{"id":11276,"date":"2018-09-17T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=11276"},"modified":"2018-09-17T07:30:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:30:36","slug":"one-of-the-most-bearish-looking-charts-in-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/one-of-the-most-bearish-looking-charts-in-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the Most Bearish Charts in the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dollar is testing my patience.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve been bearish on the buck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/a-rough-summer-ahead-for-the-buck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since June<\/a>. Back then, the chart of the U.S. Dollar Index (USD) looked like it had peaked. The chart had formed a &ldquo;double top&rdquo; pattern &ndash; which is often viewed as bearish. And several momentum indicators were showing negative divergence &ndash; which is also potentially bearish.<\/p>\n<p>The USD closed last Friday near 95. That&rsquo;s basically where it was in June when I turned bearish on the buck. That&rsquo;s also where the USD was two weeks ago when I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/the-most-important-move-in-the-dollar-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reiterated my bearish stance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, even though the buck is still trading near its highest level of the year, I still think it sports one of the most bearish charts in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at this updated chart of the USD&hellip;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jc-stable.s3.amazonaws.com\/ee-assets\/channels\/articles\/mm\/201809-mm\/20180917-MM-01.png\" width=\"700\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:700px; margin: 0 auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First of all, take a look at what happened last November and December. The red circles on the chart show how, after a respectable rally, the dollar broke down below its 50-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#movingaverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moving average<\/a> line (the blue line) and entered an intermediate term decline phase that lasted for a few months.<\/p>\n<p>The first break below the 50-day MA in November found support. USD then rallied back up to challenge the 50-day MA &ndash; now as resistance. Resistance held, and the buck sold off hard.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also how the 9-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#ema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exponential moving average<\/a> (the red line) dropped below the 50-day MA. This &ldquo;bearish cross&rdquo; often coincides with the start of an intermediate-term decline.<\/p>\n<p>Now, look at the recent action on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>The red arrows point to the two recent breaks of the 50-day MA. This looks quite similar to the action last November and December.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also how the 9-day EMA just completed a bearish crossover below the 50-day MA late last week.<\/p>\n<p>If this chart continues to play out as it did last December, then the buck may be headed for a sharp decline &ndash; starting just about any day.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, I&rsquo;ve been writing bearish comments about the dollar since June. And, so far, the buck hasn&rsquo;t gone anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>But I&rsquo;m sticking with my bearish dollar position. The chart still looks poised to break down &ndash; soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\">Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casey-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/misc\/jeff-clark-signature.png\" width=\"200\" style=\"max-width:200px; width:100%;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px\">Jeff Clark<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. <\/strong>I just wrapped up the details on my presentation for the first annual Legacy Investment Summit. It&rsquo;s tentatively called &ldquo;Best Strategies To Profit From As Stocks Fall&rdquo;&hellip; and it&rsquo;ll show you the most profitable way to take advantage of the downturn I see coming.<\/p>\n<p>But aside from the panels and Q&amp;As, anyone who joins us in Bermuda will have a direct line to the best ideas in our business &ndash; over a cocktail, a poker game&hellip; or both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.legacyresearch.com\/chain?cid=MKT367600&amp;eid=MKT376483&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC038612&amp;encryptedSnaid=%25%25ENCRYPTEDSNAID%25%25&amp;emailjobid=%25%25jobid%25%25&amp;emailname=%25%25emailname_%25%25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for more details on the Legacy Investment Summit.<\/a> I look forward to seeing you there.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><strong>Reader Mailbag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Today, a dedicated reader keeps track of Jeff&rsquo;s summer S&amp;P projection&hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 0px 30px 0px 10px;padding-left: 15px;\">\n<p style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I&#8217;m looking at my ES Futures chart where I keep the pivot points and volume\/trade data, and right there is a green line I put on the chart on 3\/28\/18 that is labeled &#8220;JCT: Summer Target = $2870&#8221;. The close on 3\/28 was 2608. We closed above 2870 on 8\/24\/18. Way to go!<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\" style=\"-ms-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>&ndash; Mark<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Where will the S&amp;P be on 12\/31\/18? Higher&hellip; or lower?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts, and plans, <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dollar looks nothing but bearish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[7],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-11276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-jeff-clark"],"acf":[],"ai_tts_audio_outdated":false,"ai_tts_legacy_post":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=11276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}