Weekly Copper chart analysis ;
1) Current pattern shows a clear head and shoulder, with a clear neckline level.
2) Once we get over that neckline, I have a target of 620 by 2012
While the majority of people are bearish on global markets, may I remind you that the market has a life of its own .....
Most often , mistakes are rooted not in ignorance, but fear ; fear of being wrong. That is why the majority is following the bearish crowd .....

What can I say without it sounding too much like I'm bragging. The market performed beautifully yesterday (if your one of those leaning to the bullish side of this boat we're floundering in) and seems to have followed through today.

The markets for some reason are much more sensitive to pattern repetition lately – so that begs the question:

“Will the current rally pattern continue?”

Oh – first, let’s define the rally pattern and then see what the current ‘pattern completion’ and target is.

Officially, we’re in a sideways trading range that began in June (or late May).

So far, the daily ‘rally’ pattern is the following:

What are market internals saying about the recent rally?  They strengthened with a positive divergence ahead of this week’s rally but now….

Let’s take a quick look at S&P 500 Market Internals as they stand now:

First, let’s start with the positive divergence signal sent on August 31st from Market Internals.

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) chart analysis ;
1) Probably a perfect ABC pattern
2) Price zooms fast, breaking above that red trend on huge volume, searching for "A" (we often see a gap up in these conditions).
3) Price then pulls back and looks for a reliable support level "B"
4) Price rises up again, heading to break above "A", we call this the "C" level. Watch the volume when the break out occurs.

Today was a big day in the stock market as stocks gapped open higher and never looked back. I've been bearish on the market but unfortunately got stopped out of all my shorts right around the open this morning.
Looking at the above chart of the S&P you can see the market is right at its 50 day moving average and is still making lower highs which technically means the downtrend is still intact.

In the end it was a clean break; semiconductors gave up nearly 2% and the last hope for a bull trap went away. The nascent CCI 'buy' signal disappeared with the losses - it's looking ugly for the semiconductor index

($SOX)

It’s the same price pattern I’ve been highlighting for quite some time now, but perhaps now is a good time to define the pattern, show it, and state what it means for traders.

First, the pattern:

A lot of people are picking up on this pattern – or at least they should.  What is it?

I must confess that I too am confused, frustrated and starting to lose both my patience and my motivation. I read other blogs, newsletters, financial sites and come away convinced that no one knows with any degree of certainty what's coming down the road.