FOREX PRO Weekly March 11-15, 2013

Sive Morten

Special Consultant to the FPA
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Monthly
On monthly time frame we do not see any significant changes just yet. As we’ve noted on week before – market by February close has confirmed and finally formed bearish engulfing pattern right at major 50% resistance area, but it has not triggered yet, since market has not closed below engulfing low. Still this is important since technically this lets us to stick with this pattern and understand when we can speak about bullish or bearish trend. Thus, until market will not take 1.3730 high – it is difficult to tell about re-establishing of bullish trend. The target – minimum target usually is a length of the bars and it points on 1.2450-1.25 area.
Still in nearest future we still have to track action around yearly pivot…

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Weekly
Actually here and on monthly chart there are no big changes. Past week was almost an inside one and has not changed situation drastically. Market still stands around weekly K-support area.
Trend is bearish here, market is not at oversold. Analysis of harmonic swings shows that current move down is much faster than previous one. This tells that market is rather heavier, and may be this is not a retracement already. Another nuance – market has exceeded the length of harmonic swing down. As we’ve discussed many times, it is quite often when market doubles harmonic distance as it breaks it. That’s why, actually this swing calls as “harmonic”. Following to that logic – the destination here is major 5/8 support at oversold – 1.2680 area. This is stand rather close to the target of monthly engulfing pattern.
In the beginning of the week looks like we again will be focus on weekly K-support. We do not see any bounce from it yet, while it should happen in most cases and currently it could happen as well. Besides, new MPP stands significantly higher than current price is, so, market could try to test it before will continue move down. On daily time frame price action approaches to crucial moment.

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Daily
Here we have slightly new low but it still looks insufficient – since price has not reached 1.618 target and, in fact, remains inside of the range. At the same time here we see that by upward splash on Thursday market has accomplished harmonic upward retracement.
Another significant moment on this chart is daily bearish stop grabber. Although it simultaneously has achieved minimum target and has created new low – I hope that we will see some continuation and finally will reach daily target.
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Second chart, by Cosmos observation – our forum member, shows possible DRPO “Buy” pattern that could trigger retracement up. Although thrust down looks a bit choppy, but may be it will work. Potential target of our desirable bounce up is daily K-resistance around MPP that also has not been touched yet. So, it looks like our entry setup will be based on this DRPO “Buy” and may be on some intraday patterns if we will find any.
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4-hour
Although this time frame is not as informative for us as previous ones, but it shows that WPS1 stands around 1.2930 and this is suitable from perspective of 1.618 daily extension. How market will deal with yearly pivot – difficult to say. May be it will be some spike that looks prefferable, but may be market will deal with it later. All that I see here is just broadening bottom pattern, that potentially could be reversal, if price action will move above 1.3130 highs. That in general, agrees with potential daily DRPO pattern.
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Conclusion:
On a big picture we could get the move even to 1.25 area, but now market stands at Weekly K-support and Agreement, new MPP has not been tested yet, and probability of upward bounce is solid.
Potential pattern that can appear here and let us enter long is DRPO “Buy”. Possible target is MPP and K-resistance area on daily chart.

The technical portion of Sive's analysis owes a great deal to Joe DiNapoli's methods, and uses a number of Joe's proprietary indicators. Please note that Sive's analysis is his own view of the market and is not endorsed by Joe DiNapoli or any related companies.
 
EUR/USD Daily Update, Tue 12, March 2013

Good morning,
although yesterday action was rather flat and, in fact - inside session for Friday, still, we've got confirmed DRPO "Buy" pattern. But it was confirmed not as we've suggested. Recall, that we expect move to the downside first and hitting of 1.618 extension target on daily chart and then move up and DRPO confirmation. But instead of that we have confirmed DRPO "Buy" and untouched 1.618 target. This is very uncomfortable and tricky situation.
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On the second chart we also have bullish stop grabber pattern:
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How to deal with all this mess? The point is that on Friday action to the downside was rather solid and market still should have short-term bearish momentum, that could lead to some AB=CD downward development, at least with 0.618 extension.
But the problem is that even minor extension stands below previous lows and DRPO failure point:
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If market will show this move - it will grab the stops right below current lows, and finally complete 1.618 extension target. The major problem here - it could be artificial DRPO Failure - market could grab stops and taking daily target, showing W&R and return right back, turning to upside. Just one way how DRPO and W&R could be combined - only if W&R will happen inside of the day and by close price market will remain above DRPO invalidation point, because DiNapoli framework suggests signal only by close price.

On hourly chart we see some kind of "222" "Sell". After solid move down market has shown 50% retracement by AB=CD move. So, how to act in this environment?
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The conservative tactic will be wait either W&R of the lows on daily and hitting 1.618 target or upward acceleration and take position at some retracement. Taking position on DRPO is too risky, since it could meet opposite move. Still if you will decide to take long trade on DRPO or current daily stop grabber - better to do it with less volume and place stop somewhere below daily 1.618 target - just keep your risk reasonable.
 
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EUR/USD Daily Update, Wed 13, March 2013

Good morning,
guys - it is really difficult to comment small candle on daily time frame, but I'll try...
On daily chart we see that market continue to ping-pong in the same range of March 1st.
Also price action looks rather bore, it cares a lot of sense. First is - market stands indecision and building an energy that sooner or later should be released in one or other direction. Other words, we have to be ready for acceleration and market expansion, while currently it stands in contraction stage.
Second - we have some relative signs that tells - breakout probably will be downside. Yesterday we've discussed DRPO "Buy" pattern, that has been confirmed. DRPO is exhausting pattern that indicates capitulation of previous trend, at least temporary and action after DRPO usually fast and furious. But here we do not see any of this kind - sideway action is continuing.
And, finally third - market has shifted trend to bullish, but price action does not react on this changing and does not support it. This might be bearish dynamic pressure.
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On 4-hour chart I just want to show the same dynamic pressure and the range. Borders of the range almost coincide with pivot points on current week. Also take a note that we do not see any action as on gold right now - just slow flirting with WPP.
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On hourly chart are just minor thoughts. We see some sort of channel and market gradually hits ABCD targets. Also we have greater AB=CD inside of the range, so I can't exclude move to 1.31 - that is absolutely logical from sideway consolidation as well.
But we have no patterns, in fact nothing to trade currently. Only relative signs that breakout could be to the downside...

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EUR/USD Daily Update, Thu 14, 2013

Good morning,
so, finally we've got the touching of 1.618 target on daily time frame. But now we still have some contradiction moments. From the DiNapoli framework view - we have DRPO "Failure" bearish directional pattern and bearish dynamic pressure with MACDP indicator, but from another point of view - we at singificant support of daily AB=CD target and weekly K-support area. When you get in such complex situation you have to find a solution that will let you to minimize risk of possible wrong position. I do not tell eliminate but minimize, and this could be done mostly by intraday patterns, because market could show some retracement on intraday charts as respect of these patterns, while on daily this retracement will not be seen. But this retracement will safe your money, since you will be able to move your stop at breakeven. That is what we will try to do...
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On 4-hour chart I see nothing important - market has hit WPS1 and retest the low border of consolidation. Trend has turned bearish here. So, probably all interesting staff will be on hourly chart...
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Indeed. Here we have two important moments - first is AB=CD, that we've discussed 2 days ago and when we said that initial NFP plunge was fast, so, probably market will show some continuation and now that has happened. Still, it is very probable that market will proceed slightly lower to 100% extension target of AB=CD. At the same time we have something like butterfly "Buy" that is forming here. It is a bit choppy, but now price has hit 1.27 extension and shown reasonable bounce. I think that the area where we start to thing about long entry is 1.2880-1.2895. I can't exclude that market will form there another smaller pattern, for example reverse H&S.
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Being focused on this area will let as to place tighter stop than now, because market will hit all targets by that time and if it will continue still lower - then probably it will mean that retracement will not happen at all and yes - price will absolutely disrespect weekly K-support area. Sometimes this happens...
So, that's being said - wait for 1.2880-1.2895 area for potential long entry. If you decide to take some long right now - you can do it, but only with small lot.
 
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EUR/USD Daily Update, Fri 15 March 2013

Good morning,
As first part of trading plan has been completed - now we need to estimate potential target and find a pattern that could allow us to enter long.
Both of these tasks could be resolved on daily time frame. Thus target will be probably is an area around 1.3235-1.3260. This is double of harmonic swing, target of range breakout, untested MPP and daily K-resistance. Overbought stands slightly higher.
The question concerning patterns is a bit more difficult. Actually we have nothing except daily stop grabber. Theoretically we can take position based on it although stop will have to be placed below it's low and this is not small distance:
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But here is some problem exists. Take a look at 4-hour chart. Trend has turned bullish, we have divergence, but price action... it does not give us confirmation of reversal - the same lower lows lower highs tendency. So, perfectly to take position at first deep after the reversal sign - when market will break this lower highs tendency. This is conservative approach to current situation but it is reasoable:
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But this will not be a madness if you will stick with stop grabber and hourly chart shows levels that could be used to step in. Currently market stands at 1.618 target of butterfly so, some retracement could follow. Taking position at deep will let you to get tighter and more comfortable stop as well:
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So choose your poison - whether you will take stop grabber or enter at first AB=CD deep after confirmation from price swing. Both of these ways have as adv as disadv.
 
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Thanks Sive for your inspiration. I am thinking whether market hunters would take out the stops below 7th Dec 2012 low of 1.2879. Perhaps the daily Fib 82% 1.2853 is a likely spring platform for the butterfly to take off.
 
Feel MUCH better now. Market has finally touched our daily 161.8% target which we have been anticipating for about one and a half weeks now.

Maybe we can expect some sort of retracement on daily timeframe now that this target has been touched. Minor 3/8 retracement is at 1.3117 so that is definitely NOT a small move.

Anyway, just the fact that target has finally been touched makes me feel a lot more comfortable with retracement happening on daily timeframe now.
 
Thanks Sive..I had a sizable Long on the confirmed DRPO Buy, but decided to close this with a small profit on your advice. Thanks for your sensible advice! Searching for a good long entry today :)
 
UNCONFIRMED bullish SG on daily TF. Hopefully it confirms because then we have context to enter LONG and also have exact failure point to try to catch this retracement on the daily TF to at least the minor 3/8 retracement which is at 1.3110. Major 3/8 is 100 pips higher, at about 1.3216.

5 hours until daily candle closes on Alpari UK MT4...

Also, market has FINALLY touched yearly PP. It feels good to know that all targets have been touched.
 
Possibly we can see a B&B Buy from 1.2956, along with a reverse H&S/double bottom/bullish engulfing on 4 hr tf. (With one broker it looks like a H&S, with another it looks like a double bottom, with another it looks like a bullish engulfing - depending on the time difference due to DST). Do you concur, Sive? Or do we looks at this as already a B&B sell, having reached .618 level from the down bar of yesterday?Regarding yearly pivot point, it has not quite been touched - by 1.5 pips. And as a pivot point, the market will want to actually trade it for a time, not just touch it, is this correct?
 
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