Daily Market Commentary: First Accumulation Day Since April Peak
It has taken the best part of a month for markets to record an accumulation day, but today was one such day. Volume, while higher, was only marginally so; making it a relatively quiet day for anyone not trading Apple (AAPL). Despite the gain it was a tough market to trade given the bulk of the gains occurred pre-market.
The S&P pushed far enough off its 50-day MA to close above its 20-day MA. It's nicely poised to challenge the 1,422 high and to push some of its negative technicals into positive territory.
The Nasdaq was able to regain 3,000 support and finish above its 50-day MA, but it was left below its 20-day MA which may offer shorts something for Thursday. Technicals are weak, but not oversold.
The Russell 2000 is also poised to challenge its March 'bull trap', although it still has to break above overhead 20-day and 50-day MAs.
Tomorrow offers a good opportunity for some upside follow through on today's accumulation. Markets at or just below 20-day MAs which may see some early shorting action, but these shorts will be forced to cover if buyers take control of morning trading. But it would appear longs are better positioned to benefit tomorrow.
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The S&P pushed far enough off its 50-day MA to close above its 20-day MA. It's nicely poised to challenge the 1,422 high and to push some of its negative technicals into positive territory.
The Nasdaq was able to regain 3,000 support and finish above its 50-day MA, but it was left below its 20-day MA which may offer shorts something for Thursday. Technicals are weak, but not oversold.
The Russell 2000 is also poised to challenge its March 'bull trap', although it still has to break above overhead 20-day and 50-day MAs.
Tomorrow offers a good opportunity for some upside follow through on today's accumulation. Markets at or just below 20-day MAs which may see some early shorting action, but these shorts will be forced to cover if buyers take control of morning trading. But it would appear longs are better positioned to benefit tomorrow.
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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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