Daily Market Commentary: Small Caps Struggle - A Little...
The sequence of low point gains on heavier volume continued. The only index to buck the trend was the Russell 2000. However, it's losses were as small as gains in other indices. In addition, small losses weren't enough to knock the index outside of a rising channel, but relative strength has shifted away from Small Caps towards Tech averages (and S&P).
The Nasdaq may have added less than 0.5%, but trading volume was significantly heavier. The index remains in good shape as it rides along channel resistance.
The S&P continued with another of its narrow range days.
Markets ticked higher at a solid pace. Recent gains leave the index well positioned to move higher or at least tolerate a small loss and remain bullish. The Russell 2000 is looking like it will be the index to first test support of narrow rising channels. Watch it closely for leads.
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The Nasdaq may have added less than 0.5%, but trading volume was significantly heavier. The index remains in good shape as it rides along channel resistance.
The S&P continued with another of its narrow range days.
Markets ticked higher at a solid pace. Recent gains leave the index well positioned to move higher or at least tolerate a small loss and remain bullish. The Russell 2000 is looking like it will be the index to first test support of narrow rising channels. Watch it closely for leads.
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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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