Daily Market Commentary: Close at High
After the late morning drop it was going to be hard to get the 'bear traps' bulls were looking for. Although some markets performed better than others.
The S&P finished right on the cusp of the 'bear trap' marker, although it did well to make up the 25 points it lost during the day. Volume climbed to register an accumulation day. There is still a good chance it will confirm the 'bear trap' tomorrow.
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The Nasdaq was more traditional in it found demand just before it touched on 2,616 support. Watch for supply as it makes a second pass on its 200-day MA.
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The Nasdaq 100 had the strongest day and it was the index best positioned for support. It comfortably held its 200-day MA (in the end) and fell just shy of closing above its 50-day MA. Technicals are still net bullish and has the least amount of overhead supply to consume.
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The semiconductor index posted over a 1% gain, but it has a far more difficult task in creating a 'bear trap'. It remains within a well defined downward channel. While there is no shortage of overhead supply it has developing bullish divergences in MACD, CCI and +DI (to a lesser degree) to help it push higher.
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Finally, the Russell 2000 had a day much like the S&P. A big intraday recovery and a finish on the cusp of a 'bear trap'. Tomorrow could be the day it delivers.
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Tomorrow should see some upside follow through given today's volume. Look for supply when indices make it back to moving averages, especially the 20-day and 50-day MAs. These faster moving averages are more likely areas for shorts to attack.
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The S&P finished right on the cusp of the 'bear trap' marker, although it did well to make up the 25 points it lost during the day. Volume climbed to register an accumulation day. There is still a good chance it will confirm the 'bear trap' tomorrow.
($SPX)
via StockCharts.com
The Nasdaq was more traditional in it found demand just before it touched on 2,616 support. Watch for supply as it makes a second pass on its 200-day MA.
($COMPQ)
via StockCharts.com
The Nasdaq 100 had the strongest day and it was the index best positioned for support. It comfortably held its 200-day MA (in the end) and fell just shy of closing above its 50-day MA. Technicals are still net bullish and has the least amount of overhead supply to consume.
($NDX)
via StockCharts.com
The semiconductor index posted over a 1% gain, but it has a far more difficult task in creating a 'bear trap'. It remains within a well defined downward channel. While there is no shortage of overhead supply it has developing bullish divergences in MACD, CCI and +DI (to a lesser degree) to help it push higher.
($SOX)
via StockCharts.com
Finally, the Russell 2000 had a day much like the S&P. A big intraday recovery and a finish on the cusp of a 'bear trap'. Tomorrow could be the day it delivers.
($RUT)
via StockCharts.com
Tomorrow should see some upside follow through given today's volume. Look for supply when indices make it back to moving averages, especially the 20-day and 50-day MAs. These faster moving averages are more likely areas for shorts to attack.
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Dr. Declan Fallon is the Senior Market Technician and Community Director for Zignals.com. I offer a range of stock trading strategies for global markets which can be Previewed for Free with delayed trade signals. You can also view the top-10 best trading strategies for the US, UK, Europe and Rest-of-the-World in the Zignals Trading Strategy Leaderboard. The Leaderboard also supports advanced search capability so you can tailor your strategies to suit your individual requirements.
Zignals offers a full suite of FREE financial services including price and fundamental stock alerts, stock charts for Indian, Australian, Frankfurt, Euronext, UK, Ireland and Canadian stocks, tabbed stock quote watchlists, multi-currency portfolio manager, active stock screener with fundamental trading strategy support and trading system builder. Forex, precious metal and energy commodities too. Build your own trading system and sell your trading strategy in our MarketPlace to earn real cash.
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