Daily Market Commentary: Losses Recovered
By lunchtime today it was looking like the day would belong to bears, but bulls were able to step up in afternoon trading - perhaps fearful of missing out on any more of this rally (given the rally maturity). But it wasn't all good news for bulls.
The S&P was able to defend its 20-day MA, but not before on-balance-volume triggered a 'sell' to follow the earlier 'sell' trigger in the MACD.
The Nasdaq followed the S&P with a 'sell' trigger in its on-balance-volume, although other technicals remain bullish.
With the Percentage of Nasdaq Stocks above the 50-day MA trading at support once more; this offers a support 'buy'.
But breadth support is offset by the potential 'bull trap' in Tech bellwether Semiconductor index. If bears aren't to be encouraged to go short there will need to be a rapid return above 440. Bulls can look to the 20-day MA as an area for stop placement
Finally the Russell 2000 experienced a 'bull trap' of its own which adds pressure to other indices which have resisted the selling.
For tomorrow, shorts will focus on Russell 2000 and Semiconductors with stops on a break of the 'bull trap' highs. Bulls can look to the Nasdaq as a long side opportunity.
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The S&P was able to defend its 20-day MA, but not before on-balance-volume triggered a 'sell' to follow the earlier 'sell' trigger in the MACD.
The Nasdaq followed the S&P with a 'sell' trigger in its on-balance-volume, although other technicals remain bullish.
With the Percentage of Nasdaq Stocks above the 50-day MA trading at support once more; this offers a support 'buy'.
But breadth support is offset by the potential 'bull trap' in Tech bellwether Semiconductor index. If bears aren't to be encouraged to go short there will need to be a rapid return above 440. Bulls can look to the 20-day MA as an area for stop placement
Finally the Russell 2000 experienced a 'bull trap' of its own which adds pressure to other indices which have resisted the selling.
For tomorrow, shorts will focus on Russell 2000 and Semiconductors with stops on a break of the 'bull trap' highs. Bulls can look to the Nasdaq as a long side opportunity.
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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 Trading Strategy Marketplace 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 strategy and sell it in the MarketPlace to earn real cash.
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