In our last article about the Indian Nifty 50 index, published on May 19th, 2017, we shared an opinion that the price “is probably going to reach the 10 000 mark from now on. Maybe even 10 500.” Eleven months later, the Nifty 50 is trading near 10 550 after reaching 11 171 in late-January,…
Foot Locker’s Death Greatly Exaggerated
In about six short months between May and November 2017, Foot Locker lost over 63% of its market capitalization. The retail crisis did not spare FL stock, which crashed from $77.71 on May 10th to $28.42 by November 8th last year, following misses in earnings and revenue in the first two quarters of fiscal 2018.…
Buckle Stock Looks Bullish Ahead of Earnings
2017 was drawing to a close when we wrote an article about this relatively unknown apparel retailer on December 28th. The Buckle stock (NYSE:BKE) was trading near $24.50 after a four-month rally from as low as $13.60. But instead of falling in love with the recovery and joining the bulls, we decided to listen to…
EURUSD Sent North by Fibonacci Support
EURUSD bulls had nothing to complain about last week, as the pair rose from 1.2248 to a new 3-year high of 1.2555. It is no secret that the pair has been in an uptrend, especially since it has been rising during the entire 2017. Still, trends always include moves in the opposite direction. The most…
Here is Why Gold Prices Turned Bearish From $1306
Gold’s last major bottom was formed at $1260.50 on October 6th, following a decline from as high as $1357. By October 16th, the price of the precious metal was up to $1306 for a recovery of over $45. But instead of continuing to the north, the bulls could not breach this barrier and fell pray…
Dash Prices Bumping Into Fibonacci Support
Dash is the sixth largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization slightly below $2.3 billion, or $297.60 per coin as of this writing. Dash fell to as low as $219 in the middle of September, then jumped sharply up to $370 just a week later, before declining to the $300 mark again, leaving bulls and bears…
USD Index Bears Could Still Breach 91.00, But…
It has been a while since our last update on the USD index. On December 13th, 2016, while the index was hovering around the 101.00 mark, the Elliott Wave Principle suggested the uptrend is approaching its end and the Dollar index “will not rise forever”. So, instead of joining the bulls, who have been in…
USDCAD Two Months Ahead of Bank of Canada
Last week, the Bank of Canada raised the interest rate for the first time in seven years, thus reinforcing the downtrend in USDCAD, which has been in progress since the top at 1.3793 in May. In this respect, the hike itself is hardly the reason for anything. Despite the fact that the U.S. dollar lost over 200…
USDCAD: Ahead of The Slump of the Week
USDCAD opened at 1.3467 on Monday. Three days later, the pair fell by over 300 pips to as low as 1.3165. According to the media, the reason for the selloff was Bank of Canada’s sudden change of heart towards interest rates. At the start of 2017, the central bank was expected to lower the benchmark interest…
Price of Bitcoin Short-Term Vulnerable
In our previous article about the cryptocurrency, titled “Bitcoin ETF Rejected by the SEC? No Problem!”, we expressed a bullish opinion, shortly after the price of bitcoin touched a low of $944. The positive outlook was motivated by the Elliott Wave interpretation of the 4-hour chart below. As visible, this chart made the classic 5-3…
Euro Dollar: Genesis of a Fake Breakout
No, the Illuminati did not cause that euro dollar fake breakout Last Monday, March 27th, the euro dollar Forex pair breached its previous high at 1.0828 and climbed as high as 1.0906. That is what traders usually call a breakout. Taking out a major resistance like this is supposed to serve as a buying signal…
Freeport vs Indonesia: The Elliott Wave Outlook
It looks like Freeport is going to end up as a winner in the Grasberg saga Exports from Indonesia’s Grasberg copper mine have been halted for 10 weeks now. As a result, shares of Freeport-McMoran, one of the world’s largest copper producers and majority stake owner of the mine, recently declined from $17.06 in January to $11.92…
Wells Fargo to Lose 30% from Now On?
Eight years and one fake accounts fiasco later, Wells Fargo’s uptrend is approaching its end The last time we wrote about Wells Fargo was in late-January, 2016. Fourteen months ago, the stock was trading below $49 a share, after a decline from $58.74. It was a $10-drop, which for the bank’s investors meant a 17%…
Bitcoin ETF Rejected by the SEC? No Problem!
Last Friday, March 10th, the SEC rejected a proposed change in its rules that would have allowed the Winklevoss brothers to create the first Bitcoin ETF. Following the decision, the price of the cryptocurrency fell over 20%, from nearly $1290 to as low as $975 in a matter of minutes. And while the speed and…
Bitcoin Elliott Wave Outlook Ahead of the SEC
A month ago, on February 10th, we examined bitcoin’s tendency to extend the fifth waves of the impulse it draws. As of the time the article was published, the cryptocurrency was trading around $960, after a crash from $1075 to $914. But instead of selling with the other bears, the lessons learned from bitcoin’s manic-depressive past…
