Are we there yet? The road ahead

Randall Ashbourne, an associate of Astrological Investing, posts a weekly market report on his web site, theidiotandthemoon.com The following is this weekend's Eye of RA report: Week beginning June 3, 2013

June has arrived ... when we find out if the "sell in May" mantra will prove to be profitable this year.

And June also brings what is probably the most important Bradley Model trend change date for the year.

If the Bradley is correct, this trend change will be long-lasting, because the next really major date does not arrive until March, 2014.

We will spend this weekend examining those omens because in the years it is accurate, the Bradley Model is uncannily so.

Last weekend I indicated I thought stock markets had entered a correction mode likely to last for at least several weeks - and used a weekly chart of the ASX200 as an example of what we could probably expect.

In this I am at odds with the Bradley forecast - and those who now worry that we have entered crash mode.

I won't go into the astrological weather. I've done that in the past few weeks and the Bradley itself takes its trend change dates from particular combinations of planetary pairs. In short, the Bradley is distilled astrology.

The most significant dates for June are likely to be the 7th and the 22nd.

For this edition, we'll be concentrating on Pollyanna, Wall Street's SP500, and using it as the barometer for most major stock indices.

And our first chart will be the Bradley Model. Pollyanna has been rising since the Bradley indicated a long-term trend change in mid-2010 and certainly seems to have been "following" the model fairly accurately since its direction change late last year.

If it works again, the trend will change this month - and continue in that direction for many months.

click to view larger image

Next we will look at a "tweaking" of the basic Bradley. It's important to remember with both that it is the dates which are most important - rather than the direction or the amplitude of the swing. Nonetheless, both versions indicate a big change is about to arrive.

click to view larger image

Next we'll have a look at the long-range performance of the tweaked version, using a multi-decade chart for Pollyanna, with the index in blue and the Bradley in dark green.

If you spend a few minutes closely examining this chart, you'll understand what I mean when I say it's the dates that are important, rather than the direction or size of the swing.

Sometimes the index made a low while the Bradley line was making a peak - and at others they matched each other closely. Even so, we can see the potential for a major downturn about to start if it's not already underway.

click to view larger image

Okay. So why am I at odds with the Bradley forecast and why am I not convinced that we have reached THE top of this Bull run?

Because it wouldn't be "normal". And it's true these markets aren't normal. They're hitting these levels because central banks like the US Federal Reserve have been printing money by the *ahem* helicopter load and dropping it into asset purchases to prop up stock markets.

Nevertheless, it is "normal" for markets to undergo a topping PROCESS. It takes Time. We now have what MIGHT be the first sign that The Top is in the process of being put in place.

We now have a monthly bar that has been left hanging by a thread - rather similar to the two earlier Bull peaks. BUT there is no near-term negative divergence obvious in the long-range Canary and there is no multi-month process evident as it was at the previous tops.

click to view larger image

So, on the basis of the technical evidence ... and merely what is "normal" behaviour ... I find it hard to believe we are launching into crash mode from here. I do think we have entered a significant correction mode, but cannot rule out an attempt to record new highs.

However, the very long-term omens are quite dire.

Which is the subject of our next chart. I have indicated before, simply through an "eyeball" look at the chart, that stock index behaviour since 1999/2000 bears a remarkable similarity to what happened during the 1960s when there was a succession of Bull peaks and Bear bottoms (the area marked with a yellow oval).

If that is so, we are now rapidly approaching Peak 3 ... the start of the deepest Bear plunge.

And on this chart the long-range Canary is screeching a warning sign that the Gates of Hell are starting to open ..

click to view larger image

Safe trading - RA

Astrological Investing's associate, Randall Ashbourne, author of the eBook, The Idiot and The Moon, and The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013, writes a free weekly column titled, The Eye of Ra on his web site in  which he explains the potential impact of astrological aspects and the current state of technical conditions. Ashbourne's charts are revealing illustrations of exactly what has occurred in the market and the probability of what to expect.
Important reading:  Randall Ashbourne's The Idiot and The Moon, Forecast 2013 , Jupiter's cycle and its effects on Wall Street and a posting of the weekly Eye of Ra report in this blog, titled A look at the Venus Retrograde effect
(Disclaimer: This article is not advice or a recommendation to trade stocks; it is merely educational material.)
Copyright: Randall Ashbourne - 2011-2013

The Idiot and the Moon, Forecast 2013

• Major trend change dates for the full year, plus a month-by-month breakdown of high-energy trading dates and critical reversal dates.

• An index-by-index analysis of Moon Trading across major American, European, Asian and Australian stock indices-

• Identifies the major indices where following the phases of the Moon can dramatically cut profits, or even result in large losses.

• Old Gods & Gold ... a Eureka! discovery about exactly what drives gold prices during rallies and corrections and charts showing highly-reliable target levels to both the upside and downside.

These price charts are individually-tailored to each index and cover Wall Street, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, India, England, Germany and France.

You will not see these charts anywhere else on the Internet!

And much more...

It is NEVER too late in the year to have this monthly information!