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A Meaningful 3 Week Pattern in $COPPER

Greg Schnell

Greg Schnell

Chief Technical Analyst, Osprey Strategic

On a huge macro scale, we are trying to break out of a consolidation range. 13 year. Breaking out on Dow, SP500, Nasdaq, $RUT.  Unfortunately, the rest of the globe has not been confirming.
But the 2 days since the Fed announcement since they removed the upside limit on intervention has really changed the shape of the market.

This was a major week for the markets.
Here was a view from April 24. Notice by right clicking on the Perf Chart you can bring up the cycle tool and slide the yellow line, left to right!!!!!! (That 's a new feature!)

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Compare that to now.

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The $UTIL relative strength line plummeted. That is actually a good thing. The transition to tech leadership this week was particularly acute.
The transports were doing well, now the techs are starting to move.  Next should be the industrials and raw materials. So I visited the $COPPER chart.
The 7% move in Copper yesterday was working real hard and I believe a trend change.
Unlike the $INDU market Copper kept climbing from open to close. The $INDU market opened high, climbed slightly and gave back into the close.
There are 7 big green volume candles on the daily JJC. Live Chart

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We need to look at the bigger picture in Copper. $COPPER

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So one week does not make an all clear and the problems are wider spread than America, so its still cautionary. But in 7 trading days things have clearly reversed.
It's pretty important timing in the market as normally a summer swoon sets in. This week and the change of behaviour to the growth side of the cycle is very encouraging for me.
We also made a confirming move above the $SPX 1597,$TRAN, $RUT, $INDU, $TYX.  We are still in a dicey spot on the charts. But when you are looking for technical signals, we got a bag of confirmations this week. Short term we might have run a bit too far, too fast. Big picture, we got some great signs this week. $COPPER's change was huge in my mind.
Good Trading,
Greg Schnell, CMT

Greg Schnell
About the author: , CMT, MFTA is Chief Technical Analyst at Osprey Strategic specializing in intermarket and commodities analysis. He is also the co-author of Stock Charts For Dummies (Wiley, 2018). Based in Calgary, Greg is a board member of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) and the chairman of the CSTA Calgary chapter. He is an active member of both the CMT Association and the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). Learn More