Entries by Peter Brandt

Factor Alert (Oct 18, 2016) — Australian Dollar

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The Aussie $ seems poised to gain on several other currency units based on the charts.

 

AUD/CHF -- the weekly chart displays a 22-month symmetrical triangle. A decisive close above the Apr 2016 high will be enough to warrant a long position. I am willing to risk about 60 BPs on the trade. Symmetrical triangles often lack reliability. Also, patterns longer than 12-months are more apt to experience morphing.

 

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Yen Chart – Textbook Market

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Yen Chart – Textbook Market   The Yen Chart is a textbook charting market – it has a long history of providing very reliable pattern signals, as shown on the weekly chart dating back to early 2011.   The advance on Oct 4 appears to have completed a possible 16-week symmetrical triangle bottom – remember […]

2016 Update – U.S. health care: Highest in the world in cost, 37th in performance. This system has already been declared guilty.

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Trading and the U.S. healthcare system — these are the two issues for which I am most passionate about. Trading — because it is how I made and continue to make my living. The healthcare system — because of a major accident I had in 1984, this has made the cost and delivery of healthcare a focus of my life….This blog was originally posted on March 12, 2012 during the height of the U.S. national debate over healthcare reform and Obamacare….