It would seem that even though the world is feeling a little better about the coronavirus, fears and uncertainties around the trade relations between the U.S. and China are flaring up again. Moreover, it seems that relations between China and Hong Kong could be a negative catalyst that could bring some risk off sentiment into the market. Overall our feeling is still slanted toward bearishness.
ALSI
The ALSI have a bit of a fake break above the indicated resistance level from last week, although nothing else seems to have changed much. We remain bearish on the local market (ALSI) for as long as it remains below the resistance level.
S&P500
The same can be said for the SPX. As long as it remains inside the resistance zone and below the 126 day moving average, we maintain our bearish outlook. We have to remain open to the reality that anything is possible and that we could be aiming completely in the wrong direction. Although until we have enough evidence to confirm to us that we are indeed wrong, we will remain convicted in our current bearish view.
USDZAR
It’s almost ironic that we tote on for weeks about how we expect the Rand to strengthen and then finally when we acknowledge the possibility of weakness, it strengthens. We noted last week that a break of the channel would be indicative of which way any trade would be placed. The lower end fo the range had broken and barring any major macro or political catalyst, the USDZAR looks set to go test the 126 day moving average.
Bidvest
This setup is starting to look really good to us. BVT is now showing decent bearish divergence, while being inside its tightening consolidation. This trade could provide a really great risk-reward within the next week or two.
Imperial
Interesting that IPL has formed a bearish engulfing candle at a key resistance level, while two of five momentum triggers have fired. This is an interesting trend following setup for us. This offers a great risk-reward trade as well.
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