Lessons

1. If VIX is under 26, buy the dip. If VIX is over 26, sell the rip.

2. Always trade in the direction of the larger trend. Find the strongest trend in your time period.

3. Nothing as bearish as a failed breakout. Nothing as bullish as a failed break down.

4. Don't worry about the last dollar. Take your money and go to the beach!

5. No more than four positions at a time. Preferably 2-4. Scope out others. Pick the strongest.

6. Buy the strongest; sell (short) the weakest.

7. Nothing is guaranteed. Nothing.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Medium-term

Sovereign debt is going to cause problems for the Euro and pound. The Dollar will continue to be a safe haven currency, and that will create headwinds for the stock market and PMs.

The Eurozone has severe problems -- in Greece, Ireland, and now even in Portugal and Spain. These aren't going away.

Eventually, the threat of problems with U.S. debt will catch up, should catch up, and cause problems for the U.S. dollar as well, but for now, dollar is the currency of reserve.

Long-term the dollar is shot. But for the next month or three, the dollar should rise to at least $82 (50% retrace of prior bear move). US equities could double bottom around here, or but should be weak until the dollar tops. Gold should be even weaker.

In general, I am more bullish (or less bearish) on US equities than I am on the Euro. I am more bearish on the Euro. This is mostly chart analysis -- the U.S. equities charts look SO much stronger than FXI, Euro or even GBP charts. And in the U.S. it looks as if there is a possibility of this being a three wave (ABC) correction, rather than a five wave correction. Friday's equity bounce and the hammer candlestick on the daily chart are encouraging and much stronger than the Euro.

However the Euro is VERY oversold. Typical of Wave threes. New Post on the EURUSD.



1 comment:

Win said...

Hi Lucy,
I just saw your comment. Thank you for posting. I'm just posting my thoughts and didn't realize anyone else was reading. My short-term thoughts change with the market, day to day. Longer-term, my thoughts are relatively stable.