Yearly Archives: 2014

Last week I discussed watching the bullishness of the shorter cycles to gauge the general health of the market. The 40-day trough was due early this week, and the US markets continued to beat a perfect rhythm as they formed a small trough on Monday, which was most probably the […]

The markets have been behaving very well in cyclic terms, finding support this week at the 20-day FLD as expected. We are now expecting price to drop down through that FLD to form a 40-day cycle trough next week, as can be seen in this chart of the S&P 500 […]

There are times in the markets that are more interesting than others, moments when the price action reveals its cyclic truth. This is one of those times. To receive these blogs as soon as they are posted Join/Like/Follow Us. If you don’t do social media – click to Join Feedburner to […]

Evidence has been mounting recently that the cycles which move the stock markets of the world have been “running short”. Two weeks ago John mentioned it in his post about the 4-Year Presidential Cycle. This week José suggested it as the reason behind this week’s strong bounce up in Hurst […]

Hurst defined two cyclic tools – the FLD (Future Line of Demarcation) and the VTL (Valid Trend Line). I write a good deal about the FLD because I have found that to be the more reliable tool when trading, but the VTL can also be very useful, particularly for clarifying […]

The last time we looked at the NDX and CSCO, we considered the Nov. 2012 low as a Hurst 4.5 year cycle low. In retrospect, this certainly appears to be the case and helps to explain the strong rally in US markets from that low. This implies, in the world […]

Last week I explained why I thought there was weakness ahead for stock markets around the world. This week the markets obliged and started to show some of that weakness. I believe there is more to come. To receive these blogs as soon as they are posted Join/Like/Follow Us. If […]