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Showing posts with label Spike Ledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spike Ledge. Show all posts

Friday, December 4, 2009

SPY 12_04

Another "Spike and Ledge" setup this morning as the SPY registered another minimal new high.
The SPY did put in some relatively strong volume today (270+million shares, 24-days since we last saw this) and closed the week with both a higher high and higher close.Funny thing about that volume. A strong order came in right around the previous day's close to support this afternoon's downward swing.Intra-day we saw some nice equal moves hitting their Fib. Extension targets.
And finally, the SPY looks to be in a bullish Wolfe Wave. A breakdown and I'll look for a contrary wave (based off of 11/9 as the 1-point). A push higher and the "sweet spot" has an awkwardly wide range.Speaking of Wolfe Waves, take a look at the recent activity in the U.S. Dollar Index:

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Spike & Ledge

SPY formed a "Spike & Ledge" pattern this morning on a test of new 52-week highs.
The pattern was coined in Linda Raschke's book Street Smarts, below are links to other articles relating to this climax pattern. Price set up perfectly on top of the PDH before flagging and selling off.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2532983/Break-Out-Strategy (page 12)
http://www.trading-naked.com/library/raschke-linda%20raschke%20-%20keeps%20up%20the%20pace.pdf (page 5)
http://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=DailyCharts&date=2005-12-29