obviously looking at a nice gap down on futures in a few hrs
from the weekend Iran news
This is the 'key' folks, almost
always the charts set up for a move before the news, where they
morph into bearish or bullish configuration's, which makes them
vulnerable to a news induced event. Back in February the
market indexes were technically vulnerable to a correction with
weekly MACD divergences and flattened daily MA's, then we get the
IRAN news catalyst to cause the market correction (that was already
set up in the charts, just needed a spark). Same this time
around, after an impulse rally off the lows and clearly quite
overbought and in need of a wave iv correction, the market needed a
news catalyst (spark) to cause this, and this weekend are are
getting that.
It's almost in a way that the market
predicts the news (not exactly) but the charts setup for that move
before the news. Next time the market indexes technically set
up into a bullish or bearish configuration, realize that means many
times some news item is coming that will be the spark to cause that
patten to play out.
Next time I'll start saying 'okay guys the charts are setup
for a move here, let's see what news item comes out in the next
couple days to cause this LOL
Amazing how the charts set up the you get the news item
Posted by matt on 19th of Apr 2026 at 03:12 pm
obviously looking at a nice gap down on futures in a few hrs from the weekend Iran news
This is the 'key' folks, almost always the charts set up for a move before the news, where they morph into bearish or bullish configuration's, which makes them vulnerable to a news induced event. Back in February the market indexes were technically vulnerable to a correction with weekly MACD divergences and flattened daily MA's, then we get the IRAN news catalyst to cause the market correction (that was already set up in the charts, just needed a spark). Same this time around, after an impulse rally off the lows and clearly quite overbought and in need of a wave iv correction, the market needed a news catalyst (spark) to cause this, and this weekend are are getting that.
It's almost in a way that the market predicts the news (not exactly) but the charts setup for that move before the news. Next time the market indexes technically set up into a bullish or bearish configuration, realize that means many times some news item is coming that will be the spark to cause that patten to play out.
Next time I'll start saying 'okay guys the charts are setup for a move here, let's see what news item comes out in the next couple days to cause this LOL
Fukushima was exactly like that
Posted by steveo on 19th of Apr 2026 at 05:10 pm
Amazing how the charts set up the you get the news item
Posted by auni on 19th of Apr 2026 at 03:54 pm
Yep, could be a tough week.