Existing bull positions Sprint and three currency pairs -- EUR/JPY, EUR/USD and GBP/USD -- added to the list.
CNO Financial Group and the exchange-traded fund (etf) tracking gold hit their stop/losses and move to neutral phase.
Philip Morris International turns neutral as the average directional index (adx) turns down while above 40.
The utilities etf diverges as the parabolic sar turns bearish.
Yum! Brands' trend strengthens as the adx tops 20.
Bull Positions
New breakouts: HGSI, JCP.
Existing bull phase added: EUR/JPY, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, S.
CNO, GLD his stop/loss, turn neutral.
PM to neutral after adx drops while above 40.
XLU diverges as parabolic sar turns bearish.
| sym | adx | traj | psar | bday | blevel | bstop | 2-day? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | mar4 | $45.02 | $44.06 | ||||
| CNO | feb28 | $7.22 | $7.00 | ||||
| DELL | feb16 | $14.46 | $14.20 | ||||
| EUR/JPY | mar3 | ¥106.815 | ¥111.967 | ||||
| EUR/USD | feb1 | $1.37851 | $1.35303 | ||||
| GBP/USD | feb1 | $1.60935 | $1.58585 | ||||
| GG | feb28 | $47.08 | $45.80 | ||||
| HGSI | mar10 | $27.50 | $26.79 | ||||
| JCP | mar10 | $37.48 | $36.36 | ||||
| JNPR | feb4 | $38.73 | $37.57 | ||||
| LPNT | feb28 | $38.77 | $37.61 | ||||
| PBR | feb22 | $38.70 | $37.54 | ||||
| PM | feb15 | $60.14 | $58.68 | ||||
| S | mar8 | $4.69 | $4.54 | ||||
| SLV | feb17 | $30.44 | $29.53 | ||||
| TRGT | feb28 | $27.97 | $27.13 | ||||
| USO | feb23 | $39.48 | $38.30 | ||||
| XLU* | mar8 | $32.38 | $31.81 | ||||
| XLY | feb7 | $38.42 | $37.74 | ||||
| YUM* | mar8 | $51.54 | $50.08 |
Key
- adx: Average direction index location, indicating the strength, or the temperature, of the trend. Orange for 40 or greater, aqua (light blue) for 30 and up but below 40, magenta (light purple) for 20 and up but below 30, and brown for anything below 20. (Mnemonic: Orange for the overhead sun, blue for the surrounding sky, purple for sunset on the horizon and brown for the earth.)
- traj: Trajectory of the ADX, green for strengthening, red for weakening or yellow for unchanging. Note that if the adx column is orange and the trajectory column is red, then the position must be closed.
- psar: The parabolic sar, either green for bullish or red for bearish.
- bday: Breakout day, the day the price broke through the upper or lower 55-day price line.
- blevel: Breakout level, the price level of the line that was broken through.
- bstop: The stop/loss price calculated on breakout days as the 14-day average true range below the breakout-day low for a bull phase and above thre breakout-day high for a bear phase.
- 2-day?: Marked with an "✔" if the two-day rule is in effect. Under the rule, if the price closes below the breakout level on each of the two days following breakout day, then the position must be exited.
About channel analysis
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Disclaimer
Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.
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