Sell Corn

Corn Futures--- Corn prices traded higher for the 2nd consecutive trading session closing around 3.82 a bushel up another 4 cents as I’m now recommending a short position placing your stop above the 10 day high of 4.01 risking 18 cents or $900 per contract plus slippage and commission as the chart structure is starting to tighten up and will start to improve on a daily basis starting next week as prices have now rallied $.25 since last Wednesdays low of 3.57 as the commodity markets still look very weak in my opinion.

Corn prices in my opinion are overpriced due to the fact that we will have another tremendous crop here in the Midwestern part of the  United States as I think the last week was just a kickback as prices  filled the gap around $4.00 in last Monday’s trade as I think prices are headed lower with many of the commodity markets including crude oil and sugar prices, so continue to play this to the downside taking advantage of rallies as the chart structure and the monetary risk will be lowered here in the next couple of days.

This summer has flown by as usual but I see no reason to own grains or any other commodity at the current time especially due to the fact that Brazil is going to produce another record crop in corn and soybeans so maintain the proper stop loss while maintaining the proper risk management of 2% of your account balance on any given trade as I’ve not been in the corn market for a couple of months but at this point I think a downturn is coming upon us especially with harvest around the corner. TREND: LOWER –CHART STRUCTURE: IMPROVING

Long Tesla $TSLA? Now Is The Time To Exit

Tesla Motors Inc TSLA is one of the Street's most debated stocks. On the one hand, Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research thinks Tesla's stock is worth $385 as the company is strategically positioned to dominate the upcoming $1 trillion "TaaS" Industry.

On the other hand, Michael Lingenheld, managing editor of Cup & Handle Macro, has "given up" trying to understand why Tesla's stock trades at the levels it does.

"At $250 per share it doesn't even have a P/E multiple because it's unprofitable, and constantly fails to meet delivery targets," Lingenheld argued in a research note. "In Tesla's second quarter earnings announcement, CEO Elon Musk acknowledged they might not hit the previous goal of delivering 55,000 vehicles this year – yet again."

Lingenheld continued that this was "not a shock" and Tesla's stock dropped 8 percent – only to rebound and trade above its pre-earnings level, despite a fresh share issuance. He attributed the rebound to a report by Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas who placed a $465 price target on Tesla, which would value it at $60 billion, or "more than $1 million for each electrical car it will produce this year."

"Why these analysts can make such arbitrary predictions and have the market react to them is beyond me and it reeks of Mary Meeker in 2001," Lingenheld argued. "It seems futile to short Tesla because it trades on hype but, if you're long, now is the time to exit."

Bottom line, Lingenheld did acknowledge that Tesla is "one of the more amazing" companies in existence today. As such, he said the stock could "easily" hit $465 "at some point," but there will likely be "major turbulence" along the way.

Chart of the Day Novavax $NVAX

The Chart of the Day belongs to Novavax (NVAX).  I found the biopharmaceutical stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Indexstocks for the stocks with the highest Weighted Alpha then again for the stocks with technical buy signals of 80% or better.

Novavax is a specialty biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of proprietary products focused on women's health and infectious diseases. Their technology platforms involve the use of proprietary, microscopic, organized, non-phospholipid structures as vehicles for the delivery of a wide variety of drugs and other therapeutic products, including certain hormones, anti-bacterial and anti-viral products and vaccine adjuvants.

technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• 187.30+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 8.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 57.04%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.99
• Recently traded at 13.12 with a 50 day moving average of 11.48

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $3.52 billion
• Revenue projected to decrease
• Earnings estimated to decrease
• In spite of these projections Wall Street analysts issued 6 strong buy recommendations on the stock

WP Glimcher Inc (NYSE: WPG)

WP Glimcher Inc., incorporated on December 13, 2013, is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in ownership, development and management of retail real estate. Washington Prime Group, L.P. (WPG L.P.) is the Company’s subsidiary that owns, through its affiliates, all of the Company’s real estate properties and other assets. As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s assets consisted of interests in 97 shopping centers in the United States, consisting of strip centers and malls.
Washington Prime Group Inc. operates independently of Simon Property Group Inc. as of May 28, 2014.
Take a look at the 1-year chart of WP Glimcher (NYSE: WPG) below with my added notations:

WPG has been trending lower for the past 8 months. Over that time, the stock has formed an important trend line of resistance (blue). Any (2) points can start a trend line, but it’s the 3rd test and beyond that confirm its importance. WPG’s trendline resistance currently sits right around $13.60.
The stock appears to be on its way down to its $13 support (green).

The Tale of the Tape: WPG is currently stuck under a down trending resistance. A break above that resistance should mean higher prices, thus a long trade could be made either then, or on a fall to the $13 support. Short traders might look to enter a trade at the resistance or on a break of support.

3 Factors Driving The Rally In Gold

The inverse correlation between crude oil prices and gold is playing out to the core recently. While crude oil slumped heavily over the last 20 days, the opposite has happened with gold. From breaking down the 41,100 mark in late July, the yellow metal has recovered significantly and breached the $1,150 mark after more than a month.
Bob Alderman, head of wealth management at Gold Bullion International, was on CNBC Thursday to discuss what is driving gold's rally.

Fed Comments

"We think there are three drivers that are in the market right now: the Fed, China – and I'll also couple in other emerging market currencies with China in terms of currency devaluation – and short covering," Alderman began. "I think, as far as the Fed goes, the dovish comments yesterday certainly led many to believe that there will be no rate change until at least December."

China And Emerging Market Currencies

He continued, "As far as China goes and, I think, it's very important...to also add in that there are other countries and other emerging market countries that have suffered far greater currency devaluations that China has, although China is the one we point to."

Short Covering

"And then short covering, I think, what's happened over the last week or two is with so few contracts being long, short positions topped out at about 159,000 a couple of weeks ago. I think these shorts are providing fuel to exaggerate upside moves as they run for cover," Alderman concluded.

Stocks To Watch: MEIP, GOGO, FEYE

MEI Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:MEIP) The downtrend line resistance has been broken on the daily technical chart. The price can move up to $2.40/44 in the short-term. Indicators are strong and the MACD recently produced a new buy signal. Should breakout hard to upside when it crosses over $2.44 (GAP). Long setup.

Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO) looks poised to break out of a falling wedge pattern and MACD is about to climb above the signal line. If it clears resistance the move may be powerful.

FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) has been in a major corrective phase in the recent weeks. The downtrend that commenced in late June appears to have been completed at the latest low of $41.77. The MACD on the daily chart is starting to give a new buy signal and the share price could move to the short-term target of $45.20-$45.84. This view would be valid as long as the stock holds above $41. Place a stop-loss at this level for long positions.

Yuan Devaluation Adds to Commodities Gloom

Another great game is certainly afoot in global financial markets, and China has announced its presence with authority. The bout, of course, is the currency war.
On August 11, China devalued its currency by the largest amount in one day since 1993. By doing so, it joined a phalanx of countries around the world that have actively depreciated their currencies against the U.S. dollar.
Markets have been roiling ever since. This is especially true for commodities, which are already in a weakened position.
But all the drama seems to be a bit of an overreaction. (more)