Market analysis from TheMarketDetective.com that utilizes the Elliott wave principle and Fibonacci analysis.

1. 9/23/2008 10:00 AM Pacific
An update from the report last night. I am now targeting 1656 for the Naz (1:1 ratio
down from 1800) and 1195 for the S&P in the e-minis. I suppose I will add one more
line in the sand for the S&P e-minis before giving up on a rally completely, the 1:1 ratio
(1183) if it matches up with the .810 retracement in the Naz.
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I am looking at the 60min S&P E-minis at 10:50pm on 9/22. I see the probability of one
more wave down, just to re-test the low or breach it slightly. If price breaks up through
the red horizontal line, then another wave down is unlikely, and probability favors that
we have started the extension of the 5 waves up.
I am always interested to see where price stops and to see what symmetry matches up
with it. Price stopped near the 1:618 ratio of A-B-C as labeled. It is also interesting to
note that both zigzag a-b-c patterns that make up the larger zigzag are 1:1 ratios.
That the retracement stopped at the extension rather than the retracement level is also
interesting to me. I am observing lately that Fibonacci extensions are more reliable in the
direction of primary trend, and Fibonacci retracement levels are more reliable when price
movement is against the primary trend. Still, the .618 retracement is just below, so I will
withhold final judgment on this one for now.
S&P E-mini

2. 9/23/2008 10:00 AM Pacific
The S&P E-minis are showing greater relative strength than the Naz e-minis. We just
breached the .500 retracement level in the S&P while in the Naz we are already through
the .618 level. Notice that the 1:1 ratio is just below, and seems to be aligned with the
S&P revisiting its low. The Naz is also very close to the .810 retracement level which
has been a common retracement level in the NASDAQ during this bear market.
I have also drawn a red horizontal line that if breached to the upside before another wave
down is completed, means that further downside is unlikely.
NASDAQ e-mini
So in both charts I am looking for a touch of the 1.00 lines just below current price. Just
below that is .618 for S&P and .810 for the NASDAQ e-minis as a second level of
support. If these levels are breached, then I will no longer favor another 5 waves up.
If we get the rally, and I do favor a rally tomorrow whether we go one more wave down
first, or continue from here, the major resistance zones to break through on the way up in
the Naz are 1750, then 1800. In the S&P they are 1250 then 1292-1300.
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