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The Elliott Wave Commentary

Spring break−down

Mon, May 12 2008, 10:47 GMT
by Joseph Russo

Elliott Wave Technology

Financial Sphere & Fed Gone Wild / cost, well over $500 Trillion in notional derivatives

With no apparent end in sight to their omnipotent magical power, as you watched our fascist-like fed usurp ever-more control over the financial sphere, were you impressed enough to trade-long shortly following their lead in contriving the spasmodically incessant rally from the March lows?

- We were.

With stammering Hank and Uncle Ben’s “all-in” guarantees to cover your long-butts, did you buy completely into a la-la land bullish frenzy that would launch equity prices straight up the their old highs?

No? Didn’t think so, - we didn’t either, and that’s a good thing.

Knowing when to hold ‘em or fold ‘em / cost, $Tens of Thousands in learning-curve dues

Although we positioned long for good chunks of the run, by no means did we buy into it completely. Going forward, there are a few things to keep in mind however. One, is that; it ain’t over till’ it’s over. Secondly, we did not get this far without some battle scars along the way. Finally, one should never expect perfection in this type of endeavor. Furthermore, taking pre-determined losses are very much a part of an overall long-term winning strategy.

What Next / cost, risking jail-time for blackmailing members of the working group

For now, the jury remains out on this unprecedented intervention. We will be working intently over the summer to assess the markets deliberation towards verdict on the durability of the feds deplorable self-rescue efforts.

Our next tasks are to monitor for a renewed summer rally following this recent spring breakdown, and to observe signs for a resumption of bear market declines amid a potentially serious affliction of the summertime blues. It should not be too long before we get handle on which direction these coming headwinds are most likely to blow.

Markets Waiting to Exhale / cost, $60 Billion straight away give or take

For many, we assume it appeared that the fed-led intervention rally would just keep on going like the energizer bunny. We suspect many were certain that the rally would eventually fizzle out, but did not know when, or where to position orders to protect long side trading profits, or reverse short to capture the inevitable pullback.

If you were in either camp, you shouldn’t feel too bad. The rally off the March low was rather complex, elegantly seductive, and difficult to interpret by design. Whatever you do, don’t get mad – simply get even.

After imposing an authoritarian 50% retracement on the dime of taxpayers, the dynamic duo and their global “working group” apparently achieved some level of comfort in easing off the national emergency, bullish-bid-offensive essential to preserving their sacred monopolies.

Fear not bulls, fascist backstop subsidies will return with statist intervention whenever necessary, and at any cost. That you can count on - in the meantime...

Nailing a Near-Term Complacent High / cost, just $75.00

Realizing our divine masters had achieved an appropriately safe level of lift following 8-weeks of unprecedented intervention in the supposed free market, we were fully prepared for this week’s rather tricky and sudden decline.

Patiently tracking the fascist-like propping-up of equity markets from the March lows, our proprietary timing, sentiment, and momentum models began sounding a confluence of alarms upon the Dow’s strike-high of 13132 on May 2.

On Friday May 2, our Near Term Outlook signaled a key-pivot counter-trend short position in the Dow against the 13132 high. Proprietary standing criteria elected short positions at 13047, just 85-pts from the top tick.

One week later on Friday May 9, standing proprietary interim-pivot criteria alerted select traders to exit shorts at 12734 near the close, booking over 300-pts profit. (Or $3,000 dollars in profit for each full-size futures contract traded)

Many Caught with their Shorts-Off following Tuesday’s recovery / cost, $3,000.00

If you were certain another high was sure to follow coming off Tuesday’s impulsive recovery rally from the 12863 low, it is likely that you were not alone in such reasonable assumption.

If you lifted shorts, or got caught off-guard after Tuesday’s five-wave impulse rally, which then followed such bullish price-action with an unusually rare sell-off, we suspect you had an abundance of good company.

We presume that this was the precise intent of the prevailing price-action. We consider this type of price-action the rather fine art of “working group” chart painting-101.

However, if you were privy to viewing our real-time interpretation of the price action at hand, you would have acquired an alternate perception as to what was really going on in the familiar trading arena of cunning and deceit.

What, you ask?

How can a five-wave advance be corrective! How is it that a five-wave impulse is supposed to be able to crest a corrective ‘b’ wave terminal? How can this be a proper Elliott Wave count?

We will show you how.

The chart below provides clear illustration of fully conforming tenets of Elliott Wave structures. Do feel free to email us in sharing any opposing views.

Hearing Mayday, Mayday / cost, a mere $75.00

As if the market is not difficult enough to forecast and trade, the shenanigans of working group antics can make it even more deceptive.

Tuesday was one of those days where statists executed chart painting-101 flawlessly. They may have fooled the many, but they did not fool the few, at least not the few who subscribe to our service.

Yes, a five-wave advance can be corrective, and yes, five-waves up can terminate a “b” wave at one larger degree.

The chart below meticulously illustrates the culmination to our dynamic interpretation of wave structures from the get-go print-high of 13132.30 on Friday 2-May.

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