My mind changes with this chart.
You can see what happened in February when the SPX was funneled into a symetrical triangle. The highest point of the triangle being 1326.70 and the lowest point being 1219.29. The difference being 107.41.
1461.52-107.41= 1354.11, actual price was 1363.98.
Each line on the chart represents a key support or resistance. When two lines come together and price is funneled in between two lines, then the price has to make a decision. Since this is an upwardly trending chart, when two lines come together it usually means down.
The top horizontal line is the toughest resistance of any of the lines on the chart as it represents the 2000 high give or take a few points. You can see other lines of support and resistance also converging together right at that one point.
There could be other lines as well that I did not draw, but everything converges at that one point which tells me that there will either be a tremendous breakout once it clears that point or the price will have to pull back to the path of least resistance which would put it somewhere in the air pocket at 1450.
The past super drops on the SPX have been the following:
Feb 05= 93 points
Aug 05= 77
May 06= 107
Feb 07= 98
Avg= 93.75
1532.41-93.75= 1439
High drop= 1425
Low drop= 1455
Im saying it will be tough to move past the resistance. If it does, which I do not expect, then it will break out with the target price being 2200 in 2-4 years then at which time there will most likely be a macro pullback. However, somehow I feel it will pull back to the pocket at this time. The reason why it will do this is to clear away from the different lines and then make another attempt.
You will notice how the price is now being funneled into the apex of an upwardly sloping triangle. One end of the triangle sits almost exactly at 1363. The top part of the triangle is at 1461. 1461-1363= 98 1532-98= 1434
You young guys like to place bets before the horses are out of the gate. I like to place bets after the horses leave the gate otherwise how will I know who wins? Thats why this seems a little vague. You guys want firm answers, but thats not how we get rich, thats how we go broke and thats how we get divorced. The decisions change with the geometry of the chart.
If the horse gets above 1532 with volume then the next short term price target will be 1630. However, a failure in the apex of the triangle means certain disaster with the price falling to the mid 1400s.
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Thanks for the warning. When you decide change your mind let us know.