{"id":19686,"date":"2022-05-04T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=19686"},"modified":"2022-05-04T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T11:30:27","slug":"this-sector-is-still-vulnerable-to-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/this-sector-is-still-vulnerable-to-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sector Is Still Vulnerable to Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, there&rsquo;s a lot of blood in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a perfect storm of risks that are battering the markets.<\/p>\n<p>Between the ongoing war in Ukraine, rising inflation, and an increasingly hawkish Fed &ndash; there&rsquo;s no doubt investors are feeling the pain.<\/p>\n<p>While this may present rare opportunities to pick up deep value at great discounts, I believe there&rsquo;s still more pain to come&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>One sector that&rsquo;ll remain vulnerable to today&rsquo;s storm is financials.<\/p>\n<p>The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) is down over 17% from its January high of $41.42. XLF is now trading at around $34.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s quite a beatdown.<\/p>\n<p>And this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#etf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exchange-trade fund (ETF)<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t seem ready to rebound.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I have my eye on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a> level that comes in at around $31 (red line on the chart).<\/p>\n<table bgcolor=\"#eeeeee\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 15px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px; line-height:24px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out Jeff&#8217;s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s take a look at the XLF price chart&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202205\/20220504-jmu-01_bgh458.png\" alt=\"Chart\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On this chart, I outlined two important things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/glossary\/#bearish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bearish<\/a> head and shoulders pattern that completed last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This classic reversal pattern frequently forms at both major market tops and market bottoms.<\/p>\n<p>It has three key defining features &ndash; the left shoulder, the head, and the right shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern is complete once prices break and close below the neckline. The neckline (blue line) is a trendline that connects the bottom points of the left and right shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>For XLF, the pattern completed on April 26.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>The potential support level that comes in at $31.13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$31.13 is an important level for XLF. It represents a major top from which prices broke down on February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Markets have long memories. It&rsquo;s common for them to re-test past important levels like this one.<\/p>\n<p>So, I wouldn&rsquo;t be surprised if we test this level over the next several days.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For short-term traders, this could be an opportunity to ride XLF lower&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Or you could wait for that level to be tested, to see if an opportunity to go long will materialize around the $31.13 price point.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, I&rsquo;ll keep a close eye on this ETF and provide another update once XLF looks ready to turn higher again.<\/p>\n<p>Happy trading,<\/p>\n<p>Imre Gams<br \/>Analyst, <em>Market Minute<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Next week, Jeff Clark will reveal the most reliable strategy of his career all thanks to a 44-day window in the markets that&rsquo;s guaranteed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>During this window, Jeff can know ahead of time which stocks are pre-determined to see big moves. So far, he&rsquo;s had a <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT628241&#038;eid=MKT632165&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC139355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">95%-win rate using his proprietary calendar<\/a> to target stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The best part is, you&rsquo;re in and out of the trades in just a couple of days. So, you don&rsquo;t have to worry about exposing your hard-earned cash to volatility. To learn more, you can join Jeff on Wednesday, May 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT628241&#038;eid=MKT632165&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC139355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click right here to sign up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- MAILBAG BEGIN --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\">Reader Mailbag<\/h2>\n<p>Do you think it\u2019s better to go long or short on XLF?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts &ndash; and any questions you have &ndash; at <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feedback@jeffclarktrader.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- MAILBAG END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next several days are important&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[76],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-19686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-imre-gams"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19686","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=19686"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=19686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}