Last week I discussed the implication of the 20-week VTL breach in the S&P 500: That we have seen the peak of the current 40-week cycle in the markets. VTL’s are not as reliable as FLD’s in my experience, but it has been interesting to watch the S&P 500 reach […]
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I recorded a Hurst Trading Room podcast this week about the fact that the S&P 500 has breached the 20-week VTL. (It was in fact a record-breaking podcast – my shortest ever podcast at a mere 15 minutes!) This breaching of the VTL is true for both of the most […]
One of the more difficult aspects of cyclical analysis in my opinion is correctly dealing with price wave expansion or contraction in a timely manner. If one waits long enough the difficulty will usually resolve itself in an additional cycle. However if the price wave in question is of intermediate length, […]
2015 is shaping up to be an exciting year. The Gannologists are expecting a 25-30% advance in the market due to this being the “5th year of ascension.” Robert Prechter and the Ellioticians are still looking for the elusive “Grand Super-Cycle Peak” which will usher in a catastrophic decline in […]
In early February I suggested that the 20-week cycle trough had formed early, implying new highs in the S&P 500. We have seen new highs since then, and the 20-week trough seems likely to have occurred at the beginning of February 2015. In November 2014 I forecast an expected time […]
Gold probably generates more diverse opinions than any other financial instrument or commodity. The deflationists say gold is going down to $250 while the inflationists say gold is going to $5,000 and beyond. The price action paints a much simpler picture from the cyclical/spectral standpoint. The first chart below is […]
As any trough is approached in the markets I always like to stand by in anticipation of that trough, in case it happens early. Troughs occur early in bull markets, and we have been in a bull market for some time, so expecting an early trough has been a useful […]
I am often asked “In what markets do Hurst Cycles work best?” I have always answered that Hurst Cycles work equally well in any liquid, well-traded market. But I now qualify that statement, by adding: ” … to the extent that it is not being manipulated”. The word manipulation generally has […]
There is no doubt that the story for 2015 will be volatility. We are two full trading weeks into the year and we have: 1) Oil hitting new lows near $45, 2) The Swiss National Bank removing the Swiss Franc peg to the Euro, 3) $USB 30 Year Treasury bonds […]
Last week I pointed out some bearish signs in the stock markets, a well timed post as it turned out because the US markets fell all week (at least until Friday morning when I am writing this). But interestingly the DAX spent the whole week going up (apart from some […]