PSEi 2/15/08, WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW

Friday, February 15, 2008

PSEi 2/15/08, WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW

PRICE AND TURNOVER
Close: 3,182.85
Change: -28.75pts/-0.90% (Daily) -58.28pts/-1.80% (Weekly) -430.13pts/-11.89%(YTD)
Value: 3,035,601,000

MARKET BREADTH
Net adv/dec issues: -20(Daily) -74(Weekly) -666(YTD)
Net up/down volume: -65,167,310(Daily) -1,956,197,210(Weekly) -6,738,115,443(YTD)
Net foreign buying: +18,071,917(Daily) +307,984,252(Weekly) -12,419,103,212(YTD)

TECHNICALS
Trend: Major trend sideways, intermediate downtrend, short term downtrend
Support and resistance: 3,000 / 3,400

OUTLOOK
Today, the PSEi gapped down at the open declining by around 30pts within a half hour into the
trading session. It quickly settled to trade within a tight range for the rest of the day closing very much near the day's low. The sellers were in complete control for the entire duration, the buyers didnt come to party today. The gap and the close near the low could mean a supply overhang that could spill over to the next trading day.

Looking at the daily timeframe, the chart shows the intermediate term unmistakeably on a downtrend and the short term trend seemingly beginning a fresh downswing after a failed test of the trendline resistance. There are no contrary evidence to suggest that the declining trend will change anytime soon. The index remains within reach of the trendline resistance so any off chance near term break to the upside should be a signal for us to observe a little more closely.

Shifting to the weekly chart, we see the major trend in a range pattern traversing between the
bounds of 3,000 and 3,900 since July2007. Both extremes are touched twice which qualifies with the textbook definition of a box/range pattern. More ominously, the movement within the range unfolds into a developing double top formation the completion of which could lead to a potentially huge move lower. The shorter declining trends are bound to inevitably drive the index toward 3,000 which is the base of the pattern. In the grand scale of things, this for me is the most important level to look out for because if the base is breached and the double top pattern behaves as expected, then it could be an early signal for a possible transition from a major consolidation to a major downtrend. Now that is a real big thing.

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* CYCLES: A TRIBUTE TO J.M.HURST by Brian Millard

* ELLIOT WAVE PRINCIPLE: KEY TO MARKET BEHAVIOR by Frost and Prechter

* FIBONACCI APPLICATIONS & STRATEGIES FOR TRADERS by Robert Fischer

* FORECASTING FINANCIAL MARKETS: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESSFUL INVESTING by Tony Plummer

* JAPANESE CANDLESTICK CHARTING TECHNIQUES by Steve Nison

* POINT & FIGURE COMMODITY & STOCK TRADING TECHNIQUES by Kermit Zieg Jr.

* PROFIT MAGIC OF STOCK TRANSACTION TIMING by J.M.Hurst

* TECHNICAL ANALYSIS EXPLAINED by Martin Pring

* TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF STOCK TRENDS by Edwards and Magee

* TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS by John Murphy

* TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: THE COMPLETE RESOURCE FOR FINANCIAL MARKET TECHNICIANS by Kirkpatrick and Dahlquist

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS EDUCATION

(Excerpts from J.Murphy)

BASIC PREMISE OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
1. Market action discounts everything.
2. Prices move in trends.
3. History repeats itself.

"The technician believes that anything that can possibly affect the price - fundamentally, politically, psychologically, or otherwise - is actually reflected in the price of that market. It follows, therefore, that a study of price action is all that is required. All the technician is actually claiming is that price action should reflect shifts in supply and demand. If demand exceeds supply, prices should rise. If supply exceeds demand, prices should fall. This action is the basis of all economic and fundamental forecasting."

"The concept of trend is absolutely essential to the technical approach. The whole purpose of charting the price action of a market is to identify trends in early stages of their development for the purpose of trading in the direction of those trends. There is a corollary to the premise that prices move in trends - a trend is more likely to continue than to reverse. Another way to state this corollary is that a trend in motion will continue in the same direction until it reverses. " (p.3)

"Much of the body of technical analysis and the study of market action has to do with the study of human psychology. Chart patterns, for example, which have been identified and categorized over the past one hundred years, reflect certain pictures that appear on price charts. These pictures reveal the bullish or bearish psychology of the market. Since these patterns have worked well in the past, it is assumed that they will continue to work well in the future. They are based on the study of human psychology, which tends not to change."

BASIC TENETS OF THE DOW THEORY
1. Averages discount everything.
2. The market has 3 trends.
3. Major trends have 3 phases.
4. The averages must confirm each other.
5. Volume must confirm the trend.
6. A trend is assumed to be in effect until it gives definite signals that it has reversed.

TREND FOLLOWING
"The whole purpose of charting the price action of a market is to identify trends in early stages of their development for the purpose of trading in the direction of those trends."

SPOTTING REVERSALS
"The most difficult task for a Dow theorist, or any trend follower for that matter, is being able to distinguish between a normal secondary correction in an existing trend and the first leg of a new trend in the opposite direction." (p.29)

REVERSAL SCENARIOS (p.29)
1. Failure swing
2. Non-failure swing

CLASSIFICATION OF TRENDS
1. Major (or primary)
2. Intermediate (or secondary)
3. Near term (short term or minor)

TRADING TIME HORIZON
"As a general statement, most trend following approaches focus on the intermediate trend, which may last for several months. The near term trend is used primarily for timing purposes. In an intermediate uptrend, short term setbacks would be used to initiate long positions." (p.54)

THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL TRADING
1. Price forecasting
2. Trading tactics
3. Money management

TRADING TACTICS
1. Tactics on breakouts
2. The breaking of trendlines
3. The use of support and resistance
4. The use of % retracements
5. The use of gaps

MONEY MANAGEMENT
1. Maximum loss limit per trade
2. Risk reward ratio
3. Fund allocation

PROTECTIVE STOPS
"For purposes of placing protective stops, support and resistance levels are most valuable." (p.401)

BUILDING BLOCKS OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
1. Support and resistance
2. Trendlines and channels
3. Percentage retracements
4. Speed resistance lines
5. Gaps
6. Reversal days

(Excerpts from M.Pring)

ONE AND TWO-BAR PRICE PATTERNS
One and two-bar patterns reflect changes in psychology that have very short term influence on prices.

1. Outside bars
2. Inside bars
3. Two bar reversal
4. Key reversal bars
5. Exhaustion bars
6. Pinocchio bars

Friday, February 15, 2008