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Trading Diary
January 21, 2003
The average ranges between 8161 and 9076, at the top end of the base that has been forming since July 2002.
The primary trend is down and will only reverse up if the average rises above 9076 (the high from December 02).
The Nasdaq Composite lost 12 points to close at 1364.
The primary trend is up.
The S&P 500 closed down 14 points at 887, approaching support at 867.
The index ranges between 965 and 768, establishing a base.
The Chartcraft NYSE Bullish % Indicator is at 54% (January 17).
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Gold
New York: Spot gold climbed 210 cents to $US 357.90
The index ranges between 2915 and 3050, forming a base.
Slow Stochastic (20,3,3) and MACD (26,12,9) are below their signal lines; Twiggs Money Flow signals distribution.

Last covered on November 22, 2002.
NCP entered a stage 4 down-trend after a lower high at [1]. Two major patterns formed during the down-trend: a symmetrical triangle at [2] and a descending triangle at [3]. This was followed by equal lows at [4] and [5], which completed a double bottom at about the same time that NCP broke the trendline, at [W].
Note: Readers may be puzzled as to why I have drawn the trendline cutting through [1]. There is no technical reason for this. It just did not fit well any other way.
After a high at [6] the stock now appears to be forming a congestion pattern between 11.00 and 13.00.
Relative Strength (price ratio: xao) has crossed to above zero and MACD is bullish..

Medium/Long-term traders will have stops in place at 11.00 or 11.50, depending on their time frame. Short-term traders may have been stopped out at 12.00 if they had not exited on the lower high. Further confirmation is needed before increasing the long position.

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Author: Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He co-founded Incredible Charts and writes the popular Trading Diary and Patient Investor newsletters.
Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies key macro trends in the global economy before evaluating selected opportunities using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.
Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events.
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