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BBY Earnings Play; Unbalanced Iron Condor W/ $0 Upside Risk BestBuy has been consolidating since the beginning of July. Earnings are due tomorrow before the opening, and our IV% is at 56%, so I am looking for a play here to collect a credit. Historically looking at BBY we can see usually see a slightly bullish move after earnings (EPS, which is usually beating estimates). Because of this, and being at the top of this range with our other indicators showing bullish momentum as indicated on the chart, I want upside protection, while I expect the range in BBY to continue through expiration this Friday. All that being said, and what is shown on the chart, I am selling for a $0.50-$0.55 credit the 25/29.5/34.5/35 Put/Put/Cal/Call. This means if we break out from here, not only will I likely be putting on another bullish trade to take advantage of the breakout, but I will still have a small (VERY small) profit. That however beats a loss. Ideally, we would like volatility to collapse and BBY to stay between $29.00 and $34.50, but anything above $29.00 would be acceptable.

Bitcoin Price Fails: Triangles, Andrews' Pitchfork, OBV Bitcoin price has fallen through all the triangles drawn on this chart - including the big green symmetrical triangle based on the $339.79 low. Bitcoin price failed to reach escape velocity after breaking out of Andrews' Pitchfork and could never break above descending blue price trigger line. At this point, there is the possibility that price falls back into the pitchfork, taking price significantly lower. On Balance Volume (OBV) failed to stay above critical black line. That failure, in concert with triangles breakdown, and failure of price to rise above buy trigger line, foreshadowed lower Bitcoin price.

Bitcoin Technical Breakdown Continues Bitcoin continues its technical breakdown. On the 1-day chart the 50-day EMA has crossed below the 100-day EMA. You'll also notice Bitcoin price has dropped far below the 200-day EMA as well. In addition, Bitcoin has fallen below the Keltner Channels, which is something I had mentioned as a possibility in the past. On Balance Volume (OBV) is at an extremely low level. The last time OBV was at these levels Bitcoin price was closer to $100 than $200. Expect the pain to continue.

Dow Jones - On-balance volume strategy I have checked and over checked this strategy a few times, so I hope there won't be too many mistakes. As you will see, this is a very simple and effective strategy, which produces signals when used on its own, without adding any other indicator on the chart or using any fundamental factor. All you need is the OBV indicator, candlesticks and support and resistance. This is how it goes : 1 Look for a divergence on OBV. It shouldn't be a divergence when the price goes flat, it should be a divergence formed on two peaks or troughs. Note that only class A and B divergences have been taken into consideration. 2 After spotting a divergence, wait for a bullish or bearish candlestick like : hammer. shooting star, doji, engulfing, piercing line, dark cloud cover, abandoned baby. Candlestick patterns can be considered too : Evening/morning star, island reversal. 3 Look for the first structure support, that is the start of the current rally or the start of the current correction and set a target above or below it by a few points. On that particular target, position should be closed by <=50%, of the entire position. 4 Before getting to the target, after moving in your favor, the stop should be adjusted to breakeven. 5 The remaining of the original position should be closed when the trader sees fit, or till a contrary signal appears. I have not found a proper closing signal yet. In the period this strategy was tested, it produced 39 signals. That means 3 signals each year. 4 signals were whipsaws, the red lines. 5 signals broke even (if the stop would have been adjusted to breakeven after the trade moved in your favor) 11 signals went to structure support, and made a rebound. 19 signals went a lot below structure support, with some of them even predicting long lasting corrections. You can see that I'm using the word support, and not resistance. That is because this strategy doesn't really give long signals, most of them are shorting signals. Out of the 39 signals, 9 were long, 30 were short. Out of the 9 long signals, 6 went through the immediate resistance, 2 made it only to the resistance, and one of them failed. This is a trading strategy that I'm going to use from now on, separately from my usual trading system. I'll be back with more information.

Bitcoin Price and On Balance Volume (OBV)While it is well and good to create charts, monitor indicators and attempt to discern the direction of the Bitcoin price, it is easy to get buried in complexity and blinded by bias. That is why the On Balance Volume (OBV) is so valuable. You can read more about it by following the link below: www.investopedia.com Essentially OBV allows you to eliminate a lot of the noise from day to day volume movement and get a clear idea which direction it is headed in. Price and volume are highly correlated as you can see by looking at the chart. On the OBV, I have added a horizontal black line where OBV has clearly pivoted recently. OBV isn't going to help much in determining price so much as price momentum. Prices below the horizontal line tend to be lower (but aren't always) than the prices below the line. This is relative. For instance, you shouldn't apply this months back. You use it to look at more recent price action not to compare today to several months ago. You'll notice that OBV is below the horizontal line and has not moved dramatically lower. This helps explain the recent flat Bitcoin price. The OBV should also help - in conjunction with other patterns and indicators - when to buy or sell Bitcoin. For instance, it may not be a great time to go long Bitcoin since the direction of price isn't clear. Should the volume continue to decline, then price will likely decline with it.

Bitcoin Price and Volume Trend is Still Down At this point the Bitcoin price has made a decent recovery from past couple of days where price dropped to the mid-$550's. However, looking at the chart the Bitcoin price and volume trends from June are still down. While the price in relation to the Keltner Channels and moving averages did not behave as I thought, I believe they will still exert influence on the price. For example, the price could go to the top, or perhaps even above the Keltner Channels - somewhere just North of $620. But, then, around the $630 level it runs into price resistance represented by the green line. A similar picture is painted by On Balance Volume (OBV) which correlates with price uptrends and downtrends. OBV had a nice little uptick, but it is not that far from the resistance represented by the red line. Not pictured on this chart is the KDJ indicator. Earlier today when the price advanced past $600 the "J" part of the indicator moved above the 100 level. "J" can move above 100 and below 0. This can lead to dramatically higher or lower prices, but it also is a good indication right now of the price becoming overstretched. There is significant price resistance from $620 all the way up to $680. Weekly technical indicators are bearish, and neither price nor volume have broken through overhead resistance. So, for now, I will sit tight and wait to see what happens.

Price & Volume Analysis - using OBV to confirm price action Today's tutorial session was spent examining my volume / money flow tool, the On Balance Volume (OBV) indicator. In this example, notice how price broke initially yet OBV did not. When price broke the uptrend line with a corresponding double top fail on the OBV the short really worked. If my charts help you, or you use my indicators... please consider a BTC donation to allow me to continue my work : 1EBttA56cWsgtsZn83VGiNT8si7inZV5Z5 & follow me on Twitter @CRInvestor Additionally, if you have questions about my indicators feel free to inquire as to when my next Google hangout tutorial session is scheduled so you can ask me in person... (or go here: www.google.com)