News, Breakouts, Momentum Plays & Bottoms – September 16, 2022

MY JOURNAL FOR FRIDAY – September 16, 2022

NEWS, BREAKOUTS, MOMENTUM PLAYS & BOTTOMS

Understanding The Price Action | Greg Schnell, CMT | Osprey Strategic (9.16.22)

There are so many charts at inflection points. Not just on a daily chart, but on 10-year time frames. For me, the larger market direction is at an important precipice. Being involved or standing aside will be paramount to your wealth position heading into year-end.

XLY – Consumer Discretionary

As an example, let me talk about the consumer discretionary sector.

Consumer discretionary is a popular investment sector. Many of the meme stocks are in this sector. TSLA and AMZN are the behemoths in the sector. Retail names that swing in and out like LULU and TPR are in the sector.

The chart for consumer discretionary sits on a very relevant trend line. Going back to the 2010 period, XLY held a firm uptrend. COVID 19 came and went, stunning the industry by closing malls to foot traffic. For many of the charts, the COVID 19 lows snapped long uptrends. More importantly, the charts rebounded quickly and got back above the long term trend lines.

In the first half of 2022, XLY broke the long uptrend for the second time. After the June lows, the chart rallied. The August reversal has parked us on that line again. However, the chart has changed in character. Can you see it?

Notice the green line with a sharp downslope in the bottom left and now it is also in the top right of the chart. After trying to rally back through the 40 week moving average, we are stalling. I think we have failed at trying to breakthrough the green line and now we risk breaking the 13 year uptrend line for the second time. The June drop found support at the 9 year long red trend line. We have a little room to get back to that line.

As the consumer discretionary sector is slowing the pace of advancement (green line downtrending), it would be likely that a consumer discretionary chart is also going to be hit by a recessionary slowdown. If the long term uptrend is broken (black) again and we end up moving to a more shallow uptrend (red), this is a significant longer term change as the green line is telling us.

Tesla

Looking directly at TSLA, the chart is the strongest of the top 6. The chart is making a series of lower highs, but pushed to trade back above the 40 week moving average this week. In contrast, the PPO has a 2-year long downtrend in momentum, reflecting the flat price chart since January 2021.

The pivotal location on the chart is now. Can the PPO momentum break the two-year long downtrend? If so, the stock will start on its next leg higher. If the PPO rolls over below zero, this is typically where fast price drops occur. The strong Tesla price action over the last 5 days contrasts sharply with the weak market indexes and sector price action.

Amazon

The other behemoth is Amazon. Looking at the PPO, Amazon seems to be one wave ahead of Tesla. When Amazon’s PPO rolled over below zero for the first time in March, the price move was a waterfall lower, losing 30% in a few months. To me, that is the precipice that the TSLA chart is on. This week, the Amazon chart is struggling to continue higher, and it looks like it wants to move lower. The PPO is starting to roll over again while below zero, suggesting a significant weakness. The failure at the green line above the price action suggests the downtrend is still intact.

Being a technician watching charts requires following how the charts change from week to week. There is a lot happening next week if you are interested. I will be presenting at three different public venues as well as the regular weekly newsletter and video for clients!

The Pitch

I talked more about the macro environment on the Pitch, and you can see that recording here.

The Pitch

Upcoming Presentations:

I’ll also be presenting across a wide array of topics next week.

Osprey Strategic Overview

On Tuesday – I’ll be presenting on how the Osprey Strategic approach works to avoid the downside. You can register here for the live presentation on September 20th at 1 PM ET.

Enhance Your Investment Mindset

Traders Exclusive Presentation

On Wednesday – Traders Exclusive – September 21st at 1 PM ET.

Wolf Financial Twitter Space

On Thursday I’ll be on a Twitter Space with Wolf Financial – September 22 at 3 PM ET

It is an important time to keep focused on how this market resolves itself. I have a bunch of things I’m watching and I’d be excited to provide some insights as to how we examine the markets. Try the various subscriptions available at OspreyStrategic.org for as low as $7.

Good trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA

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Nearly a Decade of Experience in the Financial Markets

Greg Schnell, CMT, MFTA, is a Senior Technical Analyst at StockCharts.com specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and recent winner of the CSTA’s Technical Analyst of the Year. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts.

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