Introducing Fibonacci (lesson 8)

Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci, Pisa, Italy. The inscription reads, "A. Leonardo Fibonacci, Insigne Matematico Piisano del Secolo XII." Photo by Robert R. Prechter, Sr.  HISTORICAL AND MATHEMATICAL BACKGROUND OF THE WAVE PRINCIPLE The Fibonacci (pronounced fib-eh-nah´-chee) sequence of numbers was discovered (actually rediscovered) by Leonardo Fibonacci da Pisa, a thirteenth century mathematician. We will outline the historical background of this amazing man and then discuss more fully the sequence (technically it is a sequence and not a series) of numbers that bears his name. When Elliott wrote Nature's Law, he referred specifically to the Fibonacci sequence as the mathematical basis for the Wave Principle. It is sufficient to state at this point that the stock market has a propensity to demonstrate a form that can be aligned with the form present in the Fibonacci sequence. (For a further discussion of the mathematics behind the Wave Principle, see "Mathematical Basis of Wave Theory," by Walter E. White, in New Classics Library's forthcoming book.) In the early 1200s, Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa, Italy published his famous Liber Abacci (Book of Calculation) which introduced to Europe one of the greatest mathematical discoveries of all time, namely the decimal system, including the positioning of zero as the first digit in the notation of the number scale. This system, which included the familiar symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, became known as the Hindu-Arabic system, which is now universally used. Under a true digital or place-value system, the actual value represented by any symbol placed in a row along with other symbols depends not only on its basic numerical value but also on its position in the row, i.e., 58 has a different value from 85. Though thousands of years earlier the Babylonians and Mayas of Central America separately had developed digital or place-value systems of numeration, their methods were awkward in other respects. For this reason, the Babylonian system, which had been the first to use zero and place values, was never carried forward into the mathematical systems of Greece, or even Rome, whose numeration comprised the seven symbols I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, with non-digital values assigned to those symbols. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in a system using these non-digital symbols is not an easy task, especially when large numbers are involved. Paradoxically, to overcome this problem, the Romans used the very ancient digital device known as the abacus. Because this instrument is digitally based and contains the zero principle, it functioned as a necessary supplement to the Roman computational system. Throughout the ages, bookkeepers and merchants depended on it to assist them in the mechanics of their tasks. Fibonacci, after expressing the basic principle of the abacus in Liber Abacci, started to use his new system during his travels. Through his efforts, the new system, with its easy method of calculation, was eventually transmitted to Europe.  Gradually the old usage of Roman numerals was replaced with the Arabic numeral system. The introduction of the new system to Europe was the first important achievement in the field of mathematics since the fall of Rome over seven hundred years before. Fibonacci not only kept mathematics alive during the Middle Ages, but laid the foundation for great developments in the field of higher mathematics and the related fields of physics, astronomy and engineering.

Koreksi Emas Picu Minat Beli

 

Monexnews - Harga emas di pasar Asia turun $2.10 menjadi $1,687.80/ons. Hari Senin (26/03) emas gain sebesar 1.6% setelah pimpinan Fed, Ben S Bernanke mengulangi pernyataan untuk mendukung kebijakan moneter akomodatif bank sentral.

Prospek langkah pelonggaran moneter AS mendorong aksi beli emas di tengah ketidak pastian mengenai kondisi ekonomi dan inflasi jangka panjang, menurut pemain pasar yang bermarkas di Singapura. Sementara kecemasan atas krisis hutang zona Eropa akan menjadi faktor kunci bagi pergerakan emas menuju rekor tinggi tahun lalu, katanya. EUR/USD, di 1.3353. Euro menjauhi level rendah sebelumnya di 1.3200. Hal ini menegaskan pergerakan emas terbantu oleh pelemahan USD.

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Target Emas $1725 Karena Bernanke

 

Ariston TjendraHead of Research and Analysis

Monexnews - Apa yang terjadi di pasar keuangan tadi malam sungguh mengejutkan pasar. Gubernur Federal Reserve Amerika Serikat Ben Bernanke mengeluarkan pernyataan bahwa pemulihan ekonomi yang terjadi di AS saat ini masih jauh dari stabil dan untuk menjaga kestabilan pemulihan ekonomi, AS masih membutuhkan tingkat suku bunga rendah dan program stimulus pembelian aset yang besar (atau yang sering disebut pelonggaran kuantitatif).  Bernanke menilai bahwa turunnya tingkat pengangguran masih belum stabil, agar penurunannya berlanjut memerlukan pertumbuhan produksi dan permintaan konsumen dan bisnis yang lebih cepat. Untuk itu diperlukan kebijakan akomodatif lanjutan.

Pernyataan ini langsung ditanggapi pasar bahwa kebijakan pelonggaran kuantitatif ketiga (QE 3) masih berpeluang untuk diterapkan tahun ini. Padahal pada rapat kebijakan FOMC terakhir dan testimoni Ben Bernanke di depan komite perbankan parlemen tidak ada indikasi tersebut. Pada waktu itu sebagian besar pelaku pasar menilai kebijakan akomodatif tertutup rapat hingga akhir tahun ini.

Ben Bernanke, sejak krisis 2008 terjadi, telah memilih solusi untuk memulihkan perekonomian AS dengan menyediakan likuiditas berbiaya murah yang besar ke masyarakat. Dengan likuiditas murah tersebut diharapkan dapat menjadi modal yang bisa diputar di bisnis dan meningkatkan belanja konsumsi masyarakat AS. Kenaikan inflasi menjadi isu nomor dua bagi Fed saat ini. Pemulihan lapangan pekerjaan menjadi isu nomor satu. Oleh sebab itu, para pelaku pasar mengindikasikan bahwa pemulihan penurunan tingkat pengangguran saat ini menutup kemungkinan Fed memberlakukan QE 3 tahun ini.

Federal Reserve menjadikan yield obligasi pemerintah dengan tenor 10 dan 30 tahun menjadi benchmark tingkat suku bunga. Yield kedua obligasi tersebut belakangan ini terus meningkat sekitar 22,37% dan 13,12% sejak Bernanke melakukan testimoni di depan parlemen pada 29 Februari lalu dimana waktu itu dari testimoni Bernanke, para pelaku pasar menilai bahwa Fed tidak akan mengeluarkan QE3. Yield yang terus meningkat akan mengganggu program Fed. Ini kemungkinan yang menyebabkan Bernanke harus mengeluarkan pernyataan yang mengindikasikan QE 3 berpotensi dirilis agar yield kedua jenis obligasi ini turun.

Reaksinya sangat jelas terlihat di pasar. Dollar AS langsung melemah terhadap mata uang utama dunia. Sentimen minat terhadap resiko atau sering disebut risk appetite, langsung meningkat. Harga komoditi, indeks saham global langsung naik semalam dan bahkan bisa berlanjut pada sesi perdagangan hari ini.

Kebijakan pelonggaran kuantitatif notabene adalah kebijakan pembelian aset dengan mencetak uang baru. Ini akan memperbesar jumlah uang yang beredar di masyarakat dan tersedia dengan biaya murah. Tentunya sebagian uang ini akan dispekulasikan di pasar keuangan sehingga akan mendorong naik harga komoditas dan indeks saham. Likuiditas berlimpah juga akan meningkatkan prospek kenaikan inflasi.

Harga emas meroket cukup tinggi sesaat sesudah pengumuman dan hampir menyentuh level psikologis $1700 per troy ons. Sentimen positif dari pernyataan Bernanke akan mendukung kenaikan harga emas untuk beberapa hari ke depan dengan potensi target menuju area $1715 lalu ke $1725. Sementara support yang perlu diperhatikan adalah level $1670. Karena bila bergerak kembali di bawah level 1670, emas akan kembali melakukan konsolidasi antara $1634-1670. Resisten terdekat di $1700 per troy ons.

Practical Application 2

The ability to identify junctures is remarkable enough, but the Wave Principle is the only method of analysis which also provides guidelines for forecasting, as outlined in Lessons 10 through 15 and 20 through 25 of this course. Many of these guidelines are specific and can occasionally yield results of stunning precision. If indeed markets are patterned, and if those patterns have a recognizable geometry, then regardless of the variations allowed, certain price and time relationships are likely to recur. In fact, real world experience shows that they do.

It is our practice to try to determine in advance where the next move will likely take the market. One advantage of setting a target is that it gives a sort of backdrop against which to monitor the market's actual path. This way, you are alerted quickly when something is wrong and can shift your interpretation to a more appropriate one if the market does not do what is expected. If you then learn the reasons for your mistakes, the market will be less likely to mislead you in the future.

Still, no matter what your convictions, it pays never to take your eye off what is happening in the wave structure in real time. Although prediction of target levels well in advance can be done surprisingly often, such predictions are not required in order to make money in the stock market. Ultimately, the market is the message, and a change in behavior can dictate a change in outlook. All one really needs to know at the time is whether to be bullish, bearish or neutral, a decision that can sometimes be made with a swift glance at a chart.

Of the many approaches to stock market analysis, the Elliott Wave Principle, in our view, offers the best tool for identifying market turns as they are approached. If you keep an hourly chart, the fifth of the fifth of the fifth in a primary trend alerts you within hours of a major change in direction by the market. It is a thrilling experience to pinpoint a turn, and the Wave Principle is the only approach that can occasionally provide the opportunity to do so. Elliott may not be the perfect formulation since the stock market is part of life and no formula can enclose it or express it completely. However, the Wave Principle is without a doubt the single most comprehensive approach to market analysis and, viewed in its proper light, delivers everything it promises.

Jepang Kembali Raih Trade Surplus

 

Monexnews - Jepang kembali mendapatkan trade surplus untuk bulan Februari, mengalahkan ekspektasi defisit saat pengiriman barang ke AS mengalami peningkatan. Jepang membukukan trade balance 32.9 miliar Yen (setara dengan $395 juta) di bulan Februari, setelah mengalami defisit sebesar 1.475 triliun Yen, dilaporkan Kementerian Keuangan pada hari Kamis.

Sebuah survey para ekonom yang dilaporkan oleh Dow Jones Newswire menunjukkan adanya ekspektasi defisit sebesar 110 Yen. Ekspor untuk bulan tersebut turun 2.7% dari tahun sebelumnya, mengalahkan ekspektasi kejatuhan sebesar 7.3%, sementara impor mengalami kenaikan 9.2%. Ekspor ke China mengalami kejatuhan sebesar 13.9% dari tahun sebelumnya, tetapi hal ini tersingkir oleh kenaikan ekspor sebesar 11.9%, walau nilai total pengiriman ke AS masih dibawah ke China.

Emas Menguat: China dan Data Eropa

Monexnews - Harga emas bergerak naik hari Kamis, tertahan di kisaran yang lebar saat para investor menantikan data manufaktur dari China dan Eropa guna memastikan kondisi perekonomian mereka, sementara sedikit melemahnya dollar AS memberikan dukungan.

Spot emas bergerak naik 0.1% menjadi $1,651.64 per troy ounce.

Kontrak emas AS tidak banyak mengalami pergerakan di level $1,651.80.

Penjualan perumahan AS mengalami kejatuhan untuk bulan Februari, tetapi revisi kenaikan untuk alur pergerakan harga danb kenaikan tahunan pertama kalinya dalam 15 bulan menunjukkan adanya perkembangan yang stabil di sektor perumahan.

Investor akan memusatkan perhatian kepada data PMI China menurut perkiraan HSBC, ditengah kekhawatiran mengenai tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi China.

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Potensi Koreksi EURUSD Berikan Peluang Buy on Weakness

Bias intraday masih bullish di jangka pendek menguji area 1.3290 - 1.3340, tembus lagi diatas area tersebut seharusnya dapat menambah tekanan bullish mengincar target area 1.3400.

Support terdekat tampak di area 1.3190, anjlok secara konsisten dan closing daily dibawah area tersebut seharusnya dapat memicu fase koreksi EURUSD kemungkinan menguji area support selanjutnya di kisaran 1.3095.

Skenario bearish double top masih terbuka peluang jika harga kembali anjlok dibawah area 1.3000, untuk mengincar target support kunci di kisaran 1.2970 & 1.2880. (Sap)