Category: Dow Theory

Dow Theory Special Issue: The two variables accounting for the Dow Theory out and underperformance versus buy and hold

posted on: January 17, 2019

It was a long time of not posting “philosophical” and introspective aspects concerning the Dow Theory. While it may seem evident to many, this post is the result of some nights of serious introspection. I wanted to completely isolate the factors (variables) that account for the Dow Theory outperformanceversus buy and hold (BAH). This is […]

Dow Theory Update for April 17: More thoughts concerning the recently demised bull swing and the current primary bear market signal

posted on: April 17, 2018

US STOCKS The primary trend turned bearish on April 9, as was explained here, and more in depth here Thus, the primary bull market that was signaled on November 21st, 2016 has come to an end. At this moment we cannot know whether the current primary bear market signal is going to be a “good […]

Dow Theory Update for April 10: Dissecting the primary bear market signal for US stocks given on April 9th

posted on: April 10, 2018

Primary and secondary trend for precious metals and their ETFs unchanged US STOCKS Trading is not easy. When I took the buy signal given on a now distant November 21st, 2016 (more about that signal here and here.), I was fearful, as a recent whipsaw prompted me to think that the then new signal was […]

Dow Theory Special Issue: Isolating the value of the principle of confirmation and trend following

posted on: August 25, 2017

How much valuable is confirmation percentagewise? And trend following? It’s been many months without writing a post with some original thoughts which may be useful to the followers of this blog. For the last few months I have been confined to merely analyzing the markets (which in itself is OK and takes time) without any […]

Dow Theory Update for December 6: More on the primary bull market signal

posted on: December 6, 2016

Trends unchanged for gold, silver and their miners: that is bearish On November 21st, 2016 a primary bull market was signaled, as was reported here Let’s further delve into the signal. First of all, let’s take a look at the charts The highs of the last primary bull market (red horizontal lines) were bettered […]

Dow Theory Update for November 24th: More about the primary bull market signal for US Stocks

posted on: November 24, 2016

How Jack and Bart Schannep avoided the primary bear market trap In my last post I briefly mentioned that the primary trend had turned bullish as per Schannep’s Dow Theory. As explained, the primary trend was already bullish according to the “Rhea/Classical” Dow Theory, as was explained and summarized here Before continuing, I’d like to […]

Dow Theory Update for November 11: The current trend as per the classical/Rhea Dow Theory (III)

posted on: November 11, 2016

Alternative (and truest ) “classical” interpretation as per Page 77 of Rhea’s book “The Dow Theory” Please mind that I am writing before the close. Things might change. In the past two post I analyzed the trend as per the classical/Rhea Dow Theory. The first post showed Schannep’s interpretation (not of his own “Dow Theory” […]

Dow Theory Update for November 7: The current trend as per the classical/Rhea Dow Theory (II)

posted on: November 7, 2016

Appraisal as per a strict application of the “Rhea/Classical Dow Theory” We know that the trend determined by Schannep’s Dow Theory is bearish (signal of November 2, as explained here). We also know that the trend according to the “Rhea/Classical” Dow Theory as interpreted by Schannep is bullish (signal of 9/7/2016), as was explained here. […]

Dow Theory Update for November 4: The current trend as per the classical/Rhea Dow Theory (I)

posted on: November 4, 2016

Schannep’s interpretation In my last post I wrote that there are diverging opinions when it comes to determining the primary trend according to the “Rhea/Classical” Dow Theory. The starting point where, it seems, there is unanimity is a primary bear market which was signaled on 6/24/2016. Disagreement begins when it comes to gauging the existence […]

Dow Theory Update for November 3: Primary bear market signaled for US Stocks on November 3rd, as per Schannep’s Dow Theory

posted on: November 3, 2016

Trend under classical/Rhea Dow Theory unclear US STOCKS Two days ago I was reporting that the Industrials were very close to signaling a primary bear market signal. Well, on November 2nd, at the close, the Industrials deigned to confirm the SPY (SP 500) which had violated its secondary reaction closing lows on 10/13/2016. As per […]

Dow Theory review for 2015: Silver and Gold miners ETFs

posted on: October 25, 2016

As I did when analyzing 2015 for silver and gold, I, once again, apologize for posting this review so late. Better late than never, though. Let’s see how fared in 2015 the Dow Theory when applied to the silver and gold miners ETFs (SIL and GDX) SIL and GDX SIL: The year started with an […]

Dow Theory Special Issue: Putting the Dow Theory under Stress-Test (VIII)

posted on: October 17, 2016

Dow Theory’s performance under weak cyclical bull markets This “stress-test” saga has dealt with performance under secular bear markets Another environment which is detrimental to the Dow Theory is weak cyclical bull markets. What is a cyclical bull and bear market? I see cyclical bull/bear markets as a long movement which is an order of […]