{"id":10016,"date":"2014-06-16T20:45:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T00:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=10016"},"modified":"2024-04-18T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T06:33:27","slug":"sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;P 500: Strong Ichimoku trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we take a look at long-term trend strength in North American markets using a great trend tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/indicators\/ichimoku-cloud.php\">Ichimoku Cloud<\/a>, with weekly charts. Ichimoku is only available on the latest beta version of Incredible Charts (Help &gt;&gt; Upgrade To Latest Beta Version), but will soon be released with Incredible Charts 7.0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/indicators\/ichimoku-cloud.php\">Ichimoku<\/a> offers a number of trend signals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The trend is upward when price is above the Cloud (and downward when price is below).<\/li>\n<li>A green cloud indicates an up-trend, while a red cloud indicates a down-trend.<\/li>\n<li>Long trades are taken when the blue line crosses above the red. In strong trends, blue may hold above red for extended periods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 encountered resistance and is consolidating below its target of 1950*. The trend above a green cloud is further strengthened by the blue (Tenkan) holding above the red (Kijun) for an extended period. Continuation of the up-trend is likely and breakout above 1950 would signal an advance to 2000.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" title=\"S&amp;P 500\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-spx.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 1850 + ( 1850 &#8211; 1750 ) = 1950<\/p>\n<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average displays a similar strong trend with few blue (Tenkan) dips below the red (Kijun) line. Breakout above resistance at 17000 would signal an advance to 17500*. Reversal below 16500 is unlikely, but would warn of another correction.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" title=\"Dow Jones Industrial Average\" alt=\"Dow Jones Industrial Average\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-dow.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 16500 + ( 16500 &#8211; 15500 ) = 17500<\/p>\n<p>The Nasdaq 100 recovery of blue (Tenkan) above the red (Kijun) line offers a fresh entry signal. Resistance at 3800 is unlikely to hold and follow-through would confirm the target of 4000* for the advance. Reversal below 3700 is unlikely, but would warn of another correction.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" title=\"Nasdaq 100\" alt=\"Nasdaq 100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-ndx.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:.9em;color:#999999;\">* Target calculation: 3700 + ( 3700 &#8211; 3400 ) = 4000<\/p>\n<p>Another indication of trend strength is the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), currently trading at levels last seen in 2005\/2006, which indicates low risk typical of a bull market.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"525\" height=\"363\" title=\"VIX Index\" alt=\"VIX Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-vix.png?resize=525%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we take a look at long-term trend strength in North American markets using a great trend tool, Ichimoku Cloud, with weekly charts. Ichimoku is only available on the latest beta version of Incredible Charts (Help &gt;&gt; Upgrade To Latest Beta Version), but will soon be released with Incredible Charts 7.0. Ichimoku offers a number &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S&#038;P 500: Strong Ichimoku trend&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,34],"tags":[64,615,1113,2401,3010],"class_list":["post-10016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stock-markets","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-vix","tag-cboe-volatility-index","tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","tag-nasdaq-100","tag-sp-500"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>S&amp;P 500: Strong Ichimoku trend - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ichimoku Cloud is a long-term trend strength tool that can be used to track North American markets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S&amp;P 500: Strong Ichimoku trend - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ichimoku Cloud is a long-term trend strength tool that can be used to track North American markets.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-17T00:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-18T06:33:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-spx.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\"},\"headline\":\"S&#038;P 500: Strong Ichimoku trend\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-17T00:45:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-18T06:33:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/sp-500-strong-ichimoku-trend\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-spx.png\",\"keywords\":[\"$VIX\",\"CBOE Volatility Index\",\"Dow Jones Industrial Average\",\"NASDAQ 100\",\"S&amp;P 500\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Stock Markets\",\"US &amp; 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Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 displays healthy separation above a green cloud. The signal is further strengthened by blue (Tenkan) holding above the red (Kijun) line for the last 6 months. * Target calculation: 3200 + ( 3200 -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Stock Markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Stock Markets","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/stock-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-stoxx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-stoxx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-stoxx.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10022,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/16\/canada-tsx-60-ichimoku-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":10016,"position":3},"title":"Canada: TSX 60 Ichimoku trend","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"June 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Canada's TSX 60 again shows a strong trend, trading high above a strong green cloud, with no recent crosses of blue (Tenkan) below the red (Kijun) line. Expect a test of the 2008 high at 900. Reversal below support at 830 is unlikely.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Stock Markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Stock Markets","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/stock-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TSX 60","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-tsx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-tsx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-06-17-tsx.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9664,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/09\/are-we-in-a-bull-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":10016,"position":4},"title":"Are we in a bull market?","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A simple reflection of the weekly trend on major markets using Ichimoku Cloud. Candles above the cloud indicate an up-trend, below the cloud indicates a down-trend, while in the cloud reflects uncertainty. From West to East: S&P 500 Footsie DAX ASX 200 Nikkei 225 is testing primary support at 14000\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"S&P 500","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-04-10-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-04-10-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2014\/2014-04-10-spx.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9499,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/17\/sp-up-trend-still-healthy\/","url_meta":{"origin":10016,"position":5},"title":"S&#038;P up-trend still healthy","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"March 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The S&P 500 retreated below support at 1850, warning of a correction, but the primary up-trend remains strong. Trend strength is depicted by this weekly chart of Ichimoku Cloud, with a buy signal at the start of 2013 and price holding high above a green cloud indicating trend strength. 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