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Showing posts with label Divergence. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

How Charting Could've Saved You From DLF Crash (Oct2014)

DLF Daily Historical Candlestick Chart Technical Analysis

I'm writing a different kind of post today.  This is not a future-prediction; it's a historical analysis.

The share is DLF, which has crashed in recent times.  A lot of negative news is floating around for DLF, hammering the share price.

A lot of investors have gotten stuck in DLF, as the fall was huge and happened before people could exit.

The question is, Could knowledge of Charting have saved an investor from losing money?  Did the chart give exit signals before the crash?  Let's see.

DLF Price Movement May13 to Oct14

This is a Daily Candlestick Chart of DLF from May 2013 to October 2014.

The price topped on 9th June 2014 at Rs. 242.95.  Then price fell to 205, found support for a while, attempted to rise but lost near 223 and fell from there like a waterfall.

We'll assume we have no news about DLF and are simply looking at the chart and taking positions.  The following is spotted on 9th June:

1) There was a sudden bull run from 9th May 2014, with price rising almost vertically.  The volume also spurted.  This was an alert signal.  It could mean both bullish and bearish, but its an alert nevertheless.

2)  The Fibonacci sequence shows achieving an extension level which provides natural resistance to price.

3)  On 9th June, the price made a bearsih divergence with its oscillator (compared to previous high on 26th May 2014).  This, coupled with Fibonacci resistance, is reason enough to exit or take a short position.

4)  If an investor had not exited DLF on divergence, then in the next few days the RSI fell below 70 and failed to reclaim the bullish levels till end of July even though price had risen.  This is obviously another case of divergence, giving a reason to exit anytime between 205 and 223.

5)  Finally, as the price fell below Rs. 195, it formed a Head-and-Shoulders pattern (not drawn on the chart).  After all the negative signals, this one would be a very-definite exit signal.

6)  There are candlestick patterns as well, but I think you understand by now that they provide additional information indicating an oncoming bearish market.

The price is currently (29Oct2014) trading Rs. 100 - Rs. 120 levels.  Any investor could have saved the loss by exiting DLF at the right time, as the chart was showing exit warnings again and again.

How much money could we have saved (considering current price of Rs. 111)?

1)  If exited at Bearish Divergence, then Rs. 130 per share loss could be saved.
2) If exited at RSI falling below 70 inspite of price rise, then Rs. 100 per share loss could be saved.
3) If exited at Head & Shoulders formation, then Rs. 85 per share could be saved.

That's quite a lot of money!

Why people depending only on news, would lose money in such times?
News is tricky - It can be incorrect, it can be late, and it can be incomplete.  We never know what the real story is.  Frauds have become commonplace.  Also, its obvious that many people get important information before the retail investor - and they use it even though there are laws against such trading.  Many institutional investors have access to direct news feeds, and they officially get quicker news than retail investors do.

However, a change in price movement usually shows up on the chart in form of many different alert signals.  This can be useful to protect from losses, as we see on the DLF chart above.

Cirrently, DLF is at completion of an AB=CD projection.  This is providing support to price as Rs. 109, as is visible on the chart.

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DLF Daily Historical Candlestick Chart Technical Analysis

Sunday, September 14, 2014

NIFTY Had An Indecisive Week (14 Sep 2014)



NIFTY Weekly Market Index Chart Analysis

The market fell a minor 0.33% this week, and sustained the support line.  However, it is too close to the support line for us to be relaxed.

The weekly candlestick is not a perfect Doji, but it does resemble a Doji.  This is a signal of confusion in an upward trending market.  Volume has risen during the week but range of market movement was relatively small.  The market seems to be gearing up for a bigger move.

Notably, over the past 17 weeks (4 months), the 14-week RSI is forming a bearish divergence to the NIFTY.  This needs to be watched closely, as either the RSI will rise and match NIFTY; or NIFTY will fall and match the RSI.  The divergence has sustained for quite a while now!

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NIFTY Weekly Market Index Chart Analysis

Monday, October 18, 2010

SBI Continues to Fall towards target


SBI did not open gap down as I expected, but has fallen further today.  

I am short at 3200 with a safe target at 3050, indicated by the horizontal line.

I'll dissolve some position at this level just to be safe and wait for further fall till the indicators tell me that the market is going up again.

Chart Source: www.moneycontrol.com

Sunday, October 17, 2010


SBI seems all set to fall following divergence.  I am going short on market opening with a stop around 3350 levels.  The market may even open gap down on Monday.

Chart Source: in.reuters.com

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Ingersoll Rand could fall soon


Ingersoll Rand is not looking good.  The sideways market shows up dojis and inverted hammers.  These are signs that the bears are trying to progressively gain control.  The stock might show a weak rise tomorrow but could go into a fall afterwards. 

Additionally, the market made divergence a few days back, also signaling an oncoming fall in price levels.

The support levels formed by Fibonacci retracements if the stock goes down are 472.09, 461.3, and 450.31.

If the stock indeed goes down soon as is seeming apparent, its a good time to take a short position around 475 levels with full/partial target around 430.  The exit from this position could be around 512-515 levels.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Grindwell Norton Buy Signal



Grindwell Norton has formed divergence and was good to enter at 222 price levels.  Exit if the stock falls below 204.

The first target is around 240 and the second target is around 255 to offload some % of purchase.  The rest of the stock can be held on to with trailing stops.  This stock is already nearing the oversold range so can only be a good short term buy n sell.  Make sure to are proactive about updating your stop or you might make no money from this move.  But you might also want to hold on to some of this stock and not offload it all, considering that it is a subsidiary of Saint Gobain glass, the demand of which will only grow as long as the real estate sector enjoys a boom ride.

Chart source: in.reuters.com

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