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Daniel Grioli
October 01, 2024

Update to my 17/9 post on ARGT - the Argentine stock ETF.

My call that ARGT had made a top on 16/9 (Point F) proved to be three days early but ultimately correct.

ARGT pulled back almost 7% from its intraday high on 19/9 to today's low. 

We saw two long setups today (Point G). A test of the May high at 65.82 and a rally up through the 21d EMA. The only question mark on today's price action was the lack of volume. 

Still it looks like ARGT is ready to resume its advance. If I'm wrong, then a breakdown below 65.82 means that ARGT is likely to retest its 50-day MA around 64.

 

 

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Uptrend = higher highs and higher lows (shown in green).

A short-term H&S top formed (shown in blue) resulting in a quick test of the 50d MA (blue) which held.

ASX 200 now trading above the right shoulder, suggesting that the H&S top may have failed.

Longer term uptrend remains intact until the ASX 200 makes a lower low, breaking down below the 50d MA and 7,600 (shown with an arrow).

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Bitcoin (BTC) Consolidating after a Pullback from All-Time Highs

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Daniel Grioli@MarketFox
October 15, 2024
S&P 500 Update
Here's part of a note that I sent to Miura's client yesterday:
 
I think the S&P 500 is due for a pullback this week. Here are my reasons:
  • More than 80% of S&P 500 stocks are above their 5-day moving averages.
  • 1,3 and 5-day returns are statistically strong, suggesting some short-term mean reversion is likely.
  • S&P 500 now overbought on time horizons up to 21 days.
  • Option expiry at the end of the week on Friday 18/10.
  • Earnings season begins this week.
  • My studies of short-term up regimes lasting longer than 12 days (median since 1950) show that a drawdown is common/normal between days 22-35. 
My plan is to ride this pullback out. My reasoning is that:
  • A pullback is "normal", so long as it's contained to 2-3%.
  • We have a decent profit cushion on existing positions.
  • Miura isn't too exposed to mega cap S&P 500 stocks. 
I may need to start trimming exposure if the pullback is more severe than 2-3% down as this would likely end the short-term up regime. 
 
This turned out to be a precinct call. The SPY ETF was down -0.78% on higher volume. The main reason for today's sell off seems to be ASML's poor forward guidance. This sent the semiconductor sector down by more than 5%, dragging the tech heavy S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 with it.
 
 
Overall the dashboard remains positive. The S&P 500 was overbought heading into today's session and the AMSL announcement was as good a reason as any to take profits. 
 
All three regime models - short, medium and long-term - are in UP mode. The S&P 500 is in an uptrend and breadth is strong. It is normal for a short-term UP regime to experience a pullback between days 22 and 35.
 
The one negative is that distribution (i.e. selling on large volume) is starting to add up. The S&P 500 has now racked up four major distribution days since its last major accumulation day.
 
Short, medium and long-term regime models are all aligned in UP regimes. This is one of the strongest regime combinations (4/15) since 1950. It is also the most common. The three combinations that perform better are:
  1. ST=U, MT = MR, LT = D
  2. ST=MR, MT = D, LT = D
  3. ST=MR, MT = D, LT = M
These combinations occur during the formation of a bottom after a bear market. Consequently, they don't occur very frequently. 
 
 
Breadth, as measured by the percentage of S&P 500 stocks above their individual moving averages, remains strong across all time horizons. 
 
All of the major indices, all of the style indices and 8/11 sectors are in short-term UP regimes. The medium-term regime dashboard looks very similar. 
 

 

 

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I'm trusting you to act like an adult. This means that you:
• Understand that no method of analysis is perfect
• Take responsibility for your decisions
• Set your risk level and decide on a risk management strategy before trading
• Don't "bet the farm" on any single trade
• Act quickly (i.e. sell) if a trade doesn't live up to your expectations

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Daniel Grioli@MarketFox
October 15, 2024
Argentina Update 15/10
Argentine stocks continue to perform well, with Miura's holdings all up since the beginning of October:
  • ARGT +7.8%
  • BMA +14.7
  • GGAL +16.9%
  • IRS +9.3%
  • MELI +3.5%
  • YPF +17%
The Argentine market looks set for a possible pullback or consolidation here (point I). If I had to guess, I'd say that it would drift down to meet the rising 10d and 21d moving averages somewhere between $68 and $70. This would be normal and such a pullback/consolidation may present follow on buy setups. 
 

Meanwhile the fundamental backdrop in Argentina continues to improve. Argentina's credit spread dropped to 1,059 bps today, the lowest level in more than 5 years.
 

The spread between the black market exchange rate (the so-called "Blue Dollar") and the official exchange rate continues to narrow. Down from 2.6x when Milei got elected in October 2023  to 1.2x now.  I consider this spread to be a real-world, market-based measure of inflation expectations. 
 
 

 

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I'm trusting you to act like an adult. This means that you:
• Understand that no method of analysis is perfect
• Take responsibility for your decisions
• Set your risk level and decide on a risk management strategy before trading
• Don't "bet the farm" on any single trade
• Act quickly (i.e. sell) if a trade doesn't live up to your expectations

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Daniel Grioli@MarketFox
October 10, 2024
¡Viva la libertad, carajo!

"Long Live Liberty Damn It!" - Javier Milei's viral catchphrase is a good description of the performance of Argentine stocks. 

Prior posts on the 1/10 and 17/9 covered several long entries (A, B, C, D, E and G) over the last few months for ARGT, the US-listed, Argentine ETF. 

Yesterday saw an additiona entry (H), a trendline break off support at the 10d and 21d moving averages. The breakout followed a low volume pullback to the May 2024 highs. 

Disclosure: Miura Capital currently has 22.8% of its capital invested in Argentine stocks.

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This post is for educational purposes only. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell, hold or do anything at all. I don't know you or your circumstances, which are probably different from mine.

I'm trusting you to act like an adult. This means that you:
• Understand that no method of analysis is perfect
• Take responsibility for your decisions
• Set your risk level and decide on a risk management strategy before trading
• Don't "bet the farm" on any single trade
• Act quickly (i.e. sell) if a trade doesn't live up to your expectations

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