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đŸ”„đŸ“ˆ Technical Analysis: NATGAS, Crude Oil, Gold, Silver, Stocks, & Bitcoin and the Dollar

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Key takeaways

Finance

Macro / Rates (FOMC backdrop)

  • Presenter notes FOMC aftermath (a midweek update after the meeting “yesterday”).
  • Kevin Walsh:
    • Cautiously optimistic on the economy
    • Slightly hawkish on future rate hikes
    • Uncertainty remains
  • Policy communication stance: guidance was “taken away”; markets are expected to “decide.”

Market reaction

  • Bond yields moving up (“repriced” assets)
  • Assets range-bound
  • Futures/technicals look precarious

Disclosures / Cautions

  • Explicit caution: “Be very, very cautious.”
  • Sources of uncertainty:
    • Rates / bond-market reaction after FOMC
    • Geopolitical risk affecting oil (notably Straits of Hormuz and Iran)
  • Note: No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer was present in the provided subtitles.

Crypto

Bitcoin (BTC)

  • Current price area: hovering around ~$63,000

  • Chart levels / framework cues:

    • 200-period moving average (4H): price held above it
    • Bearish structure:
      • Bear flag breakout implied
      • Downside target: ~$50,000 if the bear-flag breakdown plays out
    • Weekly risk:
      • Risk of a “droopy or negative weekly candle”
    • Pattern/structure:
      • Range with a “potential expanding pattern”
      • Range resembles a bear flag
    • Range behavior:
      • Repeated testing of bottom and top
      • An “ascending channel” described as bearish

  • Positioning / action:

    • Presenter is long BTC
    • States positions are holding above the 200-period MA (4H)
    • Tactical trigger:
      • If breakdown occurs below the range bottom (and below a potential trend line),
        • bearish continuation is expected

Ethereum (ETH)

  • Mentioned, but no specific numbers or trades were provided.

Equity indexes / breadth (Nasdaq focus; S&P likely following)

(No specific ticker provided; levels are described for Nasdaq, with the note that S&P will probably follow.)

Nasdaq (index level targets)

  • Warning from prior week: risk of a move below:

    • The trend line
    • The 100-period moving average
    • Toward the 200-period moving average and the top of the breakout range

  • Key numerical levels cited (daily chart):

    • 50% retracement: ~206,800–206,750
    • Top of breakout range: around ~25,900 (“call it 26,000 round”)
    • 61.8% Fibonacci also referenced near ~26,000

  • Volume / technical notes:

    • Fair value gap / volume gap (VRVP) “often needs to be filled”

  • Best-case scenario target:

    • Move to 200-period moving average ~26,800

  • Alternative (“more tempting”) target:

    • Targets at 50% / 61.8% fib levels (around the ~26,000 area),
    • Rationale: the lower breakout-range area is described as relatively “empty” and not yet retested

  • Positioning / risk management:

    • Presenter says Nasdaq whipsawed after FOMC
    • Formed a tweezer bottom with a piercing reversal pattern
    • Long entry: around the bottom (~27,000)
    • Rule:
      • Remain long while holding the low ~27,000 on 4-hour
    • If it breaks and holds below on a 4-hour basis:
      • Reverse to short, or
      • Hedge while keeping longs, then ride down to fib targets

Gold

Gold (XAU-style references)

  • Presenter: still long, but calls it “tricky.”

  • Key technical levels:

    • 78.6% Fibonacci ~ $3,480: mentioned as the breakout triangle level (below)
    • Current reference: ~$4,000 at the 61.8% fib
  • Pattern framing:
    • Potential bear flag (daily)
    • Holding the breakout trend line (4-hour)
  • Weekly improvement:
    • Broken above a long weekly trend line
    • Last week: inverse hammer
    • This week: holding the trend line after a retest

Rate / yield risk (major macro driver)

  • 10-year yield repricing higher
  • Rationale: gold/silver don’t have a yield, so higher yields pressure them
  • Action consequence:
    • If the 10-year yield keeps rising, presenter says they “may have to hedge” gold
    • Same logic implied for silver

Silver

  • Mentioned indirectly:
    • Same yield-pressure logic as gold
    • Hedging may be required if 10-year yields rise
  • No explicit price levels provided.

U.S. Dollar (DXY-style; no explicit ticker)

  • Presenter notes yields rising while the dollar “actually fallen.”
  • Positioning: has short positions on the dollar vs major currencies
  • Levels / patterns:
    • Potential double top after FOMC
      • Didn’t reach prior highs
      • Formed double top and broke a trend line
    • Dollar is attempting to move lower

Natural Gas

Natural Gas (futures context)

  • Position: long
  • Market structure:
    • “Stuck between two large order blocks”
    • Reached the bottom order block

  • Confirmations:

    • Daily tweezer at the bottom
    • Made a fractionally new low, then reversed
    • Candle described as a “piercing pattern reversal”

  • Key downside risk level:

    • Low at ~$2.65
    • Risk rule: if it moves below $2.65, presenter will hedge

  • Upside / targets if thesis holds:

    • Move back toward the bottom of the block
    • Range nearer ~$2.50
    • Possible extension lower if bearish continuation appears

  • Macro / seasonality / positioning catalyst:

    • “Moving into a bid season”
    • Storage starting to turn around
    • COT report improving (bid coming across commercials and larger traders)

  • Weekly technical aspiration:

    • Wants strong week completion:
      • Ideally “one up, one down reversal pattern” (finish week bullish)

  • Higher upside targets (ultimate):

    • $3.75 and $4.25 and potentially higher

Crude Oil (WTI)

WTI

  • Position: no position currently

  • Idea: possible move higher to close a gap

  • Key price levels:

    • Gap top: around ~$89.50
    • Hopes at least for: to $88
    • Upside extension via Fibonacci:
      • 78.6% Fibonacci ~ $103

  • Risk note:

    • If “things go awfully wrong in the Gulf,” oil could move toward higher levels
    • Mentions possible repetition of a similar 2022 pattern involving the start of the Russia–Ukraine war (as an analogy)

Methodology / decision rules explicitly stated (step-by-step)

  • BTC range / trigger-based management

    • Monitor:
      • 200-period moving average (4H)
      • Range boundaries and potential trend line
    • If breakdown below range bottom:
      • Expect bearish continuation toward $50k

  • Nasdaq long/short switching

    • Stay long if:
      • Holds the 4H low ~27,000
    • If it breaks and holds below on 4H:
      • Reverse to short or hedge longs
    • Downside expectation:
      • Toward fib targets around ~26,800 (200-MA) or ~26,000 (50%/61.8% fib area)

  • Gold risk management tied to yields

    • Monitor:
      • 10-year yield repricing
      • Gold’s technical structure (trend line / weekly breakout confirmation)
    • If 10-year yields keep rising:
      • Hedge gold/silver exposure

  • Natural gas hedging trigger

    • Long thesis based on:
      • Order-block bottom + tweezer reversal + piercing pattern
    • If below ~$2.65:
      • Hedge
    • Upside path:
      • Back to order-block bottom / ~$2.50
      • Longer-term: $3.75–$4.25+

Key instruments / mentions (tickers/assets)

  • Bitcoin (~$63,000; target $50,000)
  • Ethereum (mentioned; no levels)
  • Nasdaq index (levels around ~27,000, ~26,800, ~26,000)
  • Gold (fib references ~$3,480 and ~$4,000)
  • Silver (yield-pressure/hedge risk mentioned; no levels)
  • 10-year yield (macro driver; yield value not provided)
  • U.S. Dollar (short vs major currencies; no DXY ticker provided)
  • Natural Gas (low ~$2.65; range ~$2.50; upside $3.75, $4.25)
  • Crude Oil (WTI) (gap top ~$89.50; $88; target $103)

Presenters / sources

  • James (speaker; first-person narration)
  • Kevin Walsh (referenced for FOMC/rates commentary)

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