3:40pm
78.68$ is the 38.2% retracement of today’s action since the open, sellers piled in there… I’m still waiting for a potential move higher.
3:04pm
TRADE: Taking profits of FAZ and SDS, Stop Lossed on GOLD (I will wait for the market to decide where it wants to go first). If we continue to trade below the ascending support (that now is resistance) tomorrow, i’ll short again.
I believe a move up for retracement on SPY is going to happen very soon as we hit my 78$ target. I still have 5% SDS left, but i’m looking to add as we go up. And i’ll take away all my SDS if we hit 77.17$.
12:34pm
Possible inverse head and shoulders forming in SPY with a neckline around 79.10$. I actually want that to form so that I can add the rest of my short positions on.
11:28am
FAZ gets the support it needed from the 5 min rising 20 SMA. We’re seeing a new move up in FAZ as the XLF tests the new lows. XLF H&S forming.
10:58am
Potential bull flag forming on the 1 minute SPY, I do think we will need to form some support level and retrace a bit of the move and then we can pile in with the big guns. If this fails… look for a nice buy at $78.00 and $77.20.
10:43am
In a way the XLF is looking a little stronger than the SPY (maybe because the automakers are not part of the XLF), but we have been ascending ever so slightly on the XLF while we keep forming new lows in the SPY. You should form a support level on the XLF, once it breaks add to your FAZ or XLF short or XLF puts.
10:30am
Head and shoulders on the 1 minute SPY has finally gone in play, and now we broke the 79.20 support level, next support sits around 78$, and then 77.17$ will be our gap filler and our 38.2% retracement of this WHOLE move lower. Could you imagine that we would get there SO incredibly fast? Take a look at the VIX.
9:55am
Hey guys you can see that the vix is finally reacting really strongly to this move lower, there is finally some fear. We are testing the first descending support on the VIX and the likelyhood is that we break it very soon.

SPY retracements. If we think this is subwave 5, there is a possibility that it is truncated. In 1938, we fell down all the way to a 61.8% retracement. I believe that’s possible again, so here’s what it looks like:
9:49am
I want to point out that the levels of obvious support don’t even seem to be forming any support, this is because all the bulls are trapped right now thinking that the move was higher, but guess what, WE ALL KNEW that the next move was lower, we’re on the right side of the trade, and now we’re making money unlike those on CNBC!
9:31am
FAZ BROKE OUT of it’s descending resistnace line. SPY should find support at 79.20-79.40 ish, and then might rally a little closer to 80.60.
9:26am
Stocks got hit really bad overnight, I suggest at the open that people take a small short position, and add as we move higher to possibly retest some key support prices like $80.60
12:00am
Hey guys, I suggest you watch the video that I posted friday for today’s trading day. If we open below the support line, I will add another 20 % short, or go long about 15% SDS and 5% FAZ in addidtion to my 25% short position that’s already on the table.

in BGU @$21.46 with tight stop at $21.35 hoping to catch EOD buying…
We break out of my 5 min SPX down channel I will exit.
out of faz from 19. will look for new entry
moved stop higher @$21.90….out with 1.8% gain in 10 minutes on BGU…
thats horrible what they just did to me..bought 2k shares at 21.75…went to 22..put stop in at 21.75…they dropped price ..stop went off at 21.71..now its going to hit 22 again…60 dollar loss should have been a 500 gain..fck mm fcks
Dude. your putting a stop loss off 25 cents. on FAZ>
What where you expecting that its going to go straight up with 0 retracement?
What hapend was 100% your fault.
It seems yahoo finance has merged puts into calls. Max pain uses yahoo finance. Hence, max pain is totally out of whack.
Uh Oh. SRS coming alive.
But not by much.
still in a tight trade range like last week but improving
There is the breakout, time to exit.
What are you looking at?
http://i39.tinypic.com/30ic0oz.png
This I assume….
Yes that.
Switched from FAZ to FAS for the retrace.
fake-out?
Could be. Like the quake this morning.
I think we have to expect that GM will go BK. When Obama stated that the government would backup all auto warrantees, he bascially told us not to panic when the BK happens. Sound like the bond holders know it too and that is why they are helping to bail water.
The gov’t is going to back auto guarantees?
Holy mother of crap. Why don’t they just buy every company up and get it over with?
It’s a Socialist agenda tanya.
I think it is good panic prevention. Think of it as the FDIC for your car. It is a net sum gain and was a very very smart Obama move.
FDIC for your car??? Very smart move??? When is the lying rhetoric, everything will be all right, we are the IRS, Fed Gov’t, FDIC, ____, (you insert favorate gov’t institution) and we are here to help BS going to stop? I guess when the public is 6 feet under without a shovel.
Obama said that this morning. First I thought that was a good thing…but then I picture the meeting; whereby the consultants said that citizens will freak out about their warranties once they hear that their dealership is BK. I guess you jsut bring your car to the local Fed building for an oil change.
They are getting at socializing everything. It takes time. be patient… lol.
Back in FAZ 24 even steven…small shares.
BS chop…can’t stand these mutual fund purchases…
Real estate stocks are still hitting day lows. Perhaps a CRE shoe is gonna drop this week.
might get another 3% on SRS before EOD with this momentum.
3min please clariry what you mean by ‘helping to bail water’…this seems to be bad news for the bondholders, unless im missing something. thx
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aUX8kHU9zurc&refer=home
XLF back to the lows.
Anyone holding overnight?
FAZ, SRS…yes, I’m going to risk some profit for more.
good call and skf
FAZ now over it’s 50dma. That usually lights the fuse.
Sorry – 60m charts.
Except back in early Feb
don’t hold overnight, the volume today is very light.
Bailed…agreed no conviction, wanted to see EOD lows…
——– 836.16 ——— im doubting i see my number this time round. even if we have a nice pop over the next few days at best we back test 820 … . but .. never say never
making no predictions for tomorrow’s open . no end of day plays. if we closed sub 780 id go long but in this spot … no feel for what to do.
———- 792 ——— this seems to be a key spot so will find out in 10 mins if we try for that
——– WRI ——- off 6.55% —– cre not disappointing the bears. but what about SRS.. cant get a quote on my system for that right now
———- PNC ——— have puts int this one ::: http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?pnc took out the 50 on a gap. have not looked at the other financials .. are they all doing the same?
———- WFC —— chart twins the PNC chart
http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?wfc
Richard some news on USB … are you still holding those Jan 2010 7.5 P ?
no … made my money on them .. out of the trade
im quite thin on positions right now.
anyone taking longs here at the EOD
I did I switched from FAZ to FAS as I expect a retrace to 799
Idan, what’s your replacement target? 61.8%?
sry, retrace
I’m waiting to pile in on the 61.8% retracement of today’s move… , but I am also thinking that this move lower will probably go down to a 61.8% precent retracement of the move up.
For grins… How certain are you that 666 was the low? 10% certain? 35% certain? 84.3% certain?
100%
Lot of beautiful technical damage done today.
$VIX up 11%. Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
as the VIX fell in the past 2 weeks i missed a fill order for VIX 50 JULY CALLS by a nickel LOL. they went up ever since and i did not chase. doh!
wow, VIX at 50 is the stuff dreams are made of.
Sorry, which ETF works with VIX?
Weak close for the bears,could not finish near L.O.D and volume was less than the move up,watchout
actually if you look at the financials…they finished withen a percent of the lows of the day..FAZ finishes at 24.64 and now someone is sitting on the bid for 8k shares at 24.80..the low of the day was 25 even…I think financials lead us up or down so i’m holding my faz calls and shares for follow thru this weak at least to the retrace 770,742,731….good luck
what flavor is the bull cool aid getting passed around tonight…I like red personally…yes red is a flavor!!!..LOL
Red = cherry or raspberry or black cherry or strawberry. All tastes the same. LOL
I am holding FAZ and I had the intent of adding more but with such strong opening I did not see value. It may retrace but I think the week will be for FAZ.
Idan another video tonight?
I kept all my shorts im trading on the wave down in the major descending channel for the spy/dow. Not to conserned if we get a pop up. as long as 2 weeks from now we are lower than what we are today.
I should have a video up by 8 pm..
I sold my FAZ and bought some FAS, hopefully we go up tomorrow a bit.
I did the same and now feel stupid:)
61.8% retrace of today’s move – 79.1 on the SPY, we’re almost there, but finnies are not running along.
on SPX it looks better – lets hope we do retrace to 797-800 area
For what it’s worth… I work in an investment advisory firms. About 80% of our revenues are based on custody fees. Custody fees are billed quarterly….based on the asset values at the end of every quarter. Tomorrow is a big day for us. Every percent up really helps us, every % down……..
Same for mutual funds, hedge funds, etc. This is life or death for some firms. With jobs on the line, people know the stakes are high. If you are lagging, you better make up for it.
I’m not saying people play games (our firm does not and we are long only) but…… nothing would surprise me tomorrow.
I think that is good advice Robert, and believe those that follow here are thinking along those lines. I know I am. I am leaning towards a gap down in the morning to catch some bears hibernating. I then see a bounce to the 805 area before closing in the same area we did today. It only makes sense to me that April Fool’s Day makes fools out of the bulls after seeing the WFC action today. The market is like a spouse… ya never know what he / she is gonna do next, but the makeup sex is always nice.
NY ROUNDUP – Monday, March 30, 2009
HIGHLIGHTS
FED Governor Duke: Banks need help from government
ECB Trichet: Sees Geithner and Obama support for strong USD as key
French President Sarkozy: G20 won’t discuss reserve currencies
S&P cuts Ireland’s sovereign rating to AA+
S&P cuts Hungary’s sovereign rating one notch to BBB-.
COMMENTS
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This may cover the whether part of the month but the market may have a different interpretation – even as March seems set to break the string of down months for equities the rally has lost significant steam today and many are looking for the new Shepherd of all value – the global coordinated government interventions whether by zero rates or significant stimulus. Today with a 3.5% down turn in US shares many will wonder if tomorrow brings more trouble. US stocks remain firmly in the red for the year and the issue of whether the month of March was a bear market bounce or something more significant rests heavily upon the sleepless investors – counting their sheep – praying for a good shepherd. The drivers of today’s pull back: 1) Outlooks for 1Q S&P500 earnings are down. A few banks warned that March wasn’t as kind as January and February. The overall expectation for 1Q earnings are down 35.6% with all 10 sectors expecting a decline according to Reuters Thompson. Consumer discretionary leads the drop with an expected 102% fall in quarterly earnings while health care the best at a mere 3% drop. 2) Bond holders suffer in 2009? The GM news suggests that bond holders may be the 2009 victims of value just as equity holders were beaten in 2008. Getting a choice of 8 cents cash or 90% of equity may not be a bargain. The QE FED exercise today suggests that buying bonds isn’t sufficient to moving markets. The $2.5 bn in bonds didn’t match the market expectations and the constant supply – so we saw a yield curve kink with 2-5Y outperforming the 10-30Y. 3) Europe. Why does Europe return as a US concern for equity value? Because as we see a bank bail out in Spain, the downgrade of Ireland and Hungary by the S&P and a continued debate about ECB policy shifts as a signal that they have as much trouble as the US but less clear cut policy responses. The ability for the world to get out of this economic crisis will require more than the action plans of China and the US. Bottom Line: Today was just one day short of month-end and so we may have a repeat performance tomorrow of the risk aversion trade that dominated all markets. FX was hit in EUR/JPY, AUD, NOK and a few others. Some of the EM did better, some worse. Politics are returning to be a bigger consideration as the world tries to see beyond the present pain and look for how to trade a market forming a bottom. Whether we have found the low in S&P500 for 2009 or not remains the biggest concern – making trading of FX and the EUR or JPY or anything else even more difficult. G20 talk will likely remain the surprise generator of volatility in a market girded for unpleasant economic indicators. Most want to see both their lost sheep and their Shepherd just over the horizon. Unfortunately, today we saw more wolves than Shepherd crooks.
CURRENCIES
Cross Low High
USD/EUR 1.3113 1.3212 Close: 1.3163
JPY/USD 96.44 97.55 Close: 97.08
JPY/EUR 126.98 128.32 Close: 127.7864
USD/GBP 1.4135 1.4258 Close: 1.4196
GBP/EUR 0.9254 0.9312 Close: 0.9272
CHF/USD 1.1476 1.1549 Close: 1.1504
CHF/EUR 1.5130 1.5177 Close: 1.5143
USD/AUD 0.6771 0.6819 Close: 0.6782
CAD/USD 1.2466 1.2650 Close: 1.2646
NZD/USD 0.5600 0.5641 Close: 0.5608