Raging Bulls

Well that was yet another wipeout for the bears yesterday and resistance at 1150 SPX has now been broken with confidence. That was the last really major resistance level before 1219.80 SPX, though there are less important resistance levels at 1173.57 and 1200 SPX of course.

Looking at the SPX daily chart, we now have a rising channel from the August low, similar to but somewhat wider than the channel established during the spike up after the February low. We also have a shorter term and shallower rising channel established over the last three weeks, and we hit the top of that channel at the high yesterday. We could reverse here, but if we break up through that upper channel trendline, then my next channel target is in the 1180 - 1190 SPX area. A break up looks very possible, as the equivalent channel on ES is being tested hard as I write:

On EURUSD we had a trendline support break yesterday before another move up, and having had a close look at the chart yesterday we appear to have started a reversal process that I have seen a number of times before, most recently at the last GBPUSD low. The process takes the form of evolving though a series of shallower and then reversed channels before retracing. EURUSD may yet break up from this reversal pattern, but if it doesn't then we are close to a top and EURUSD is unlikely to reach 1.40 before the next serious retracement:

The BOJ has been announcing a series of interventions in the last few days and weeks, and one of the main intentions of those interventions is to weaken JPY. There's no sign of that happening as yet and USDJPY is testing the important support level just under 83. Short term USDJPY is in a declining channel:

One of the most popular quotes from the Bible, frequently used at weddings particularly, is from St Paul in Corinthians. My favorite part is where Paul tells the corinthians that 'though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing'. In essence Paul is telling us that if you don't have love, then bankrupting yourself and committing suicide would be a bad idea. A lifestyle tip worth remembering.

The Bank of Japan clearly feels that it has love, as its strategy of printing endless new fiat money and borrowing vast sums to spend on economic stimulus looks very similar to the bankruptcy and suicide strategy Paul describes. Though this strategy has been pursued by Japan for almost twenty years without much visible result other than an accumulation of government debt approaching 200% of GDP, they have not been discouraged and clearly feel that more of the same is their best path to sustainable prosperity. Good luck to them obviously, and to the many developed countries now following their inspiring example.

For those who don't have confidence in this strategy, for whatever reason, precious metals are looking very attractive as an alternative to fiat money that can't be printed, and they've been on a tear lately. Gold is within a two year old rising channel, and my next upside target is in the 1450 area:

Silver is also within a two year old rising channel, but has been rising much faster so it looks likely that either silver will break up from that channel, or that we are about to see a period of silver underperforming gold. Silver hit the top of the rising channel at 23.09 overnight, and hit it at a point where that upper channel trendline intersected another important support / resistance rising trendline. We could well see silver retrace here, though longer term I am expecting to see it go a lot higher: