Friday's plunge implies the selling will continue down to at least 7260.50, a midpoint Hidden Pivot tied to a worst-case target for the next 6-8 weeks of 6889.00. A stall at 7260.50 followed by a decisive breach would shorten the odds that the target will be reached. However, the chart shown depicts a somewhat less bearish scenario ending in a correction low at 7237.50. It also says that shorting a rally to the green line (x=7533.50), stop 7632.50, would enjoy excellent odds for turning a profit. Now the bad news: Judging from the way sellers crushed p=7434.88 (the red line, a midpoint Hidden Pivot), d=7237.50 is all but certain to be achieved. Since that would exceed the 7260.50 midpoint of the larger pattern, opening a path down to the worst0case 6889.00 pivot, we'll need to monitor price action very closely over the next 2-3 weeks to determine whether this is just a moderate correction or the start of a bear market.
Microsoft still has room to fall, judging by the way sellers crushed the midpoint Hidden Pivot support at 423.21 on Friday. The pattern is gnarly enough to qualify as experimental. Even so, it is a well-established rule of the Hidden Pivot Method that price action at p is definitive regardless of the quality of the pattern. Since there is no ambiguity about the decisiveness of p's penetration, we can reliably conclude that d=380.10 is a very good bet to be reached. Nevertheless, if the stock were to reverse and touch the green line, the gyrations within the pattern's b-c leg make a 'mechanical' short there less appealing than we should prefer.
It is seldom a good sign when a trading vehicle triggers a 'mechanical' buy and then fails to reach the first profit-taking level. That is what has happened here, starting with the May 28 dip to the green line (x=4414.70). The subsequent bounce over the next day-and-a-half looked promising as it ascended toward the midpoint Hidden Pivot (p=4666.90), where we typically exit half of a position. Unfortunately for bulls, the rally fell about $30 short. Although we should always be prepared to implement a 'dynamic' or an impulsive trailing stop when a symbol we are trading approaches a target, in this case, the gap was too large to trigger that instinct. The subsequent relapse to below x would seem to offer an even better opportunity, but not in this case. The futures look too heavy for us to test our luck, and so we'll simply wait for the seemingly inevitable breach of the pattern's 'c' low at 4162.60. It is still possible to get long anywhere between 'c' and 'x' using a 'camo' trigger, but I recommend this only to subscribers who are familiar with the tactic. It is covered in detail in the Hidden Pivot Course I've made available free to subscribers.
Silver's immediate prospects are no better than gold's, although we have a clearer benchmark for the latter that can help us gauge trend strength. The pattern shows July Silver in a descent targeted on 60.795. A precise bounce there seems unlikely, as it coincides with the clown low of 61.66 recorded on March 23. However, it will be good enough for government work for those who want to try bottom-fishing with an rABC trigger of small degree. Because p-75.450 was not brutalized on the way down, there is also a chance the futures will go no lower than p2=68.23, where they made their low on Friday. However, any upward reversal would need to hit 79.400 to be considered significant.
GDXJ has broken down after triggering a less-than-stellar 'mechanical' buy signal a few weeks ago at x=112.02 (the green line). Even so, a smaller pattern that began with the 131.36 high recorded on May 6 implies that bulls will have a chance to regain the upper hand when the descent reaches the 98.21 'D' target of the pattern. This 'hidden support' looks good enough to attempt bottom-fishing there with a stop-loss as tight as 20 cents. Using a reverse-pattern of small degree (aka 'camouflage') is the preferred way to get onboard, but however you do it, expect a tradeable reversal to occur at or very near D. _______ UPDATE (Jun 9, 11:49 a.m.): Even with gold getting hammered today, the 98.21 target worked almost perfectly for bottom-fishing. GDXJ has bounced $1.08 so far this morning from an opening-bar low of 98.28. If you got aboard, you're on your own, but be sure to take a partial profit early on.
Who needs sophisticated analysis when the broad averages rise or go sideways 95% of the time, and when they never fall for more than three consecutive days? The chart assumes the E-Mini S&Ps will continue their ascent next week, possibly stopping for a short breather when they hit 7694.25, the 'D' target of the conventional pattern shown. The coordinates are probably too obvious to produce a precise top at that price, a Hidden Pivot, but I would still encourage you to try shorting there provided you know how to set up a 'camo' trigger to minimize entry risk. The goal is to make money even if the futures keep rallying, although that might entail being short only for a fraction of an hour. If we continue to short this gas-bag routinely at minor rally targets, one of these days we might actually find ourselves onboard for The Big One -- and what great fun that will be!
The chart makes clear not only that MSFT will achieve the 467.56 target shown, but also that it will form a tradeable top there. The target represents a slight adjustment made possible by the precise pullback from the midpoint Hidden Pivot (p=432.79), and by the profitable buy signaled on the pullback to the green line. This means the pattern is working, and that the 'D' target at 467.56 will have tradeable consequence in both directions. A pullback to the secondary pivot (p2=432.79) could be bought with a 421.20 stop-loss, although a 'camo' trigger is suggested to shrink the implied risk of more than $11 per share.
Energy markets have grown bored of excitement, and that's why crude prices are likely to fall even lower, despite the fact that the world's supply has been in chaos for months. It would appear that traders have grown fatigued trying to discount Trump's daily hubris. The war may be over, at least on paper, by the time you read this. But whatever happens in the real world, look for July Crude prices to ease until the futures hit the 80.80 Hidden Pivot support shown. A tradeable bounce there is likely, and I would encourage you to take advantage of it if you know how to get aboard with a 'camo' trigger. Trickier still will be trading the remaining $6 to the target, but it looks 75% likely to be achieved.
If you got long at or near the green line as I advised here last week, your theoretical, unrealized profit on the standard four contracts would be around $71,000 -- more than enough to pay for your subscription and a luxurious week in your favorite destination. Typically, I advise taking off half the position at the midpoint Hidden Pivot, shown here as a red line at 4636.80. At that point, you would have a realized gain of slightly more than $50,000; plus, two contracts left, each showing an unrealized gain of about $25,000, for swing at the fences. The 5144.00 rally target we've been using for months will remain valid unless the pattern's point 'c' low is violated first. But, yes, you're right: Who cares, as long as we can continue to exploit this tired pattern for all it's worth. ______ UPDATE (Jun 1, 9:52 a.m.): Easy come, easy go. A 'dynamic stop'-loss set at 1:3 would have stopped out the trade at 4576 for a fat gain, and an 'impulsive' stop on the hourly chart would have done the job at 4512. However, I will continue to track the position as though bulls are still holding the bag, frozen with fear by this morning's gratuitous plunge. Both of these risk-management tactics are covered in the Hidden Pivot Course I've made available free to subscribers. I will switch to the August contract shortly.
July Silver recently flashed the same buy signal as Comex Gold, but so far the result has been a thudding flop. Silver's failure to get off the launching pad suggests that gold's robust liftoff will not get very far. (Even so, a limited move could still produce a theoretical profit of $100,000 or more, based on a traded recommendation contained in last week's gold tout.) I'll be looking for silver to drag June Gold down after the latter has achieved a 4636 objective that lies about $70 above Friday's settlement price. The corresponding target in July Silver is 88.01, a big leap from here. The pressure on gold is not likely to ease up soon, since it is being caused by liquidations by countries strapped to pay for soaring energy costs.
