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  • Stocks reached new record highs last week, right at the end of our lunar green period. That marks the first solid green period in quite a while and suggests that normal lunar cycles are coming back. I think we will see a pullback in the current red period, but probably not as deep as many

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  • Comments for this week (the reversal tables are posted below) : * The Nikkei has closed above its weekly key reversal level and is now bullish again. But it could be a fake out move as its weekly MoM remains to the downside, which is suspect. If Nikkei moves above 15500 we can become more

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  • LT wave for March

    Markets reached new highs last weeks, and the S&P 500 came within 2 points of the 1870 target we had put out. With a lunar red period set to start this week, we have to watch out on the downside. Here is the current Nasdaq chart (click for larger image): The Nasdaq keeps working its

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  • Comments for this week (the tables are posted below) : * Most stock markets are back to strong bullish status on the weekly level, but remain in weak bullish mode on the daily level. This means that the recent rally may have peaked or is close to a peak. So, keep a stop loss close

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  • In April and May there will be a rare constellation in the sky, a so-called “grand cross” between the outer planets Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto. This is considered a stressful aspect by financial astrologers. In this article we will take a look at historical examples, and see if there is anything to fear. A

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  • Here are our monthly key reversal levels going into March 2014. Remember, these monthly key reversal are only for long term market orientation. Try to invest mainly in the stronger markets (dark green) and you will do well in the long term. Speculative buying can be done in the markets that switch from bearish (red)

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  • Latest daily key reversal levels: (Legend: Mode : green = bullish, pale green = weak bullish – may have peaked, red = bearish, pink = mildly bearish – may have bottomed | Key: key reversal level | W: weekly mode | for more details about these key levels, see: https://lunatictrader.wordpress.com/key-reversal-levels/ ) Comments: * There was

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  • The intuition trap

    A lot of investors rely on intuition to estimate the odds of the market going up or down, and this influences their trading decisions. The Dow Jones Industrials has been going up five years in a row, so now we are overdue for a down year, isn’t it? There hasn’t been a 10% correction for

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  • Bitcoin price targets

    A reader asked if I have any price targets for bitcoin. In my last (and only) post about bitcoin: What will replace bitcoin?, I pointed out how an unlimited number of different cryptocurrencies can be created. Then what is their value? There is now actually a service that lets you do just that: Coingen. Of

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  • Key reversal levels for next week: Weekly Current Mode Key (W) MoM (W) Weeks % Ch. Nasdaq 4,263.41 3,903.20 6.03 59 38.01 S&P 500 1,836.25 1,766.65 2.27 64 29.65 Nikkei 14,865.67 15,239.04 -1.45 2 1.49 FTSE 100 6,838.10 6,554.90 0.42 0 0.00 DAX 9,656.95 9,056.11 3.64 32 17.23 Bonds (TLT) 106.67 104.84 2.86 4 -0.51

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