Weekly Market Commentary: Santa Rally
The swing low in the market firmed up with a strong advance off an oversold breadth state. In the case of the Nasdaq, breadth moved from oversold into a neutral state, but continued the advance higher. Breadth has plenty of room to run before it turns overbought.
However, the Santa Rally may not last long into the New Year, as the NYSE 52-week low is well away from a typical strong swing low.
The index to watch over the course of the Santa Rally is the Russell 2000. The recent breakdown reversed into a 'bear trap', and is ready to challenge 868 resistance for a third time (lucky!). Small Caps have had a quiet 2012, so 2013 could be their year.
The S&P also is working off a bear trap, and is in the process of completing a higher swing low - and perhaps - a new, higher swing high.
While the Nasdaq is range bound, but a move to challenge 3,196 should be supported, given the relative position of breadth metrics.
The Fiscal Cliff is a distraction, Santa looks to have come to town, and is ready to deliver...
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However, the Santa Rally may not last long into the New Year, as the NYSE 52-week low is well away from a typical strong swing low.
The index to watch over the course of the Santa Rally is the Russell 2000. The recent breakdown reversed into a 'bear trap', and is ready to challenge 868 resistance for a third time (lucky!). Small Caps have had a quiet 2012, so 2013 could be their year.
The S&P also is working off a bear trap, and is in the process of completing a higher swing low - and perhaps - a new, higher swing high.
While the Nasdaq is range bound, but a move to challenge 3,196 should be supported, given the relative position of breadth metrics.
The Fiscal Cliff is a distraction, Santa looks to have come to town, and is ready to deliver...
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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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