with Intermediate W3 of that structure just complete and Inter W4 in progress.  Inter W5 will follow W4 and end in the top for both Major W5 and Primary W III:

The 2nd alternate has Major W5/Primary W III complete at the highs of last August with Intermediate W C of an irregular flat Primary W IV in progress:

If the ES keeps moving down from here the top of Micro W1 @ ES 2211.75 is the point at which the preferred count is invalidated - that would represent an overlap of W1 by W4 which is not allowed in EW rules: