Follow up on shipping.

Huge rally.

This was a monster follow through day and we settled at the bear trap line. It is do or die time for the bear camp. A break above the bear trap line and the balance of power will shift into full bull mode. Now it's time to be focused on the price and playing the patterns as they unfold and ignore everything else.

A technical guide:  Watch for " crawling along" or repeated bumping of minor or major trend lines and prepare to see such trend lines broken.

Central Banks ( FED ) agreed to provide cheaper dollar loans to the European Central Bank- which can then provide cheaper dollar loans to cash-strapped European banks.

As a result of bankers united effort markets gaped approximately 40 points right from the gate. What's next ? Well we'll see, and in the meantime re-read the below blog for some possible scenarios. What's the edge here ? PATIENCE - patiently waiting for your set up to show up and accepting being out of the market as "A" position OR slowly start building your position in small increments and pyramid up only if confirmed correct by the market, staying nimble and aware that anything can happen in this crazy environment.

The ideal situation_ _ _

The ideal situation would be to see a bounce that set up new shorts on the larger time-frames. We got the bounce today but it is important to remain patient at this juncture. 
Remain focused on longer time frame and wait patiently for your entry before getting involved.

                                weekly view

Cash is king !

Stay positive, pal. Most people, when they lose, they whine, they quit. But you gotta be there for the turns. Everybody's got good luck, everybody's got bad luck. Don't run when you lose, don't whine when it hurts. It's like the 1st grade, nobody likes a crybaby.

-Gordon Gekko

Range again.

The market has lots of room to move around and even have a holiday rally ( dead cat bounce ) without even coming close to negating the technical breakdown and follow through we have seen recently. There is an increased expectation  that another move lower will occur once oversold conditions are removed. Last Thursday's breakdown out of the triangle confirmed that near term market direction is down and for long-only position trader in growth stocks, cash is king.

Note:  Lots of hedge fund managers are selling their positions and going flat/bonds.