AmenRa's Corner

A place where a skillful caddy always offers cool contemplation when it comes to your "stick" selection.


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SPX
Bearish short day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Failing all SMA's but SMA(233). Failing trend line (3/6/09-7/1/10). Tested and held the 76.4% retrace (1277.73). Tested and held weekly 3LB reversal. Failing monthly 3LB mid. New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 1300.16). QE2infinity. "JBTFD. Any questions?"



DXY
Bullish long day. Midpoint below EMA(10). No test of 0.0% retrace (72.70). Below all SMA's. Held its 14.6% retrace (73.95). Failing its weekly 3LB mid. No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 74.64).



VIX
Bullish long day. Midpoint above EMA(10). Still above all SMA's. Held its 23.6% retrace (18.28). New high on daily 3LB (reversal is 15.52). Wants to escape the "no fear" zone.



GOLD
Bearish short day. Midpoint above EMA(10). No test of 0.0% retrace (1577.40). Above all SMA's. Failed its 14.6% retrace (1539.32). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 1557.30). Holding above upper trend line. Must have the precious.



EURUSD
Bearish engulfing day. Midpoint above EMA(10). Above all SMA's. Tested and failed its 85.4% retrace (1.4640). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 1.4379).



JNK
Bearish long day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Tested and failed its SMA(233). No test of 0.0% retrace (40.93). Tested and failed its 76.4% retrace (39.90). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 40.31).



10YR YIELD
Bearish short day. Still below all SMA's. Midpoint below EMA(10). Made a new 0.0% retrace (29.33). Still below the upper trend line. New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 30.61).



WTI
Spinning top day. Tested and held SMA(144). Midpoint below EMA(10). No test of 0.0% retrace (114.83). Held its 61.8% retrace (98.93). No dally 3LB changes (reversal is 111.41).



SILVER
Hanging man day (right at trend line). Held SMA(89). Midpoint above EMA(10). Still below the upper trend line. Failing its 50.0% retrace (38.05). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 36.12). ""You want delivery! You can't handle the delivery!"



BKX
Bearish short day (didn't confirm inverted hammer). Midpoint below EMA(10). Failing all SMA's. Failing its 76.4% retrace (47.07). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 47.69).



TLT
Bullish long day. Midpoint above EMA(10). Back above SMA(233). No test of 0.0% retrace (97.72). Trading above its upper trend line. Tested and held its 14.6% retrace (96.54). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 97.64).



HYG/LQD
Bearish long day. Tested and failed its 0.0% retrace (0.8157) so new range tomorrow. Below all SMA's. Midpoint below EMA(10). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 0.8263).




WORLD WIDE PREMIERE JULY 1, 2011

30 comments:

QQQQ said...

THX AR!

Silver concerns me. Is it basing last few weeks or getting ready for another selloff?

...enquiring minds would like to know

AmenRa said...

QQQQ

Silver is having trouble retaking its SMA(21) on the weekly chart. It's also below its monthly 3LB mid. The last five weeks have been unable to get above the mid of the bearish long candle for the week ending 5/6/11. So I think it's setting up for another move lower.

QQQQ said...

Everywhere I channel, there's something about Weiner. It's turned into WeinerGate, Weiner should just pack it in! On his popularity, Weiner is shrinking, he's certainly in a pickle. Should Weiner go in hiding for what he's done? His wife still loves her weiner dispite what he's done! I just hope they don't have a son, and name him Harry!

OK, got the weiner out of me! ...errr, nevermind

QQQQ said...

AR, thx, I had that feeling of going lower, to bad it was a few days after I bought calls when I thought it was going higher than it did. I sold most though but not 100% sure I want to short it now.

AmenRa said...

QQQQ

Silver is in a tight trading range. I'd wait for the break.

AmenRa said...

But it has been making higher lows the past few weeks. The last four weeks are making a triangle.

AmenRa said...

Kobe Bryant's Post Game Meltdown Spoof: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/14820e72b5/kobe-byrant-s-post-game-meltdown?rel=player

ben22 said...

I played better with the blue Gatorade....later, Jim Beam

that was funny

cv said...

@Amen

Automatic Systematic

Full of color self contained

Tune that shadow to your Vi -ibes

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kinda sorta like 'wheezing the 'ju-uice'... (in a byegone era - of course)

cv said...

@qqqq

I don't know about 'Weiner'... All I know is that his wife is named Huma Abedin...

NO WONDER she didn't change her married name to HUM-A-WEINER...

...as for headlines

Le Bron (the 'King'!)... was getting mercilessly bashed today in the sportswriting world... I've never seen anything like it... Either he's going to come back with the game of his life (next game), or he's probably going to jump off the tallest building in Miami... I don't kno...

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"he's gonna take his 8 fucking points to South Beach" - lol

We'll see... CV isn't writing him off like the rest of the sportswriting world just yet (they're all fair weather bandwagonists)... But... BUT! They have a legitimate right to criticize last nights performance...

cv said...

@q's

Yeah... Silver has me kind of irritated at the moment also...

I never pulled the trigger on that 'arbitrage' chance I got... But actually - that's the BEAUTY of thinking long term and not worrying about ticks...

At this point, I'm in AMEN's camp... Wait for the break... If it breaks UP - I'm going to arbitrage scrap silver for gold... If it breaks DOWN... I'll just hold onto it for awhile (maybe a long while), and just ante up more CASH for EITHER at the next bottom...

cv said...

OK... that's it for me on this forum for this evening...

I gotta hit the wheels of steel to do a 'dance mix' for a class I'm subbing manana...

Hasta la vista bitchez!

cv said...

@Amen

BTW... You unknowingly gave me an inspiration on the 'mix' I'm going to put together...

Not going with 'Dancing Machine'... But I'm sticking with/KICKING IT OFF with The Jacksons...

WALK RIGHT NOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Y4kaAYeGw&feature=related

AmenRa said...

CV

Haven't heard that in a minute. My other choice would be "Forever Came Today".

AmenRa said...

For the record futures are higher because the contracts are rolling over to September.

cv said...

@Amen

I'm thinking WALK RIGHT NOW might be a good call on equities (& commodities) until the day comes that they raise the debt ceiling and (a few - on Wall St.) can...

PARTY OUT OF BOUNDS (again)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2eRkB3FeJE

...but until then, here's 'Jamie' & his crew...

JAMIE's CRYING...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA07U_Gx0Bg

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BTW... This new 'mixing' software I'm using now BLOWS FU**ING GOATS... I gotta re-do this whole mix... What happened to the GOOD OL DAYS (with vinyl)... I NEVER missed a mix on my fingetips with steel, vinyl, & a slider... Hell - I could even run a light show with my d*** while I did it...

Take me back...

BTW... Here's the MIX I'm trying to execute...

- Walk Right Now (remix)
- Gym Tonic (Bob Sinclair & the Bucketheads)
- Baby Baby (Corona)
- Larger Than Life (Backstreet Boys Keith Litman Mix)
- Breathe (Faith Hill Hex Hector Mix)
- Lionel Ritchie vs. Michael Jackson (All Night Long vs. Wanna be Starting Something White Label Helluva Mix)...

It really shouldn't be hard... But the ALGO on the timecode keeps re-arranging (rolls eyes)... Must have NYSE programmers involved with that one...

cv said...

It was the 'ULTIMIX' (remix) on 'Baby Baby'...

AmenRa said...

CV

Never got into the mixing software. Still use cds or vinyl. But if I can use AIFF/WAV files then I might give it a try. Basically, I don't like to mix with compressed files.

cv said...

@Amen

I really never got in to it either (mixing software)...

But it became IMPRACTICAL to haul 'Technics 1200' steeltables across the Atlantic Ocean (tho I DID at first)...

- Pro Tools wasn't bad (hate to admit it - but Apple was 20 YEARS ahead of anything that even comes out today)...

- Steinbeck/Jones (a GERMAN company which has since merged into other software), did a time compression software 20 years ago that is still better than anything out today...

- I wished EVENTIDE had made the attempts to have engineers convert from analog to digital (but to my knowledge, it never came about)...

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Anyway... Nowadays - I hack around in the Netherworlds of what FREE software I can find...

AT LEAST I still retain an aptitude of "who's who" (behind the track mixes)... It's still a pretty closed loop (with NEWBIES gaining entrance on merit)...

cv said...

When I say 'impractical'... I dunno... I guess I blame the airlines...

I 'effin got a stack of ruined STANTON's to prove it...

cv said...

@Amen

Oh... and just a little hint...

If you're EVER stuck on LYRICS to describe the impending market collapse...

No need to EVER... Look further than DEVO for your inspiration...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPPmk78J1sQ

HERE TO GO

"IF YOU SMELL THE SMOKE
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TOLD
WHAT YOU GOT TO DO

YET THERE'S A CERTAIN BREED
SO VERY IN BETWEEN
THEY'D RATHER TAKE A VOTE

RUNNING SHORT ON TIME
STILL THEY CAN'T DECIDE
BUT WE ALREADY KNOW

THAT WE ARE HERE TO GO
WE ARE HERE TO GO
WE ARE HERE TO GO
WE ARE HERE TO GO
WE ARE HERE TO GO

WHAT IS REALLY MINE
WHO'S AT THE TOP OF THE PILE
WHERE DOES HE DRAW THE LINE

LET THEM FIGURE IT OUT
GO ON AND STEP ACROSS
JUST REMIND YOURSELF

THAT WE ARE HERE TO GO (refrain)

WHEN IT GROWS TOO LONG
THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG
THE HAND THAT BITES GETS FED

TROUBLES MULTIPLY
THE CROWD BEGINS TO CRY
FOR SOME COMMON SENSE

LET THEM ALL DIG IN
WHEN THE ODDS ARE NO WIN
HEAD FOR THE NEAREST DOOR

'CAUSE WE ARE HERE TO GO
GO!

cv said...

But then...

Don't listen to CV...

USE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU

AmenRa said...

CV

Traktor or Serato seem to be the choices for those who decide to use software. Mostly because the cd books become huge. You can use wav/aiff or mp3 files.

cv said...

A victim of collision on the open sea...

Nobody ever said, Life was free...

Sink... Swim... Go down with the ship...

USE YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE...

(or - just frequent a DIFFERENT blog - where, you'll be BANNED FOR LIFE - if you express a different POV)...

cv said...

@Amen

This sounds TOTALLY cheesy (and, honestly, is)... but these days... in the end... I just go with the mp3 mixes...

it's 1 tenth the file size of the WAV/AIFF's, and WEIRDLY (or not), it'll eat up your CPU in a way that f's up your mixes (which is what I was complaining about earlier)...

Worse... You never know when it's going to happen...

Grrrrrr.

cv said...

@Amen

Oh... & speaking on whether or not people actually understand what 'geniuses' DEVO were...

Here's a 1982 live footage... The FIRST 'live' 3-D video ever broadcast... About 25 years before TODAY's geniuses figured it out...

So to all the 'young-uns' out there... SOME people (not CV - of course), actually had a few things figured out, probably before you were born...

But we'll NEVER admit it (because the GOOD THINGS all started to happen after Y'ALL took control - right?)... :-)

cv said...

oh... the LINK (sorry - senility comes with knowledge)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd7hbMZ7sUI

AmenRa said...

CV

If I remember right it's 10.585MB/min to digitize a stereo music file. So a 1TB drive can hold 94473 minutes of cd audio (or 1574.5 hrs). Freaky. But you can have all of your music at cd quality. especially if you play out and you want your set to sound as good as possible.

QQQQ said...

CV, mix a little Usher in... lyrics a bit much though? They're even doing aerobics around 4:45 min.

Anonymous said...

Hello, Bertie here, long time no speak. Now CV, I know you love your music but you CANT use MP3s, unless the speakers that you are forced to use are so bad that it makes no diff, in which case I'm sorry because your students/clients/whatever will be missing out on experiencing the great music you are providing them.
Back to topic, I remain riveted by this blog and I apologise for my continued lack of verbal presence. However!...the restructure at my company that I have previously mentioned is now complete (luckily I was successful in my tilt) so hopefully my stress levels will come back down. In the meantime, raising my glass to all contributors here, best Bertie

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