Weekly Market Commentary:Breakouts Hold on Mixed Breadth Action

Last week's breakouts held in a mixed week for the markets. The prior week's breakout in the S&P was followed by one of low volume on strengthening technicals.

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It was the same story for the Nasdaq; low volume losses on strengthening technicals.

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But for the Nasdaq Bullish Percents there was a confirmed 'buy' as the W-bottom completed. However, just as this summer's trading mimicked that of 2007, will action for the end of the this year match that of the start of 2008? There is a case for a mammoth bull trap, but even if true it doesn't mean the market will reverse immediately. Breadth is likely to rally to 60%+ before things start to get worrisome for bulls.

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However, the Percentage of Nasdaq stocks above 50-day MA is up against declining resistance which has repelled all advances since the start of 2009; it could so again?

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Finally, the Russell 2000 was able to close higher on the week, but it hasn't quite got the juice of other indices (although it's doing better on the daily timeframe).

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So will the Bullish Percents or Percentage of Stocks above the 50-day MA dictate next week's action for the Nasdaq?

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