The Weekly Triangle in McDonalds MCD
Here’s another classic “Blue Chip” Dow Jones component along with Exxon-Mobil (XOM) that is forming a large-scale symmetrical triangle formation. Let’s take a look at McDonald’s (MCD) weekly stock chart.
I describe the market action before the opening bell and after the close and discuss set-ups for the next day.
Here’s another classic “Blue Chip” Dow Jones component along with Exxon-Mobil (XOM) that is forming a large-scale symmetrical triangle formation. Let’s take a look at McDonald’s (MCD) weekly stock chart.
It’s a “Tale of Two Moving Averages” – in that the daily S&P 500 broke beneath the rising 20 day EMA while the US Dollar Index broke above its falling 20 day EMA. Let’s take a quick look at these structural developments.
The Dow Jones Transports Average ($TRAN) is testing its 50 day EMA at the 2,700 level – we need to keep a watch on this level to see if it breaks… or holds.
Let’s take a quick mid-day look at the SPY/market internals and current structure as we begin not only October 2009, but the final quarter of 2009.
I wanted to do a quick update post to show the “Rounded Reversal” pattern that formed recently on the intraday charts in GLD (Gold Tracking ETF). Let’s see it on the 15-min frame.
Unless you’re following Apple, or glance at it from time to time, you might not believe me when I say Apple (AAPL) stock is about $15 away from an all-time high just above $200 per share. Yes – it has recovered that much since the bear market lows of $89 per share. Let’s take a quick look at the weekly and daily charts.
Copper Prices, which can be early indicators of economic strength or weakness, are hanging as close to the edge of a cliff as possible and we need to watch the outcome of the current structure for clues ahead. Let’s see it.
Mid-day on Monday, the S&P 500 is up over 1.6% after successfully ‘bouncing’ off the 20 day EMA at 1,045. Let’s take a look at the current daily S&P 500 to see this bounce and what it might mean.
I wanted to highlight two features or trades from today’s intraday market action – a Descending Triangle Support Break and a “Mega-Divergence” reversal opportunity.
With Research in Motion (RIMM) falling over 15% intraday after Thursday’s “earnings miss,” I thought it would be a good idea to step back the timeframe and take a look at the larger picture – mainly the Monthly and Weekly chart structure.