Hi Shaw. Funny you should mention the trend lines. It just happened that on the printed version of that chart that I had on my desk, I'd drawn in those trend lines.
I've added them to the five year chart from last night.
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You can see that we've indeed broken down through the lower trendline. So, next stop the abyss, right? Well not necessarily, as I see it, anyway.
If this five year channel is valid then one could argue that when we went above the upper trend line, a correction back to the channel was inevitable.
Perhaps the same argument could now be applied. If so, we could see a return to a nest within those trend lines, with presumably a return to the upper limit which is rising, of course.
So, we may have farther to fall, maybe a lot farther. But if this premise is correct then a rebound to the 4,000 area could be ahead, as well.
Optimistic, as always, Cush |