20091231



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Happy New Year 2010!

20091223 - Merry Christmas

The Christmas are coming, thus there won't be new posts for a few next days.
Anyway, only four stock market's sessions more in this year (28th, 29th, 30th and 31st December) and we are still in consolidation.

I wish you all Merry Christmas!


(picture shamelessly stolen from Decorated House blog)

20091222

The WIG Index gain +0.54%:


The general outlook is more positive, but the risk is still quite big.
Not much can be said - we are waiting for US markets now.

Here you can find interactive graphic representation of US unemployment levels since 2007.

Sources:
[http://www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html]

20091221

The WIG Index gained +0.47%:


The WIG Index setup has not changed and we are still facing the uncertainty.

The S&P500 showed us big white candle accompanied with huge volume. Nevertheless, the resistance (ca.1120) has not been broken; therefore we are still only observing the market:


Some 2010's predictions (here). And more predictions (here or here).

Sources:
[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBRV7FT2UUJ8]
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/178959-richard-bernstien-s-top-10-predictions-for-2010]
[http://gielda.onet.pl/jak-wybrac-portfel-akcji-na-2010-rok,18731,3101925,1,analizy-detal (via Google Language Tools)]

20091219 - EURPLN, CHFPLN

We have seen nice rally on EURPLN chart:


The CHFPLN chart looks similar:


Daily buy signals were generated, however we have to remember the daily trends are not reliable enough.
Nevertheless, we are still in primary downtrend and until downtrend is negated, we shall use those rallies only to get rid of our long positions.

20091218

The WIG Index fell -0.39%:


Another meaningless session, nevertheless it could have been painful for us as few shares' uptrends have been broken today. Technically speaking, we are still in daily and primary uptrend.

Depending on our strategy we might want to re-enter the market after being shaken out or we might wait for trend clarification.
I am afraid there is no good answer to that; however, if your approach does not require to be in the market all the time, you might want to stay in cash, until technical situation clarifies enough.

20091217

Unfortunately, sue to personal reason I was not able to post an entry.

However, we are still in consolidation and not much can be told until we break support or resistance there.

20091216

The WIG Index gained +0.29%:


Not much new can be said - we are still in consolidation and waiting for US indexes. There is quite good article summarizing the US market now (here).

Andy Xie explains current fundamental background and possible outcomes in very interesting paper (here).

Quite straightforward article on bankers approach to risk management (here).

Sources:
[http://www.swingtradeonline.com/jackswrap/361/]
[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe462a30-e9af-11de-9f1f-00144feab49a.html]
[http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/different-exiting-paths]

20091215

The WIG Index finished quite neutrally +0.10%:


Not much have changed as we are still in consolidation.

Generally speaking, trend following strategies are not the best suited for this kind of market and we might have experienced few loses already.

Nevertheless, we cannot say yet if (and when) trend will continue or break; we have to simply wait for market now. The negative divergence and declining volume can give us some clues, but we should react only on price changes.

Sources:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trend_following]

20091214

The WIG Index gained +0.78%:


We should note quite low volume for several session. Aside from that not much can be told about current situation; we are still in daily and primary uptrend and our strategy should be in long positions exclusively.

In my interpretation we are waiting for US markets to show the future direction.

Citigroup Inc. is about to exit TARP (here). That is the last big U.S. bank repaying its debt to government.

Sources:
[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ap8IF3hz_eBA]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program]

20091212 - EURPLN, CHFPLN

The EURPLN is showing further bearish signs:



In my opinion, the primary sell signal has not been generated yet and we should wait for confirmed breakout of 4 PLN for 1 EUR.

Also, there is not confirmation on CHFPLN chart; the CHFPLN is still above the important level of 2.65:



Nevertheless, we have to remember, that both currencies are in primary downtrend and further drop is likely.

20091211

The WIG Index gained +0.75%:


The market closed with small gain, accompanied with low volume. Regrettably, we cannot say anything new of the current technical setup.

For the few last sessions the volume has been quite small, which tells us the marked is undecided which direction to go. In my (subjective) opinion we are waiting for US market to make its move first and clarify the situation.

The Investopedia portal has published quite interesting article on general fundamental reasons to sell (here).

Sources:
[http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/09/time-to-sell.asp]

20091210

The WIG Index lost -0.21%:



We are falling for third consecutive day, which does not look good as US markets are hovering near their top (S&P500).
Nevertheless, we are still in technical uptrend and our strategies should be in long positions all the time.

20091209

The WIG Index fell -1.64%:


We have experienced quite a fall in this week.
However, technically today's session is meaningless and we have to wait for proper market action.

20091208

The WIG Index fell -1.79%:


Nothing new can be said - technically we are still in daily and primary uptrend; however there are negative signs. Note the bearish negative divergences (quick introduction: part one and part two).

Sources:
[http://lessonsinmadness.blogspot.com/2009/10/oscillator-divergences-part-1-of-2.html]
[http://lessonsinmadness.blogspot.com/2009/10/oscillator-divergences-part-2-of-2.html]

20091207

The WIG Index fell -0.54%:

We are near the highest high. The gain has been accompanied by low volume and negative divergences are quite bearish. In my opinion, we should be careful now at least.
Nevertheless, we are in daily- and primary- uptrends and only the price should guide our orders.

20091205 - EURPLN, CHFPLN, GBPPLN

The EURPLN has generated daily sell signal:


The new lower low has been made. However, we should break the psychological level of 4.00, before we give a primary trend's sell signal.
Jacek Maliszewski has published an interesting EURPLN forecast on his blog (here). 

The CHFPLN also generated daily sell signal:


However, the CHFPLN is still above the lowest low (ca.2.65) and we still remember the daily signals are quite misleading.

In summary: both currencies are in primary downtrend, thus the odds are in fall continuation.
The EURPLN has made primary lower low, but we are still above the psychological level of 4.00 and we should break it (in subjective my opinion), before we signal primary sell signal.

On the user request (this post), the GBPPLN analysis is enclosed (please keep in mind, that GBPPLN is not my focus area and such analysis won't appear regularly):


I have to say, that I have difficulties analysing the GBPPLN. It seems to be more volatile than EURPLN and CHFPLN. The average true range has dramatically risen in September, 2008.
The GBPPLN has been continuously falling for quite a while (7.40 in March, 2004) and then rebounced from 4.00 (July, 2008) up to the level of ca.5.60.
Currently, we are at the level of 4.50 and both primary and daily downtrends suggest further fall.
Nevertheless, we should not attach ourself to any forecast. Let's examine two possible scenarios:
  • We are near the psychological level of 4.50. If we break it (and daily downtrend suggest that), the next important level will be 4.20 (Fibonnaci level of -38.2% and PA's support level) and 4.00 then.
  • On the other side, 4.80 seems to be current resistance; breaking it would reverse downtrend and might initiate rally. Confirmed breakout of 5.60 would technically reverse a primary downtrend.
The currency market is very hard to forecast, thus we shall always react on market actions, not on our emotions or forecasts.

Sources:
[http://jacekmaliszewski.blox.pl/html/1310721,262146,20.html?2 (via Google translation tools)]
[http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/forex/how_to/articles/The-4-staples-of-Interpreting-Price-Action-77799.cfm]

20091204

The WIG Index gained +1.62%:



Obviously, the daily buy signal has been generated. Most of the gains were generated in the last 2 hours of session - if we were quick enough we could have placed the buy orders.

However, the rally has been accompanied with low volume; we shall also keep in mind the negative divergences on RSI and CCI charts.

The currencies have very interesting technical situation now; it will be described in tomorrow's entry.

20091203

The WIG Index gained +0.15%:


The market has broken the last daily high; however as the WIG Index closed below 40400, we don't have buy signal.
However, we are close to the reverse level of the daily trend. Therefore, we shall prepare our orders (but don't place then yet).

Some thoughts about dividends (here).

Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/176153-top-dividend-stocks-to-accumulate-now]

20091202

The WIG gained +0.59%:


Not much new be said in current setup; the daily uptrend is still broken, the negative divergences are well visible on chart.
The S&P500 still tries to break the resistance of ca.1113. In my opinion, it's a good idea to track this index closely now.

20091201

The WIG Index gained +0.82%:


Regardless of the today's rally, I am still quite bearish (subjective opinion).
On the positive side, US markets closed quite high. However, the rally is not accompanied by volume and oscillators are giving negative signals.
Nevertheless, if price breaks last daily high (ca.40400), we shall not hesitate, but place the orders again then.

20091130

The WIG gained +1.28%:


The marked gained some points over average volume and we are near the 38.2% Fibonacci level of the last swing now. However, the daily uptrend is has been broken and we should rather protect our gains, than place any new orders.
 Right now we shall wait for market action - everything else is just guesswork.

20091128 - EURPLN, CHFPLN

Technically speaking, the EURPLN has generated daily buy signal:


The CHFPLN also shows daily high breakout (and daily buy signal as well):


We shall remember, that few last daily signals were false and the currencies' daily trends are not reliable.
Also, as per primary downtrend, we shall rather liquidate our long currency positions.

20091127

The WIG Index lost -0.49%:


The daily sell signal has been generated accompanied with volume's hike. Therefore, all my active orders were cancelled, until daily uptrend is restored.
The market opened with a huge gap and we have been covering it for the rest of the session. It also seems several stop-loss orders were triggered. The various media are giving the Dubai credit issues as the reason for today's drop (here or here).
The US market closed quite low (S&P500 -1.72%).

In my (subjective) opinion we should be careful now. We haven't broken the primary uptrend as of today; however, the market has been giving us the bearish signs for some time (negative divergences)

Good article on costs of postponing investments (here).

Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/175496-is-dubai-s-default-a-black-swan-event]
[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBhwAC1GSJEg&pos=5]
[http://investopedia.com/articles/pf/09/costs-of-financial-procrastination.asp]
[http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:chart_analysis:gaps_and_gap_analysi]

20091126

The WIG Index lost -1.51%:


The market quite rapidly has lost its value. The volume was low, but nothing sure can be said now. We have to simply wait for market actions.

Barton Biggs' interview about economy (here and transcript).

Few interesting remarks about China's growth (here).

Sources:
[http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/22/china-growth-gdp-economy-opinions-columnists-gordon-g-chang.html]
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/175282-barton-biggs-on-the-economy]
[http://www.charlierose.com/download/transcript/10724]

20091125

The WIG Index fell -0.18%:



Today was quite neutral session with low volume.
Even so, we are still in uptrend, those negative divergences look very bearish.

The US market (S&P500) has finished close to its highest high (here), thus it may set a direction for tomorrow.

Sources:
[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-end-up-materials-front-rise-2009-11-25]

20091124

The WIG Index fell -1.10%:


Nothing new can be said about current setup.
We are still in primary & daily uptrend and our strategies should be still in long positions. Nevertheless, we should not forget about bearish negative divergences.

20091123

The WIG Index gained +2.08%:


The rally was quite rapid and we probably should move our stop-loss orders up. However the volume was at most average and negative divergences are well visible.

Quite bearish outlook on US economy and stock market (here).

Times Online published an interesting outlook into Goldman Sachs company culture (here).

Sources:
[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6907681.ece]
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/174683-global-markets-in-review-share-prices-too-far-ahead-of-economic-reality]

20091121 - EURPLN, CHFPLN

The EURPLN has bounced from primary low:

The CHFPLN behaves similar, however its drop was not so dynamic:


The daily swings in currencies can be quite misleading.
We should remember, that in technical approach, we shouldn't play against primary trend. Therefore, all rallies now can be only used for liquidating our long positions.
Nevertheless, we should always watch the price charts closely and be ready to act as soon as market trend reverses.

20091120

The WIG Index gained +0.59%:


Situation has not changed and we are still in long positions, until our stop-loss orders tell us to get out.

Let's also take a look at global overview:

Regardless, how we see the current economic situation, the current rally is quite dynamic and recovery is significant.
Lately, we did cross the Fibo 38.2% level and as per Fibonacci theory we have reached the minimum level for correction and we might be facing it.
The primary uptrend is still intact. Nevertheless, there are signs suggesting trend reversal (oscillators' negative divergences, decreasing volume), therefore we should be careful now (but don't panic either).

20091119

The WIG Index lost -1.60%:


Not much new can be said about current situation. We are still in uptrend, but oscillators and volume are giving us negative signs.

In summary, we are still in uptrend and the sell signal has not been given yet.

20091118

The WIG Index lost -1.81%:


The volume hiked on today's drop and that is not a good sign. The oscillators are also showing clear negative divergences.

I'm quite sceptical on the current 9-months rally continuation.
However, emotions do not pay and until the last low is broken we are in uptrend.

Australia seems to be doing very fine during those crisis times (here).

Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/173775-australia-what-recession]

20091117

The WIG Index fell -0.15%:


The market stayed above last high (ca.40300), but the negative oscillators' divergences have not been negated yet and this rally is not backed up with volume.
Therefore, I'm still waiting with confirming buy signal.

20091116

The WIG Index gained +2.52%:




Today's rally was impressive. However, it was not accompanied by volume hike and there is no confirmation is oscillators. Thus, I am still reluctant to signal buy and let's better wait for uptrend confirmation.

US market is rallying (here).

SeekingAlpha published a interesting article about dividends (here).

Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/173361-global-markets-in-review-stocks-still-in-rally-mode-for-now]
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/173228-dividend-grouping-for-dividend-income]

20091116 - Blog's immigration

Welcome everybody,

Today the Kisiel2's Blog has been migrated to a new site:

http://kisiel2.blogspot.com

The main reason for an immigration are features of Blogger, better integration with Google and my curiosity to try an alternative blogging framework. I hope the readers will like it.
All entries were imported; however, moving images is a more tricky and WordPress will stay as an image source for all older posts for now.

Kindly thanks to Wordpress.com allowing us to use their platform and great portal!


20091114 - EURPLN, CHFPLN

The EURPLN has broken daily low of 4.15:

eurpln_20091114

The CHFPLN is below daily support of 2.75:

chfpln_20091114

Both currencies have generated sell signals during this week. However, considering a number of false signals lately, those signals can also be misleading.

We should remember the primary downtrend and use those rallies are only to liquidate our long positions (if we still have any).

Note from 2009/11/14:
Lately I have received a mail with alternative interpretation and I believe it is worthwhile to visualize it here:


eurpln_20091114_break

Of course, we can use trendlines' breakthroughs to generate signals; however in my opinion this technique is too subjective.
Let's take a look how many trendlines (and false breakthroughs) can be drawn:


eurpln_20091114_trendlines

I would rather rely on Price Action model, which generally leaves less space for interpretation (nevertheless, marking highs/lows can be tricky).
Those are my methods, but if something works good for you then use it. Eventually, every trader has to develop its own strategy.

20091113

The WIG Index fell -1.11%:

wig_20091113

Today's retracement can be interpreted as a preparation for taking the last high. On the other side, both oscillators are still under trendline and that is a bearish sign.
Nevertheless, before we actually go through resistance or support, our forecasts are only guesswork.

20091112

The WIG Index gained +0.88%:

wig_20091112

Nothing new can be said about current situation as we are very close to last high, yet still below it. US market closed in red (S&P500) and that could be a negative sign.
Nevertheless, we should not act before confirmed breakout.

The Financial Graph & Art published a very interesting paper on history of FED (here).

Sources:
[http://www.financialgraphart.com/history_of_fed_free.pdf]

20091110

The WIG Index gained +0.50%:

wig_20091110

We are quite close to last high (ca.40300), crossing it will generate primary buy signal.
Current rally is quite dynamic, but nothing can be said before we cross this level.

There is an interesting article on America's inflation.

Note:
There is no session tomorrow, due to national holiday.


Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/172262-the-unsustainable-lie-of-inflation]

20091109

The WIG Index gained +3.01%:

wig_20091109

We have experienced nice rally today with increased volume (but still small). However, we are still below last high and we have to wait and see if the swing breaks last high.

Warren Buffett is investing in railroads (here).

StockCharts are publishing detailed technical analysis course by Chip Anderson (here). It is not finished yet, but this series is quite interesting.

There is nice blog entry how to interpret volume divergences (here).

Sources:
[http://seekingalpha.com/article/171975-how-warren-buffett-is-smarter-than-the-g20]
[http://blogs.stockcharts.com/chartwatchers/ta101]
[http://blog.afraidtotrade.com/inside-a-volume-divergence]