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Target Trendlines

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As I suggested in my post yesterday, a weak open snowballed into a bigger move down and my target rising wedge support trendline was almost touched at the low yesterday afternoon. That should be hit today or tomorrow though we might see a bounce first to establish a double bottom. I’m expecting wedge support to hold or to be broken only slightly, but if we see a conviction break then it’s well worth noting that there is a double top setup here that would target the 1851 area on a break below December’s low at 1972. SPX 60min chart:

150106 SPX 60min Rising Wedge and Poss Double Top

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Past Tints

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What do all of the tinted areas below have in common? Those are the zones where folks figured crude oil had “bottomed” and was, at long last, rallying. To my way of thinking, there is nothing to prevent oil going into the 40s………or the 30s………..or the 20s. A few minutes of stability does not a base make. The chart below, incidentally, is just the past couple of weeks on a minute by minute basis.

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