Weekly Market Commentary: Weekly Accumulation

Bulls stepped up the buying to finish the week with net accumulation. The 'bear flags' across the different indices remain intact, but market breadth offers enough to suggest the rally will continue.

The S&P closed just a shade above a thick band of resistance at 1,209. It's a fine line as to whether it counts as a break or not. In favor of the bullish thesis is the stochastic 'buy' signal on the higher volume accumulation.

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The Percentage of S&P Stocks above the 50-day MA climbed to 43.8%. Even if the recent reaction low proved to be a false bottom as in October 2008, there is enough to suggest the rally could continue for another 1-2 weeks.

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The rally in the Nasdaq took the index from bear flag support all the way to resistance. Volume buying was good, so there is reason for optimism for the 'bear flag' to break this week.


And the Nasdaq Bullish Percents also saw a 'buy' trigger in stochastics with resistance unlikely to kick in until it reaches 50% - it closed the week at 36%.


Finally, Small Caps also saw enough buying to see a 'buy' trigger in stochastics.


Conditions for a rally are still in place, despite the proximity of 'bear flag' resistance in the various indices. Markets are working themselves out of long-term oversold conditions which offers optimism a significant bottom is near, if not in place already.

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