24Mar1:35 pmEST
Courting the Financials; Chess Moves
In addition to top XLF component Berkshire Hathaway flashing weakness today (seen below on daily chart threatening descending triangle breakdown), large banks such as BAC C JPM are also weak.
In addition, the major credit card players are lagging the tape.
Thus, I am taking a shot on the short side against the sector as a whole.
I went long FAZ, the triple-bearish financial sector ETF, at $11.97 with a protective stop-loss below $11.50.
I am looking for Berkshire to imminently break lower from that triangle and the rest of the space to follow suit.
The XLF has ha trouble holding over $24.60, the level we have been observing, just above. So, I am taking another shot that buyers will eventually throw in the towel and stop trying after using up so much buying power in recent weeks to no avail.