Weekly Market Commentary: More Gains

It was yet another good week for indices as bulls hit the throttle. Starting with the Nasdaq, it gained close to 2% and is on course to test 2007 resistance at 2,818. Remember, the Nasdaq 100 has already surpassed 2007 highs.

Nasdaq

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And its the Nasdaq 100 which will have bulls frothing. If there was a disappointment it's the poor volume associated with the break of 2,217 resistance (now support).

Nasdaq 100 Index ($NDX)

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One thing I missed in my look at market breadth over the past few weeks was the Confirmed 'Sell' back in November for the Percentage of Nasdaq Stocks above the 50-day MA. Of course, the Nasdaq has powered higher despite the bearishness in Nasdaq breadth, but a decent pullback - much like the start of 2010 - is probably not far away. Keep an eye on declining resistance, there is still room to the upside but I suspect the pullback will start when this indicator touches 74%

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Small Caps are doing enough to keep up a prospective challenge on 2007 highs, but a 'sell' trigger is present in stochastics.

Russell 2000 Small Cap Index ($RUT)

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While the S&P is testing the former double bottom (resistance) from 2008 around 1,300; big week ahead for this index.

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Favouring the bullish picture is the break of resistance in declining resistance in the S&P Bullish Percent Index

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I think if you offered bulls an end of week down 0.5% they would probably bite your hand off. I suspect - given the decent week that it was - will see modest losses this week, but this will not break the momentum of bulls. The Nasdaq 100 is doing all the running and will bring the other indices with it.

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