Daily Market Commentary: Sellers Emerge
Today was a bit of a seller's tease. It was a clear win on the part of bears, but volume was light. Bernanke's comments tomorrow may inject the volume which was missing today.
The most significant loss came in the semiconductor index. It had been loitering around 200-day MA / 396 support, both of which were lost today. It has fallen back to breakout support, which is a last line of defense before the 50-day MA. Technicals suggest there is more downside to come.
Also hurting was the Russell 2000 as it reversed against resistance. However, it finished close to the 20-day MA with the 50-day MA and 795 support nearby. A further pullback - especially if it made it back to the angled trendline connecting the swing lows of June and July - could be an interesting long play for a push above 820.
The Dow is offering one such trendline long play. The rising wedge is bearish, but if there is a bounce it should happen from Friday's open.
But in the bearish camp is a possible 'bull trap' in the Nasdaq 100. The confirmed 'sell' in the MACD lends weight to further downside. The best bulls have to work with is the 20-day MA, but should this fail it will have a long way to next support (50-day MA).
Expect a quiet open for Friday in preparation for Bernanke. Bears have the edge, but given the volume it wouldn't take much to reverse today's losses.
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The most significant loss came in the semiconductor index. It had been loitering around 200-day MA / 396 support, both of which were lost today. It has fallen back to breakout support, which is a last line of defense before the 50-day MA. Technicals suggest there is more downside to come.
Also hurting was the Russell 2000 as it reversed against resistance. However, it finished close to the 20-day MA with the 50-day MA and 795 support nearby. A further pullback - especially if it made it back to the angled trendline connecting the swing lows of June and July - could be an interesting long play for a push above 820.
The Dow is offering one such trendline long play. The rising wedge is bearish, but if there is a bounce it should happen from Friday's open.
But in the bearish camp is a possible 'bull trap' in the Nasdaq 100. The confirmed 'sell' in the MACD lends weight to further downside. The best bulls have to work with is the 20-day MA, but should this fail it will have a long way to next support (50-day MA).
Expect a quiet open for Friday in preparation for Bernanke. Bears have the edge, but given the volume it wouldn't take much to reverse today's losses.
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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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