Happy New Year!

Not the best pic, but here is the RH view from the desk here in CB. 

Here is a present for you bears. This chart should indicate what all of you have been waiting for all year. I regretfully can not cal a top here in the face of the Fed's mandate and POMO, but in any normal instance I would most likely be doing so.This is the second chart in my chartbook.

Everyone have a great New Year.

Thanks again for all the support. Let's make 2011 a banner year for portfolio returns.

Morning Post

Daily Comparison Chart - Respect the bunch!

Minis daily - Controlled ascent.  MACD about to bear cross as is S Sto. The divergence on RSI is pretty harsh. Without POMO I'd be looking at calling a major top here, but we can't go there. We should be close though. Typical holiday volume wind down. 

Bears better make hay today and in the shortened session tomorrow. POMO comes back with a vengeance on the 3rd. Remember not to fight the Fed. Benny and The Ink Jets has promised to keep the markets afloat and he's doing a fine job with that so far. Bears may get a hand when the Fed must support the muni markets in '11 with a heavier hand. Other "needs" will begin to rear their heads in '11 as well. Supporting the EU will become a major issue. All this leads to a flat controlled market with limited upside from here.

Bears will have to remain patient. I believe the econ indicators and earnings will begin to weaken in early '11 and then really fall off later in the year. This will damper markets but not cause the crash. We're gonna need the exogenous or external event I have been calling for to end it all. When that finally happens it will be a game over situation, and I'm looking for martial law to be in effect soon after.

Martial law Shanky? Seriously? Yup, when the SS and pension systems totally collapse you are gonna see the FEMA camps come alive as all the pent up frustrations finally boil over. They can possibly extend this nightmare till 2012, but I have my doubts. I believe the markets will top in February or in the summer and when they do you better have fuel and food. I plan on doing a big write up for the new .com blog for 2011 predictions.

I will be consolidating everything into a new .com site that will be better for everyone. More info on more topics that will free me up to have a broader base. Calling the markets and charting will be primary focus, but getting back into ranting and writing will be much more prevalent. Spreading the news and enlightening the readers will eventually become more important than anything (as long as that will be allowed by the government). With what I plan on writing and posting, I suspect my "handler" (if not already) will have me flagged and a room at the nearest FEMA facility ready for me to occupy.

Thanks to everyone for another great year on the blogs. I honestly appreciate the support from everyone. Way too many to mention by name, but I have to point out Rich, ODA and Incarnate for their superior support both on and off the blog. Without these three keeping my head on straight, I could have easily melted down multiple times. It is tough making daily calls and all. Fortunately we have been on the right side of the trade a vast majority of the year. We're growing and the community is melding nicely. I hope to maintain and grow this going forward.

Thanks again to all of you for voting on SC (hopefully that nightmare will end soon). That is like donating to me cause I get free time, and if I make HoF this month then it will be a constant draw to the site for more readers. Your voting is mostly a huge vote in confidence in my abilities and possibly the best compliment I can get. Little things like that help to keep me going. I am not as elaborate as others and don't have all the fancy charts and stuff, but I do generate what matters in the end, a high percentage of correct market timing calls.

Thanks to all and a happy New Year!

Morning Post

The dollar's movements are not reflecting the markets actions. PPT working OT.

Inverse correlation has been trashed. 

Sorry I am late. Actually caught up on some sleep.

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In case you are wondering why I will be distracted all week - this is the back yard.  Just got in from making sled jumps for the kids. Skiing and more work on the igloo later today. Might move here when all hell breaks loose. More pics to come.

I'm here on a dreadfully slow computer I am having to update and make work properly. Gobs of snow everywhere here in Crested Butte, CO.

Happy Boxing Day!

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Remember that minis 50% channel line that I have been following for a while now?

Today is a travel day for Shanky. Headed to CO to ski with the family. I will be working each morning as the time change will have me up bright and early. I'll be hit or miss in the afternoons. If the markets are hot and moving I'll be here for sure.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We had a special one here in GA as it was my first white Christmas ever (first in over 100yrs on GA). Good omen? Mama got a .38 cal with a lazer sight and the kids got .22 pistols!

China raised rates. Not sure what this week will have in store. Earnings season starts on the 10th with AA. It is after Xmas and all bets are off . I'm thinking late Jan - early Feb for top spot, but it can happen any time and could be in.

Gonna be time to buckle down and get really serious after the 1st. This is gonna be a big year. Defaults, violence, market crashes. We're all gonna have to be on our games.

Thanks for the support and GL!

Merry Christmas

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Hard to chart here. Looks like price has busted a rising wedge, but that is not all that clear to me. 

Boy this market looks sick. Will my all bets are off till after Xmas call make it to the big day or do we top before (like yesterday)? Either way it is time to start looking at what the fib retracements are calling for. That 5=1 measurement of 1283 is in the neighborhood. Stopping just shy would not disappoint me. Based on the counts we should be very close, but there is this slight problem called the Fed and POMO. Gambling that a manipulated and controlled market that has destroyed divergences like Optimus Prime beats on decepticons has proven to be a fools game, but maybe this time will be different. I'm still a believer that me external event will be the catalyst. It may not mark the top but it will be the one event that will send the markets into that final tailspin they will not recover from.

SPX Daily - Little different view than yesterday. Look at this chart closely. The support line under the MACD and the TRIX (not drawn) are running out of room. Looks like February will be the max (who's been calling for the top late Jan/early Feb with an all bets are off after Xmas kicker?) $BPNYA is above the red market top line. Divergences are everywhere in a market that should have (would have under any normal circumstances) topped back in November after the QEII announcement. We're in some extreme conditions up here.

The 2007 highs are not that far off which should be disturbing to all except the Fed (bubbles do not exist to them). Divergences all over the place with over bullish sentiment are the norm these days, but they keep on pushing the bar higher. EOY prints will be where they want them if they can keep this up. The struggling hedge funds are working overtime to get their heads above water (like most here, the smartest in the world all got burned being short).

I'll be in and out again today. Thanks for all your support and votes. I hope you all are having a great holiday season.

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I just can't buy the GDP report. How the US economy grew is beyond me. I think it will be proven eventually to have been a fraud report. Till that point we have to go with what they are telling us.

SPX daily -Upper diagonal resistance. Bottom line is the divergence is about to get blown out and when that happens you get into what I call a blow off top. Anything above here or as it climbs from here, the more ridiculous it all becomes.

Not sure if we're making the pilgrimage to the ATL today as Lil' Shanky I is wiped out. May take II. So I will be in and out today as well. Thanks to all for the comments and great conversation yesterday. We're a budding little community with a bunch of knowledgeable traders. 

Have a good day and enjoy the season!

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My ToS data - nice - told you the markets were dead.  BB's are getting super narrow LOL.

Minis simply traveling up this 50% channel diagonal - for a long time. Not so sure they want to get away from it.

Minis up 5 heading into the biggest POMO day on record ($17b and add $11b tomorrow). Hope some of you got to see the lunar eclipse last night. No econ data today but tomorrow we get GDP and Thursday should be busy as well.

SPX 60m  from the 1040 lows with gaps and fibs. Looks to be wanting to roll over setting divergences after a record run in September and October.

I'll be in and out today. Hope everyone is enjoying the season. the fat man comes Friday night! GL!

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SPX 10m -backtesting busted support?  Recent bottom, climb and fibs. Note the 41.50 support.

Morning, sorry I did not check in this weekend. I was pretty busy with holiday stuff and the kids. Thanks for the comments and charts that everyone left. I really appreciate the effort to remember to vote for me. Very thoughtful gestures and mucho appreciated.

Wednesday and Thrusday this week are the bid econ data days. See the calendar HERE. 

The big POMO event this week is on the 21st with $17 BILLION possible on ONE day. See schedule HERE.

Big Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday night might generate some sort of solar emptional trading. 

Last week I was looking for a higher high to set a divergence (or should I say another or worsened divergence since the divergence that was set after the last fall was not worked off). Minis up over 5 at this time. Minis 60m are apparently following the 50% channel line and have been for some time.

SPX had been after 1247 twice last week and failed to set a higher high. Maybe that pop this morning will get 'em there. Looking at the two holiday weeks last year this Monday was it, then poof goes the volume. Next week was quite interesting. Not saying there won't be any trading opps or that big moves are not possible. Just saying that most are worried about other things and enjoying the season.

SPX 60m - See the divergence I am looking at with this pop? The daily is there as well.

Speaking of enjoying the season, I will be in and out all week as I have some shopping, hunting, a day trip to the ATL and a few other things going on. I plan on doing morning posts and covering the mornings live all week. At some point next week we'll be hitting the annual pilgrimage to CO. Flight has not been scheduled yet, but we'll be there thru New Years. I do report and work from out there as well.

GL and thanks again for all the thoughtful support.

Open Weekend Post

Have at it! News, charts, comments and the like. All are welcome.

Have a great weekend.

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Dollar 60m Inv HnS? You tell me. MACD looks like it wants to run. 82.20 target. that would spank the SPX. 

Tax deal done and markets are not liking it. I thought ORCL and RIMM earnings would possibly boost the futures. I thought wrong. I want to think this 4th has more to go. Based on time I think it needs to be stretched some to get the top of 5 out a little further. This does not necessarily mean down more, but it could. Still targeting 1283. You should know the topping measurements have us in the window already (it is a big window).

Opex, holiday Friday, schools out down here today (which means I may start slacking the pre-market some but not the trading hours), inportant earnings are completed (except for NKE) till Jan 10th, all add up to traders maybe slowing down some. EOY prints are still a priority. Maybe some more insider selling. POMO could be distracted to other areas needing support. Spain and the PIIGS are blowing up. After Xmas all bets are off. 2011 will be the year. they can not extend and pretend much longer. 2012 will be much worse.

SPX 60m - the fall felt large, but in the scheme of things we've retraced nothing. This run IMO is weak based on the fast that price is 3 points off the top but the indicators are lagging horribly. If we gat any pop to a higher high the divergences would be dramatic.

I'm thinking it will be quiet today. Minis have defined support diagonal I showed yesterday. 1250 is resistance diagonal and 41 is resistance. If the minis can get thru 1230 to the downside a significant move could happen. I'm thinking today will stink and trade in a narrow range.

GL today and have a great weekend.

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Minis 30m -Channeling down and now up support.

The charts look nasty. If the Fed can be distracted by the bond markets and the EU bailouts there are not enough funds to save all. They can't print it fast enough and the Ponzi will finally die. All of this is happening now. I have come to the conclusion that there is a good chance that the top is set. At this time we have to consider the only two scenarios left - top is set or there is one more pop left in their arsenal. Those waiting on a failed treasury auction to mark the top will be to late. That will be the final shot to destroy the Fed and treasury's Ponzi economic system.

The divergences on the daily charts and the position of the weekly charts combined with the overbought conditions and the euphoric bullishness is the perfect storm. The recent earnings misses are a tell I believe. The biggest being the FedEx miss. One has to ask, how did we have a great inventory build and superior internet shopping and FedEx miss? This leaves a massive hole in their economic rebound story that leads me to question the validity of all the BLS data even more than before.

As for counts or position of indexes, they are all over the place. Who is leading? Tough call, but I believe the RUT is possibly as it counts a full 5 ahead of the SPX. Now, ignoring counts (which I strongly encourage - remember I use them, but rely primarily on TA for all calls) they are in a similar position. The financials fell first againfor the third time. how many times can they collapse and recover? This will be the third such instance recently if it recovers. That trend can not continue.

Remember the DRYS trade I gave you two days ago when it was above $6.40. Now trading below $6. the BDI is still falling and DRYS should revert to at least trade near it's index. Keep an eye on that one.
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SPX 30m This move has been tiny, but it feels massive. I mentioned the 1235 support yesterday and price is stalling there right now. Futures were up till FedEx and are now basically flat. I count a completed 5 off the top and think we should get a corrective of some sort here before further weakness. Right now I am targeting 1220 if not worse. Let's walk this thing down and not get carried away. Remember we have to treat this as the top is possibly in, but are expecting one final leg to the top.The 200ma on this 30m chart is my target (or the 50ma on the 60m). Watch that TRIN here it is getting up where a possible buy signal is coming. That would signal the corrective or the bottom of this move.

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SPX 1m -  off the top with gaps and fibs.

LOL, CNBS telling you to plant your own seeds to combat inflation. I know where you can get some (the Big Blog) if you need any. Damn MCC looks like shit this AM.

There was no POMO yesterday. There is POMO today. That may make a difference. Minis down a bit but off their lows.

We have seen wedges bust before in the past year that meant nothing. All the market did was reset the lower support diagonal and extend the run. POMO, fraud and manipulation have a funny way of masking greater issues of reality and placing fantasy front and center. Look at the runs off the Feb and Aug lows and compare or fractal them to this start. All I am saying is tread very lightly into any short scenario until it is confirmed.

SPX daily has some extended divergences that are similar to those that led to the April top. What is different this time? the Fed was PULLING liquidity then and is still pumping it in (at a higher rate) here. So there have been some reversals in indicators (that in any normal market would have marked a top in November after the QEII announcement blow off top) that indicate things may be different temporarily. The TRIX, BPNYA and the MACD turns up here are screaming extreme conditions (all driven by intervention).

SPX 15m - The best look at the busted wedge support (possible backtest?), the gaps and fibs.

SPX set a lower high and low late yesterday. The RUT and COMPQ look the best at this point. the DOW is screwing with everything having set a higher high yesterday (it was also the only one to set a lower low when SPX hit the 1173 bottom), it may be the fake out index.

Possibly a completed 5 down yesterday on the SPX. The 1240 area was recaptured. The counts all say more downside is to come here and possibly some sort of major top was possibly set. The screaming bond market, the actions of the dollar and the effects of POMO will be the markets rudder, not the indicators. Things are not good and the larger issues are finally moving to a position where they must be addressed and can be ignored no longer. At this time I'm considering consolidation in a range to down, but up should be out of play. Let's see what form delivers.

GL today and happy holidays.

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Best Buy stunk it up. Gee, wonder what the 4th Qtr is going to bring for even more earnings surprises (as we have speculated here for some time). I guess BB does not get the benefit of FASB tricks the TBTF's do. That call rocked the minis about 5 points. Econ numbers not bad (if you believe them). I ask, how can you have strong numbers but not in electronics when all we buy are electronics?

Minis tried to fight back on the econ numbers, but the BBY call may have been a body blow that may take some time to recover from. Baltic Dry on verge of dropping below 2,000 for first time since August from a ZH tweet. That is not good either. Conflicting data? What is real is bad, and what is manipulateable is always better than expected (till revised). This game can not go on much longer. Denninger on BBY - Best Buy: Oops (That's a Miss)

I updated a ton of charts last night, so I am at least caught up on all the $ charts. Thanks for all your support there.

Looking at the 60m chart things do not look so good right now.

Speaking of the BDI - Note in this chart DRYS relationship to that index and tell me which one is out of whack? It is a 20% move just to cover the Island gap and get to the 30% retracement. That has nothing to do with evening up with the BDI.

Hard for me to go out on a limb with POMO around, but things look weak right now. Apparently all support is lost right now and down should be the path of least resistance for a few days. Looking as low as 1210 if not lower which is what form would suggest for this corrective.

GL and happy holidays!